Pioneer Village (Nebraska)

Pioneer Village is a museum and tourist attraction along U.S. Highway 6 in Minden, Nebraska. Pioneer Village was founded in 1953 by Harold Warp, a Chicago manufacturer from Minden. The museum, a complex of 28 buildings on 20 acres (81,000 m2) with a total collection of over 50,000 items.[1] The museum has a large collections of items from 1830 to the present, including frontier buildings, early cars and airplanes, tractors and other farm implements and an art collection.

Pioneer Village also manages a motel and a campground as part of the complex.

References

  1. ↑ Exploring Nebraska Highways: Trip Trivia. Exploring America's Highway. 2007. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-9744358-7-9.
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Coordinates: 40°30′17″N 98°57′02″W / 40.50472°N 98.95056°W / 40.50472; -98.95056 (Pioneer Village)


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