"There's nothing like it anywhere." More than 50,000 items in many buildings. Where else can you see a piece of the tin foil used on Edison's first phonograph, and a monkey wrench exhibit? Bring your camera!
The Pioneer Village complex comprises 28 buildings on 20 acres housing over 50,000 irreplaceable items of historical value, restored to operating order, arranged in groups and also in the chronological order of their development.
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.
The museum that celebrates the bootstrap now finds itself cash-strapped. More potential financial trouble looms as a two-year legal dispute with the state awaits a high court decision.
"There's nothing like it anywhere." More than 50,000 items in many buildings. Where else can you see a piece of the tin foil used on Edison's first phonograph, and a monkey wrench exhibit? Bring your camera!
The Pioneer Village complex comprises 28 buildings on 20 acres housing over 50,000 irreplaceable items of historical value, restored to operating order, arranged in groups and also in the chronological order of their development.
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.
The museum that celebrates the bootstrap now finds itself cash-strapped. More potential financial trouble looms as a two-year legal dispute with the state awaits a high court decision.
