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List of museums in Nebraska
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This list of museums in Nebraska
encompasses museum
s which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organization
s, government entities, and private business
es) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museum
s) are not included.
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Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
encompasses museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
s which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organization
Nonprofit organization
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s, government entities, and private business
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es) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museum
Virtual museum
A virtual museum is a museum that exists only online. A virtual museum is also known as an online museum, electronic museum, hypermuseum, digital museum, cybermuseum or Web museum...
s) are not included.
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100th Meridian Museum | Cozad Cozad, Nebraska Cozad is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3,977 at the 2010 census. The town is on the Great Plains of central Nebraska, along the Union Pacific Railroad and U.S. Highway 30, just north of the Platte River... |
Central | Local history | website, information | |
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument near Harrison, Nebraska. The main features of the Monument are a valley of the Niobrara River, and the fossils found on Carnegie Hill and University Hill.... |
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Harrison Harrison, Nebraska Harrison is a village in Sioux County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 279 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Sioux County.-Geography:Harrison is located at .... |
Western | Natural history | Includes fossils and Native American artifacts |
American Historical Society of Germans From Russia Cultural Heritage Research Center | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Open air | website, includes chapel, summer kitchen, barn, general store and blacksmith shop | |
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum | York York, Nebraska York is a city in York County, Nebraska, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,766. It is the county seat of York County. It is the home of York College and the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women.-Geography:... |
Central | Local history | website, information, located in the York Community Center | |
Arbor Day Farm Tree Adventure | Nebraska City Nebraska City, Nebraska Nebraska City is a city in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,228 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Otoe County... |
Southeast | Natural history | website, family nature discovery center with focus on trees | |
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum is a mansion, state park, and arboretum located at 2300 2nd Avenue, Nebraska City, Nebraska... |
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Nebraska City Nebraska City, Nebraska Nebraska City is a city in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,228 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Otoe County... |
Southeast | Multiple | Features historic mansion, carriage house with various vehicles, log cabin, arboretum and trails |
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Royal Royal, Nebraska Royal is a village in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 75 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Royal is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.... |
Western | Natural history | Operated by the University of Nebraska State Museum University of Nebraska State Museum The University of Nebraska State Museum, also known as Elephant Hall, is a natural history museum featuring Nebraska biodiversity, paleontology, and cultural diversity. It was founded in 1871... , visitor center for ongoing fossil excavations |
Bank of Florence Bank of Florence The Bank of Florence was an early wildcat bank located at 8502 North 30th Street in Florence, Nebraska Territory. After originally opening in the 1850s, it closed and reopened in 1904. Today the building that housed the bank is the Bank of Florence Museum... |
Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | Historic site | Restored pioneer bank with vault and manager's quarters | |
Banner County Museum | Harrisburg Harrisburg, Nebraska Harrisburg is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Banner County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Scottsbluff, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area... |
Open air | website, includes museum with period rooms, weapons, household items and personal collections, machine shed, sod and log houses, church, general store, schoolhouse, drug store, barn, service station, bank | ||
Bartels Museum | Seward Seward, Nebraska Seward is a city in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,133 at the 2000 census... |
Central | Natural history | website, part of Concordia University, minerals, agate, fossils and rocks | |
Bayard Chimney Rock Museum | Bayard Bayard, Nebraska Bayard is a city in Morrill County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,247 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bayard is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.... |
Western | Local history | information | |
Bell-Jenne House | Falls City Falls City, Nebraska Falls City is a city in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,671 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Richardson County.-Geography:Falls City is located at .... |
Southeast | Historic house | website, operated by the Richardson County Historical Society, 1880s Victorian period house | |
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art is located at 724 South 12th Street in the Old Market Historic District of downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The Bemis was founded by artists Jun Kaneko, Tony Hepburn, Lorne Falke and Ree Schonlau in 1981. The spirit and programs of the Bemis Center for Contemporary... |
Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | Art | Features 3 main galleries with over 20 exhibitions yearly in all media, including video, installation and performance art | |
Bess Streeter Aldrich Home and Museum | Elmwood Elmwood, Nebraska Elmwood is a village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 668 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Elmwood is located at .... |
Southeast | Biographical | website, two nearby sites, one the period home and the other a museum with memorabilia of author Bess Streeter Aldrich Bess Streeter Aldrich Bess Streeter Aldrich was an American author.Bess Streeter was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa. After graduating from Iowa State Normal School, she taught school at several locations in the west, later returning to Cedar Falls to earn an advanced degree in education... |
