Hastings Museum

Located in Hastings, Nebraska the Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History claims to be the largest municipal museum between Chicago and Denver. The exhibits in the museum include Kool-Aid (invented by local merchant, Edwin Hastings), dioramas, natural and local history, weapons, vehicles, rocks, minerals, fossils, coins, and a planetarium. Both the Hastings Public Library and Adams County Historical Society are located at the museum.