Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer

Located in a building designed in the International style of architecture by Edward Durell Stone, the renowned architect who designed the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, the Stuhr Museum has a vast collection of artifacts related to the history of this region in the 19th century from art to agricultural equipment. The museum is dedicated to sharing the history of the arrivals of European descent settled in the plains of central Nebraska, as well as the history and culture of the Great Plains. The museum 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.

The museum is named in honor of Leo Stuhr, a descendant of pioneer settlers who were among a group of mostly German immigrants who established farms and businesses in Hall County. The former agriculture magnate and political leader donated land and funds to create the museum, along with public donations and funds from a tax levy in the early 1960s. In recent years, the museum has done more to incorporate and include the histories of Native Americans, including those of the Pawnee tribe.

Among the structures in Railroad Town is the house where actor Henry Fonda was born in 1905.