An Immersive Willa Cather Experience
"I am not exaggerating...I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to go." —Willa Cather, 1945
Book a Two-Day Cather Immersion Package
From her quaint childhood home to the windswept prairie that memorializes her, visitors of all ages and backgrounds are guaranteed to depart Red Cloud with a fresh idea of Willa Cather and the Great Plains. Come witness the sites and sounds that changed American literature.
What's included:
Behind-the-scenes museum and archive tour
7-Building Willa Cather Tour
Screening of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold documentary film
Guided Country Tour (15 sites in Webster County)
Picnic meal for the Cather Prairie
What's not included
Overnight lodging is booked separately (see below).
Cather Immersion Package
Day 1:
1:00 pm — Connect with assigned tour guide for a tour of seven Cather sites in town
3:00 pm — Meet with Cather Center leadership for VIP tour of museum exhibit and archives
6:00 pm — Picnic on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, enjoy the sunset (seasonal)
Day 2:
9:00 am — Watch Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold (45-min. documentary) at the National Willa Cather Center
10:00 am — Experience the landscape and more than twenty Cather-related sites on the Willa Cather Guided Country Tour (weather permitting)
1:30 pm — Free time to shop and explore
3:00 pm — Departure
Prepaid package is $150 per adult and $100 per student — Lodging is booked separately.
Please schedule your visit at least two weeks in advance of your intended reservation date.
