Guided One-Building Childhood Home Tour

Experience Cather’s Youth

Driving tour with your own vehicle Duration Guided, 30 minute tour of the Willa Cather Childhood Home. About This is a walking or driving tour. Guests should have their own transportation and plan to follow a tour guide from site to site. Tour lasts approximately 30 minutes. If you are planning to book ...

Red Cloud
30 min
National Willa Cather Center
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Exhibit Tour

Understand Cather’s Time

This is a driving tour that offers a deep dive into three permanent exhibits that put Willa Cather's life and writing in context. What are the most important events of Cather’s life? How did Red Cloud become the homesteading town that inspired six of Cather’s novels? Why is the rise of the railroad ...

Red Cloud
90 min
National Willa Cather Center
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Historic Sites Tour

Explore Cather’s Hometown

This is a driving tour that takes guests to important historic sites associated with Willa Cather's life and writing. While some of the stops feature permanent exhibits that are part of the tour, a guide will also tell the story of each stop’s relevance to specific books, the preservations efforts ...

Red Cloud
120 min
National Willa Cather Center
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Country Tour

All Ages! • 3 Hours • Up to 15 people!

Driving tour with your own vehicle Duration 3 hours About The Country Tour highlights twenty historic sites related to the life and writing of Willa Cather. You may schedule a guided tour of these sites by contacting the Willa Cather Foundation, or you may purchase a detailed Country Tour Book for a ...

Red Cloud
National Willa Cather Center
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Prairie Tour

All Ages! • 45 minutes • Up to 15 people!

Walk a stretch of the prairie that inspired Willa Cather's writing! Duration 45 minutes About More Info We encourage all guests to download our National Willa Cather Center mobile app to access additional information and book passages related to our tours.

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National Willa Cather Center
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Archive Tour

All Ages! • 1 Hour • Up to 10 people!

Explore National Willa Cather Center collections with our archivist! Duration 1 Hour About More Info We encourage all guests to download our National Willa Cather Center mobile app to access additional information and book passages related to our tours.

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National Willa Cather Center
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An Immersive Experience in Willa Cather's Hometown

Two Inspiring Days in Willa Cather's Red Cloud

Designed to take place over two days, this package includes a VIP archive tour, our popular 7-building tour, a sunset picnic on the prairie, and a country tour across the gravel roads of Webster County. Our most immersive Cather experience will leave you inspired to read more of her work, and ready to ...

Red Cloud
2 days
National Willa Cather Center
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Must-See Mondays

Exclusive access to the National Willa Cather Center!

Enjoy a private shopping and tour experience at the National Willa Cather Center! Learn about Willa Cather's life and accomplishments by exploring our museum. While we are not open regular hours on Mondays, this private reservation gives guests access to our permanent exhibit, art gallery, bookstore, ...

Red Cloud
2 hours
Private Tours
National Willa Cather Center
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder!

For Ages 21+

Have you ever wondered what inspired some of the most morbid and disturbing moments in Cather's fiction? Join us for a night of exploring the dark history that animated Cather's work! Guests are invited to book one 75-minute tour to visit the Willa Cather Childhood Home, Burlington Depot, the ...

Red Cloud
2 Hours
National Willa Cather Center
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Josh Hoyer

You voted and we listened! 2026 Audience Choice winners Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal are performing their very first opera house show in what promises to be a foot-stomping Saturday night! Named “Best Band” at the 2025 at the 30th International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee, Hoyer and his ...

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2
National Willa Cather Center
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Offutt Brass

In honor of Veteran's Day and America 250, join us for a free concert featuring Offutt Brass, the premiere ensemble of the United States Air Force Heartland of America Band! Offutt Brass is stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Comprised of two trumpets, French horn, trombone, tuba, and ...

Red Cloud
2
National Willa Cather Center
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Switchback: Celtic Christmas

Irish Heritage Meets Midwestern Harmonies

Celebrate the holiday season with a Celtic flair! Switchback is the award-winning duo of Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack. Their brand of original music has made them an international touring sensation and a presence on PBS in the United States. Dubbed "American Roots with Celtic Soul," ...

Red Cloud
2
National Willa Cather Center
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Philip Daniel

We are delighted to welcome composer and pianist Philip Daniel to the Red Cloud Opera House for a night of beautiful music and Willa Cather's most enduring literature. Join us for what promises to be a memorable concert including original compositions inspired by My Ántonia as well as music Daniel ...

Red Cloud
2 hours
National Willa Cather Center
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