History
The Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum is housed in the original Tractor Test Laboratory on the University of Nebraska Lincoln's East Campus. The building was constructed in 1919. Tractors where tested in the building until 19820. That same year the museum was established.
Specialties
Located in the first tractor test laboratory in the world and named for Lester Larsen, who was the engineer in charge of The Nebraska Tractor Test Lab from 1946 until 1976, the Larsen Tractor Test & Power Museum tells the story of tractor testing at the University of Nebraska. Constructed in 1919 as a result of the Nebraska Tractor Test Law passed that same year, tractor testing was conducted in the facility from March of 1920 until 1980. In that same year it became a historic site for the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Within the museum are many examples of tractors that were tested during that time frame as well as one of the original test cars, a dynamometer, and a children's area with a large tractor cab. Tractor testing is unique to Nebraska and the story that the Larsen Tractor Test & Power Museum tells is unlike any you will find elsewhere in the country.