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Boone County Historical Society Museum | Albion Albion, Nebraska Albion is a city in and the county seat of Boone County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,797 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Albion is located at .... |
Northeast | Local history | information, located in a former White Star filling station | |
Boys Town | Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | Historic site | Features | |
Bowring Ranch State Historical Park Bowring Ranch State Historical Park Bowring Ranch State Historical Park is a state park of Nebraska, USA, interpreting the ranching heritage of the Sand Hills region and the lives of former owners Arthur and Eva Bowring . The park is located north of Merriman in Cherry County, near the South Dakota border.The ranch was originally... |
Merriman Merriman, Nebraska Merriman is a village in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 118 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Merriman is located at .... |
Western | Historic house | Historic working ranch with period home, sod house and visitor center about Eva Bowring Eva Bowring Eva Kelly Bowring was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska. Bowring was born in Nevada, Missouri. In 1928, she married Arthur Bowring. They made their home at the Bowring Ranch near Merriman in Cherry County, Nebraska.... , Nebraska's first woman Senator |
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Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park, also known as Scout's Rest Ranch, is a living history park located west of North Platte, Nebraska.... |
North Platte North Platte, Nebraska North Platte is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is located in the southwestern part of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers forming the Platte River... |
Biographical | Also known as Scout's Rest, home and museum about Buffalo Bill Cody | ||
Burt County Museum | Tekamah Tekamah, Nebraska Tekamah is a city in Burt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,736 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Burt County.-History:... |
Eastern | Local history | website, includes two houses with local history and period displays and a one room schoolhouse | |
Butte Community Historical Center and Museum | Butte Butte, Nebraska Butte is a village in Boyd County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 366 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Boyd County.- Geography :Butte is located at .... |
Central | Local history | website | |
Captain Bailey House | Brownville Brownville, Nebraska Brownville is a village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 146 at the 2000 census.- History :Established in 1854 and incorporated in 1856, Brownville was the largest town in the Nebraska Territory, with a population of 1,309 by 1880. Bordering slave-holding Missouri, the... |
Southeast | Historic house | information, operated by the Brownville Historical Society | |
Carnegie Arts Center (Alliance, Nebraska) | Alliance Alliance, Nebraska -External links:* * *... |
Western | Art | website | |
Carson House (Brownville, Nebraska) | Brownville Brownville, Nebraska Brownville is a village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 146 at the 2000 census.- History :Established in 1854 and incorporated in 1856, Brownville was the largest town in the Nebraska Territory, with a population of 1,309 by 1880. Bordering slave-holding Missouri, the... |
Southeast | Historic house | information, operated by the Brownville Historical Society | |
Cass County Historical Society Museum | Plattsmouth Plattsmouth, Nebraska Plattsmouth is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, Nebraska, United States, which was founded in 1855. The population was 6,887 at the 2000 census.-History:... |
Southeast | Local history | website | |
Cedar County Historical Museum | Hartington Hartington, Nebraska Hartington is a city in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,554 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Cedar County.-Geography:Hartington is located at .... |
Northeast | Open air | information, includes log cabin, 1900 house, carriage house and exhibit hall with antique machinery and vehicles | |
Champion Mill State Historical Park | Enders Enders, Nebraska Enders is an unincorporated community in Chase County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 6 and Nebraska Highway 61 southeast of the city of Imperial, the county seat of Chase County. Its elevation is 3,150 feet . Although Enders is unincorporated, it has a post office, with... |
Southwest | Mill | website | |
Chase County Historical Society Museum | Champion Champion, Nebraska Champion is an unincorporated community in central Chase County, Nebraska, United States. It lies near the Champion Mill State Historic Park, southwest of the city of Imperial, the county seat of Chase County. Its elevation is 3,271 feet . Although it is unincorporated, it has a post... |
Southwest | Local history | information | |
Cherry County Historical Society Museum | Valentine Valentine, Nebraska -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,820 people, 1,209 households, and 733 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,401.1 people per square mile . There were 1,373 housing units at an average density of 682.2 per square mile... |
North central | Local history | information | |
Cheyenne County Museum | Sidney Sidney, Nebraska Sidney is a city in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 6,282 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cheyenne County.-History:The city was named for Sidney Dillon, a railroad attorney... |
Western | Military | website, information, also known as Fort Sidney Museum and Post Commander’s Home, operated by the Cheyenne County Historical Society, features three remaining structures from Fort Sidney | |
Children's Museum of Central Nebraska | Hastings Hastings, Nebraska Hastings is a city in and the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska, United States. It is the principal city of the Hastings, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Adams and Clay counties. The population was 24,907 at the 2010 census... |
Central | Children's | website | |
Chimney Rock National Historic Site Chimney Rock National Historic Site Chimney Rock is a prominent geological rock formation in Morrill County in western Nebraska. Rising nearly 300 feet above the surrounding North Platte River valley, the peak of Chimney Rock is above sea level. During the middle 19th century it served as a landmark along the Oregon Trail, the... |
