Fort Robinson Museum & History Center — Attraction in Nebraska

Although the park’s buildings were closed, the campgrounds, trails, and fishing ponds were open. You can walk around the buildings and look at the horses and longhorn cattle. There’s also folks at the ‘INFORMATION BOOTH’ that can answer and help with any questions you might have. The weekend left, NE was just allowing the use of the non-camping facilities for weekend stays.

Downside. IF you have an RV, coming from the east and are planning on camping DO NOT follow GOOGLE to the center of ‘Fort Robinson’. You will enjoy a pleasant dirt road trip looking at pronghorn, cattle and horses until you find the first road you can turn around at. There should be a little bit better signage for campers and isn’t. Secondly, you may come across some issues with power. The underground resident rodents have been wrecking havoc on the power cables. We were told there are plans to correct power issues sometime soon. Also, it would be nice to see a ‘map’ that describes the historical significance of the park’s buildings. Something that describes what they were before the park’s creation. Finally, because of COVID, we were not able to visit the inside facilities.

Upside, the park is a great place to visit. Lots to do within 2 hours of the park should you be adventurous. Those trips could include AGATE NM, TOADSTOOL, and lots of adventure on dirt roads. Crawford is a nice little town and has the basic facilities for campers. IF need be, you can drive to Chadron. The lakes are beautiful. The ‘Old Smiley Scenic Drive’ can be a lot of fun. We were able to see burros, buffalo, and pronghorn. If possible, drive all the roads around the park. Most may be dirt, but you really get to see how people miss by just traveling I80. The country is beautiful.

We look forward to going back and would really like to make it a family reunion. By that time, hopefully all of the activities mentioned on the...

We went out to eat at the Fort Robinson restaurant as a family. 1st off there was 5 of us and they sat us at a 4 person table. They were not too busy to seat us at a suitable table. We did have a toddler with us as well and when we asked for a high chair it did not have straps to buckle him In. No refills, Appetizer never came, My Burger was harder than the shingles on the roof. This was a Friday night in July and it was steady. Everyone around us was not getting service either. Waitress messed up half the order or just brought what she felt was best for us to eat instead of what was requested for sides. Bad attitude. We finally had to leave and track the waitress down for the check. When we asked to speak to the manager the hostess said she was at home and then broke down into tears. Very unprofessional. Did feel bad for her though. The staff was very unorganized and could tell there was serious lack of training. The person in charge of the restaurant should be responsible for these issues and liabilities but is for some reason at home on a Friday night when there would be steady business and need for some sort of...

I thought this was a very cool place when we arrived and I tried hard to like it BUT the management of this park is outrageous and they are doing very little to keep up the amazing historical homes that are for rent. Their biggest issue is one of communication. If they are going to have rules for the activities they offer, then fully communicate those rules at all times and stop wasting peoples money and time. There's also a major policy issue with some of the off-site activities, where they were allowing a minor child (age 9) to attend a river float alone - NO official adult supervision. This should be illegal and I not only blame the park for allowing it, but also the parents for thinking this is okay. As someone that was attending that river float, I felt VERY uncomfortable feeling responsible for this child that was being left to fend for themselves. Thankfully for that child, the park totally screwed up our river float reservation and overbooked the bus/van so the entire...