Welcome to the Robert Henri Museum and Art Gallery located in Cozad, Nebraska.

Robert Henri (formerly Robert Henry Cozad) was one of America's greatest artists and one of its most important art instructors. In our environmentally controlled gallery, built in 2023-2025, you will find the most definitive exhibit on Henri's life and his art ever built. The exhibit is entitled Painter, Teacher and Pioneer: A Journey Through the Life of Robert Henri. The show includes a large number of his paintings that we either own and have been loaned to us by patrons, many of his sketches along with personal items including letters and props. There are also examples of the work of some of his students including Margery Ryerson, Marjorie Organ Henri, Leon Kroll and Ernest Fiene.

Next to the current gallery is the Robert Henri Museum which is located in the boyhood home of Henri and includes a number of family pieces on display. It was restored in the mid-1980s. The museum includes exhibits, period furnished rooms, a gallery and a gift shop. It is also where many of the museum's programs take place including our receptions for our Artists in Residence, Artists of the Month, the Robert Henri Arts Festival, and our Holiday at the Henri program along with privately sponsored events. The museum has an introductory exhibit entitled Robert Henri: From the 100th Meridian to International Fame which reveals the important Nebraska legacy of the famed artist along with his family and local history. We have two new exhibits - Painters of A New Century and Passing on the Art Spirit that look at his career and his students. They were funded by the generosity of the Peter Kiewit Foundation. 

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The museum continues with its mission of offering the most exhaustive and current research on Henri's time in Nebraska. In 2023 it published a new history entitled Nebraska Sign-posts: Robert Henri's Years on the Great Plains. To order a copy go to amazon.com.

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Most importantly, we are embarking on a new chapter in the museum's history as we have finished constructing a new six thousand square foot gallery. Our exhibits are installed and we held a soft opening on June 11, 2025.  We are also pleased to announce that our official ribbon cutting is scheduled for August 16, 2025, at 10:30 am. The museum, library and archive and the new gallery will be open all day until 5. Please come and join us for this great celebration. You can get more information by following our regular updates on our Facebook page. ​​

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Our web page provides information about our programs, activities, collection, and archives. You can keep up to date about our museum's regular activities by going to our Facebook page or signing up for our digital newsletter. You can find about both by going to our Join and Support pages.  

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Our new hours will be from March 1 and continue to December 15, 10:00-5:00 from Tuesdays to Fridays. In addition, our museum will be open as will be our library and archives which will be hosting the Impact Nebraska Artists exhibit until August 31, 2025. Hope to see you at our new complex.​​​​​​