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Bayard Bayard, Nebraska Bayard is a city in Morrill County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,247 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bayard is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.... |
Western | History | Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society Nebraska State Historical Society The Nebraska State Historical Society is a Nebraska state agency, founded in 1878 to "encourage historical research and inquiry, spread historical information ..... , includes exhibits about pioneers and the migrations in the West |
Civil War Veterans Museum at the G.A.R. Memorial Hall | Nebraska City | Southeast | Civil War | ||
Clay County Museum | Clay Center Clay Center, Nebraska Clay Center is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Hastings, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area... |
Central | Local history | website, operated by the Clay County Historical Society | |
Cody Park Railroad Museum | North Platte North Platte, Nebraska North Platte is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is located in the southwestern part of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers forming the Platte River... |
Western | Railroad | information, information | |
Coleman House Museum | Ainsworth Ainsworth, Nebraska Ainsworth is a city in Brown County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,862 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Brown County.-Geography:Ainsworth is located at .... |
North central | Local history | information, information, operated by the Brown County Historical Society | |
Creighton Historical Center | Creighton Creighton, Nebraska Creighton is a city in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,194 at the 2010 census. The city was named in honor of John A... |
Local history | website | ||
Cuming County Historical Museum | West Point West Point, Nebraska West Point is a city in and the county seat of Cuming County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3,660 at the 2000 census.-History:West Point was first founded in the spring of 1857, when Omaha businessmen formed the Nebraska Settlement Association in order to find suitable townsites in... |
Northeast | Open air | information, located in a former White Star filling station | |
Custer County Historical Society Museum | Broken Bow Broken Bow, Nebraska Broken Bow is a city in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3,491 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Custer County.-History:... |
North central | Local history | website, includes general store and drug store displays | |
Czechoslovak Museum Czechoslovak Museum The Czechoslovak Museum is located at 2021 U Street in South Omaha, Nebraska.-History:The original Sokol Hall was established in 1911. It did not contain a Czech museum at that time, but was specifically a social hall for the Sokol organization. In the 1980s the museum was added to the building... |
Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | Ethnic | Histories of Czechs and Slovaks, open by appointment | |
Dawes County Historical Museum | Chadron Chadron, Nebraska Chadron is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,851 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dawes County. Chadron is the home of Chadron State College.... |
Western | Open air | website, includes museum with displays of a general store, hospital room, blacksmith tools, farm machinery, vintage quilts, railroad room and household items, and grounds include a log house and barn, 1890s schoolhouse, pioneer church and caboose | |
Dawson County Historical Museum | Lexington Lexington, Nebraska Lexington is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 10,230 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dawson County. Lexington is located in southern Nebraska, on the Platte River, southeast of North Platte. It sits along the route of U.S. Route 30 and the Union... |
Central | Multiple | website, local history and art, schoolhouse with agriculture displays, fire truck | |
Diller Bank Building Museum | Diller Diller, Nebraska Diller is a village in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 287 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Diller is located at .... |
Southeast | Local history | website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society | |
District 10 School District 10 School The former District 10 School is located just north of state highways 28 and 30 south of Margaretville, New York, United States. It is a stone one-room schoolhouse built, demolished and rebuilt in the middle of the 19th century.... |
Alexandria Alexandria, Nebraska Alexandria is a village in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 216 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:... |
Southeast | School | website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society | |
Dixon County Historical Society Museum | Allen Allen, Nebraska Allen is a village in Dixon County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 411 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Allen is located at .... |
Northeast | Local history | website, information, includes local history museum, schoolhouse and agriculture machinery building | |
Dobby's Frontier Town | Alliance Alliance, Nebraska -External links:* * *... |
Western | Open air | website, includes general store, post office, original bootlegger's cabin, baled straw house, bank, saloon, stable, Chinese laundry, gas station | |
Dowse Sod House | Comstock Comstock, Nebraska Comstock is a village in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 110 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Comstock is located at .... |
Central | Historic house | information, article | |
Durham Museum Durham Museum The Durham Museum is located at 801 South 10th Street in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The museum is dedicated to preserving and displaying the history of the United States' western region... |
Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | History | Formerly known as Durham Western Heritage Museum, history of the United States' western region | |
Edgerton Explorit Center | Aurora Aurora, Nebraska Aurora is a city in Hamilton County, Nebraska in the United States of America. The population was 4,225 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hamilton County.-Geography:... |
Central | Science | information | |
Eisentrager Howard Gallery | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Art | website, part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska... |
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Elkhorn Valley Museum | Norfolk Norfolk, Nebraska Norfolk is a city in Madison County, Nebraska, United States, 113 miles northwest of Omaha and 83 miles west of Sioux City at the intersection of U.S. Routes 81 and 275. The population was 24,210 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Nebraska. It is the principal city of the... |
