Great Platte River Road Archway Monument - Historical place in Kearney - 3060 E 1st St, USA

What a neat place!!! You will tour the museum with a handheld radio and listen to a story being told. I preferred to read about everything vs listening. I was truly amazed: this place exceeded my expectations. We will follow the trail of the settlers coming west up into the 1960’s. The characters are truly human like!!! The displays are amazing and well done. We really enjoyed spending the morning here.

Stopped on a whim. Super glad we did. I really enjoyed this museum. Honestly, I had no idea it was a museum! 😂 We highly recommend visiting. Very educational regarding the history of this region.

There was a lot more to see here than anticipated. Leave yourself plenty of time to explore the exhibits. There's more than an hour of audio clips you can listen to as you move through and lots to look at.

This was a fantastic place to go for our three boys ages 7-12...probably the best museum experience we have had with them. The way the audio and experience was laid out made it into a bit of a scavenger hunt for them. We took a little over an hour and they were really engaged, not wanting to miss any of the numbers/content.

How cool !!! So glad we stopped in. Took about an hour and a half for us since we listened to every single recording and took it all in. We thought this was a very well done museum! Friendly and helpful people work there. It has so much interesting information and is clean and a comfortable temperature inside. It's got amazing historically accurate displays. I loved the dramatic thunderstorm and the other effects. If you love history you'll appreciate this one!!! If you don't love history you should still go to see the way it was done and look out the window to see the traffic below. That is so awesome! I encourage everyone, especially those interested in the past and those with school age kids, to stop by.

We had a great time, super educational! Makes me want to learn more. Beautiful outside! Took about 90 min to go through the museum. 50 different major points to hear.

We didn't have a lot of time, so we just took some pictures, made a purchase in the gift shop, and left. We plan on stopping here again and spending a lot of time. It is amazing and we can't wait to visit and see everything. This is a great place to stop in your travels, and kids will love it. Bathrooms are very clean. There is an area where you can go eat some lunch under a gazebo or you can sit on the edge by the river. There are little ponds/lakes you can walk to, as well.

There is a pretty hike, some historical items to check out, and a gift shop to visit for free. The gift shop has lots of Nebraska souvenirs, locally made items, and snacks. There is an admission fee to go upstairs to see the museum and admire the view over the interstate. However, it is a reasonably fun thing to do on a family road trip. There is also an area that can be used as an events center. **we were disappointed to find the maze is gone.