Robert Henri Museum and Art Gallery

The Robert Henri Museum and Art Gallery, 218 E. 8th St. in Cozad, is in the Hendee Hotel, built in 1879 by town founder John J. Cozad as a hotel and family home. The Cozads lived there until 1883, after Cozad shot rancher Alfred Pearson in a land dispute in 1882 and the family left Nebraska under new names; his son Robert Henry Cozad became the painter Robert Henri (1865–1929). Stephen A. Hendee bought the building and ran it as a hotel. It has been on the National Register since 1979. The grounds include a historic walkway, a church and a schoolhouse. The museum has been open May through September, Tuesday to Saturday.