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Scottsbluff Public Library 308-630-6250
1809 3rd Ave Scottsbluff, NE
Gering Public Library 308-436-7433
1055 P Street Gering, NE
North Platte Valley Museum 308-436-5411
11th and J, Gering, NE
When you think of the days of the old settlers, a picture of horse-drawn carriages,
covered wagons, one-room school houses, general stores, sod houses, and a
simpler way of life enters your mind. That's exactly what you will find at Western
Nebraska's largest historical museum, the North Platte Valley Museum, where the
history of our valley comes alive. There are over two dozen displays throughout
the 10,000 square foot exhibit area, ranging from a family traveling on the Oregon
Trail in 1850s to Nebraska's first female doctor in the 1890s. For more pictures,
Wildlife World Museum 308-436-7404
950 U St. Gering, NE
Wildlife World houses a collection of over 500 wild animals from seven continents
of pre-historic animals, birds, butterflies and other species natural to the western
Nebraska area. The museum is a Wildlife Theatre...an Educational Display... with
Fossils and a pre-historic replica of a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct Baluchithere
(Ba¬lu-ka-thir), a replica of the world's largest mammal standing 19 feet tall and
30 feet long. A great family adventure.
Farm and Ranch Museum 308-436-1989 
1 mile West on Highway 92, from the intersections of Highways 92 & 71, Gering.
Displays of antique farm equipment from horse-drawn, to steam engines, to early
tractors are on display. The Farm And Ranch Museum has a living history "Harvest
Days" in September of every year. Open May through September.
Chimney Rock Museum 308-586-1177 .jpg "chimneyrock (2).jpg")
Call for directions and hours
This museum is housed in the old Burlington Railroad Depot, built in 1928. The
quaint brick structure was all but abandoned by Burlington Northern Railroad
Company in the 1990's. In 1994, volunteers wanting to preserve the history of
the old railroad and sugar beet factory town decided to convert the old depot
into a museum. It opened for it's first season in 1999 and is filled with many
historical items relating to Bayard, Chimney Rock, and the Valley, including
horse-drawn machinery. It has won 2 awards already in its short existence.
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