Jeremy Steele has been named manager of exhibits and collections of the University of Nebraska’s Lester F. Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum. The appointment began Jan. 1 and follows the retirement of longtime director Bill Splinter, who played a vital role in developing the museum, said Ron Yoder, biological systems engineering department head. Steele […]

The Lester F. Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum is home to a purring Allis Chalmers. But forget fieldwork and gleaming red metal. Think mouse chasing and gray fur. For the last three years, the tractor museum has been home to Allis Chalmers, a stray cat who was so hungry she wandered repeatedly into the […]

Mid-America Arts Alliance selected UNL’s Tractor Test Museum as one of 20 museums to participate in the Hands-On Experiential Learning Project. In Nebraska, HELP is implemented in partnership with the Nebraska Arts Council and made possible through the generosity of the Nebraska Arts Council, the Cooper Foundation, Sue Renken, the Institute of Museum and Library […]