Stuhr Museum

Stuhr Museum

The Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer is a museum located in Grand Island, Nebraska dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Pioneers who settled the plains of central Nebraska in the late 1800s. It features a living history village called Railroad Town, designed to evoke a 1890s-era prairie village.

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 that served as the foundation of the museum. The building that houses the bulk of the museum's exhibits, the Stuhr Building, was designed by architect Edward Durell Stone and was built by Geer-Melkus Construction Co., Inc..

Among the structures in Railroad Town is the house where Henry Fonda was born in 1905. Movies filmed at the museum include "Sarah, Plain and Tall" (1991) and "My Antonia" (1995). The museum once had a working steam locomotive that traveled the museum grounds.

External links

* [http://www.stuhrmuseum.org Stuhr Museum Website]


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