421 and 423 Norris Ave. - The museum is filled with many articles that were part of everyday life of the people who settled in this part of the country. Explore the Railroad Room to relive the steam engine days, ask to tour the retired Railroad Caboose or visit the large working model railroad on the second floor.  

The museum includes a display of the former McCook Airbase, where many WWII Air Force pilots and crewman trained. The DAR Room is full of great historical artifacts, as is the old drug store where you will even see the origins of Kool-Aid. Throughout the museum are historic pictures of leaders who influenced the state and nation and other important area historical memories.  You will even see Frank Lloyd Wright house plans, designed for a house that was never built. 

The museum adjoins the Historic Carnegie Library built in 1907. The library was one of the first of 69 built in Nebraska, serving more than 60 years as McCook’s Public Library, it is the only Carnegie Library in Nebraska designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style.  The original architecture has been restored where reading tables are available with many signed First Edition books. Visitors may also view the school room dating back to the early 1900’s to the present.  No one will believe you were in jail unless you take a moment and snap a photo of yourself inside the outdoor jail cell.  The “Prairie Bull” bronze sculpture, completed in 2000 by MHS Graduate Gary Ginther graces the front lawn of the Carnegie Library.  

Your time in the museum is priceless and donations are welcome.