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Grand Island, Nebraska

Experience the authentic lifestyle of America's prairie heritage at one of the nation's top ten Living History museums ... Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer!

Stuhr Museum is located on 200 acres of beautiful Nebraska prairie. Visitors of all ages will discover outdoor fun, enjoy indoor exhibits participate in seasonal hands-on activities, and become thoroughly charmed by a way of life right out of America's past. The history of the early prairie town builders is celebrated at every turn from the majestic Stuhr building with its year-round pioneer displays, galleries, and Museum Shop to the seasonal 1890s Railroad Town featuring costumed historical interpreters, working businesses, and shops. Visitors find opportunities to explore our country's rich heritage and central Nebraska's proud past.

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Evangelische Lutherische Dreinenigkeit Kirche - National Register of Historic Places

Plans for the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church were adopted in 1890, but construction did not begin until 1894

Grand Island, NE Historic Churches

Hamilton-Donald House

National Register of Historic Places

The house was constructed by Henry Falldorf in 1905 for Ellsworth D. Hamilton, cashier of the Commercial State Bank of Grand Island. In 1908

Grand Island, NE NATIONAL REGISTER

Soldiers Memorial

Located on the South lawn of the Courthouse the memorial reads, "IN MEMORY OF THE DEFENDERS OF OUR COUNTRY, 1861-1865 and the Spanish American War, 1898-1900"

Erected by the city of Grand Island, 1913

Grand Island, NE Memorials

Annual Husker Harvest Days

The largest working irrigation show in the United States, the Husker Harvest Days is jointly sponsored by the Agricultural Institute of Nebraska (AIN) and Farm Progress Companies, with Nebraska Farmer magazine as host.

When you drive to the show site six miles west of Grand Island, you'

Grand Island, NE FESTIVALS

Liederkranz

National Register of Historic Places

Liederkranz means "a wreath of songs." In 1870, German settlers met to organize a German singing society to provide musical and social entertainment and to cultivate the member'

Grand Island, NE NATIONAL REGISTER

Things to do near Grand Island, NE

Hastings College Clyde Sachtleben Observatory

Plum Creek Massacre Site

After camping just two miles south and east of where the Plum Creek emptied into the Platte River on August 7, 1864, the Mort...

Alma City Park

Historic Barn

Wood River Country Club

Course Access: Semi-PrivateHoles: 9Reserve Advance Tee Times: 7 days...