"The only thing new is the history we don't know." Harry Truman
Welcome! Step back in time as you visit the North Platte Valley Museum in Gering, Nebraska, a private non-profit museum situated on the Oregon-California and Pony Express Trails, in the shadow of Scotts Bluff National Monument, 20 miles west of Chimney Rock.
Our museum tells the story of the plains Indians, fur traders, emigrant trails, and the early settlers of the North Platte River Valley in the western panhandle of Nebraska.
We have more than 20 professionally designed exhibits in our 10,000 sq ft. gallery.
Outside the main building are authentic sod and log houses built in the late 1800s. The homes are partially furnished with items belonging to the families who lived in them. If weather and staffing permit, you may get a tour inside these homes.
The North Platte Valley Museum archive is home to the Paul & Helen Henderson Oregon Trail Collection, one of the most extensive research collections of trail materials ever assembled.
Stop by the museum. You will enjoy your visit.
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North Platte Valley Museum P.O. Box 435. 900 Overland Trails Road . 11th & J . Gering, NE 69341 . 308-436-5411 . npvm@earthlink.net
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