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Pioneer Village is a museum and tourist attraction along U.S. Highway 6 in Minden, Nebraska, United States, featured in many roadside and historical attraction guides. [1] It is made up of a collection of 50,000 historical objects and 28 historical buildings. [ 2 ]
This list of museums in Nebraska encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Minden is the home of the Pioneer Village, a museum complex of 28 buildings on 20 acres (81,000 m 2) with a total collection of over 50,000 items. [16] Minden bills itself as "Nebraska's Christmas City", illuminating the courthouse square with a display of over 12,000 bulbs and staging an annual Christmas pageant titled "The Light Of The World".
Harold Warp (December 21, 1903 – April 8, 1994) was an American businessman who invented Flex-O-Glass. He also founded Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska. [1] [2] [3]Harold Warp was born in a sod house on a farm near Minden, Nebraska.
Pionier Museum, an open-air museum in Pretoria; United States. Pioneer Village, Kentucky, a city; Pioneer Village (Colorado), an open-air museum in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado; Pioneer Village (Salem, Massachusetts) Pioneer Village (Nebraska), a museum and tourist attraction in Minden, Nebraska; Pioneer Village (Utah), a "living museum" in ...
Ozaukee County Pioneer Village, Saukville; Pinecrest Historical Village, Manitowoc [21] Pioneer Village Museum, Cameron; Pioneer Park Historical Complex, Rhinelander [22] Schumacher Farm County Park, Waunakee; Wade House Historic Site; Waswagoning Re-Created Ojibwe Village; Wyoming. Museum of the American West, Lander
It features a living history village called Railroad Town, designed to evoke an 1890s-era prairie village and made up of many original period structures moved to the museum. [1] The museum is named after Leo Stuhr, a local farmer and politician whose family were among the area's pioneer settlers. He donated land, money, and numerous artifacts ...
Pike Pawnee Village Site: Pike Pawnee Village Site: July 19, 1964 : Guide Rock: Webster: Claimed for the U.S. by Captain Zebulon Pike during the Pike Expedition in 1806. 18: Robidoux Pass: Robidoux Pass: January 20, 1961 : Gering