Holdrege Area Attractions
 |  |
Nebraska Prairie Museum
Located one mile north of Holdrege on Hwy. 183, 15 miles south of I-80 exit 257. The WWII Interpretive Center exhibit displays a scale replica of the original WWII German POW Camp Atlanta which was located five miles southwest of Holdrege by Atlanta, NE. Also exhibited are items donated by former military personnel who worked there, POWs who were interned there, and local families and businesses who hired the POWs during the war. Videos of interviews, books are available for purchase. Extensive collections of prairie history are on display. Home and business period rooms, dish collections, a quilt collection, arrowhead collection, antique farm machinery and tools, and a genealogical library are on display. Out buildings include a Lutheran Church, one room school house, early farm house, POW guard tower, and windmill. Home of the National Sod House Society. Open daily, Mon - Sat, 10am - 5pm; Sun, 1pm - 5pm. Entrance by donation. (308) 995-5015.