Northeast | Local history | website, includes Johnny Carson Johnny Carson John William "Johnny" Carson was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years . Carson received six Emmy Awards including the Governor Award and a 1985 Peabody Award; he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987... gallery, period displays, changing exhibits and a children's discovery center |
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El Museo Latino El Museo Latino El Museo Latino is a museum featuring Latino and Hispanic art and history that is located at 4701 South 25 Street in South Omaha, Nebraska. Established in 1993, it is the first Latino art & history museum & cultural center in the Midwest, and is one of only eleven Latino museums in the United... |
Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | Ethnic | Latino and Hispanic art and history | |
Fairbury City Museum | Fairbury Fairbury, Nebraska Fairbury is a city in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,262 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Jefferson County.... |
Southeast | Local history | information, information | |
Farm And Ranch Museum | Gering Gering, Nebraska Gering is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Scottsbluff, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,751 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Scotts Bluff County.... |
Western | Agriculture | website | |
Fillmore County Museum | Fairmont Fairmont, Nebraska Fairmont is a village in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 560 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Fairmont is located at .... |
Southeast | Local history | information | |
Florence Depot Florence Depot The Florence Depot at 9000 North 30th Street in the Florence community of Omaha, Nebraska. Originally built in 1887 at 28th and Grebe in downtown Florence, the Depot closed in 1966... |
Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | Railroad | Located in the Florence Florence, Nebraska Florence is a neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska on the city's north end and originally one of the oldest cities in Nebraska. It was incorporated by the Nebraska Territorial Legislature on March 10, 1857. The site of Winter Quarters for Mormon migrants traveling west, it has the oldest cemetery for... community |
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Florence Mill Florence Mill (Omaha, Nebraska) Florence Mill, also known as the Weber Mill, is located at 9102 North 30th Street near the 30th Street exit on Interstate 680 in the Florence community in North Omaha, Nebraska. It was built in 1846 and operated into the 1960s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Weber Mill... |
Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | Local history | Restored flour mill features the Winter Quarters Mill Museum with pioneer history and the ArtLoft Gallery, located in the Florence Florence, Nebraska Florence is a neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska on the city's north end and originally one of the oldest cities in Nebraska. It was incorporated by the Nebraska Territorial Legislature on March 10, 1857. The site of Winter Quarters for Mormon migrants traveling west, it has the oldest cemetery for... community |
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Fort Atkinson State Historical Park Fort Atkinson (Nebraska) Fort Atkinson was the first United States Army post to be established west of the Missouri River in the unorganized region of the Louisiana Purchase of the United States. Located just east of present-day Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, the fort was erected in 1819 and abandoned in 1827... |
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Fort Calhoun Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Fort Calhoun is a city in Washington County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 856 at the 2000 census.Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is built on... |
Eastern | Military | Restored fort with periodic living history demonstrations |
Fort Cody Trading Post | North Platte North Platte, Nebraska North Platte is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is located in the southwestern part of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers forming the Platte River... |
Western | History | website, store that includes the Buffalo Bill's Miniature Wild West Show, a hand-carved miniature show display, and the Museum of the Old West with weapons, clothing, artifacts and natural history displays | |
Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park | Elyria Elyria, Nebraska Elyria is a village in Valley County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 54 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Elyria is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.... |
North central | Military | website, information, restored fort with seasonal weekend living history demonstrations | |
Fort Kearney Museum | Kearney Kearney, Nebraska Kearney is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 30,787 at the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney.... |
Central | Commodity | information | |
Fort Kearny State Historical Park | Kearney Kearney, Nebraska Kearney is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 30,787 at the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney.... |
Central | Military | Recreated stockade and exhibits about the Oregon Trail | |
Fort Robinson Museum Fort Robinson Fort Robinson is a former U.S. Army fort and a present-day state park. Located in the Pine Ridge region of northwest Nebraska, it is west of Crawford on U.S. Route 20.- History :... |
Crawford Crawford, Nebraska Crawford is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 997 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated in 1886 and was named for the late Captain Emmet Crawford who had previously been stationed at nearby Fort Robinson.-Geography:... |
Western | Military | Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society Nebraska State Historical Society The Nebraska State Historical Society is a Nebraska state agency, founded in 1878 to "encourage historical research and inquiry, spread historical information ..... |
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Frahm House | Fort Calhoun Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Fort Calhoun is a city in Washington County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 856 at the 2000 census.Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is built on... |
Northeast | Historic house | website, operated by the Washington County Historical Society | |
Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Museum | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Technology | website, historic telephones and equipment | |
Franklin County Museum | Franklin Franklin, Nebraska Franklin is a city in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,026 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Franklin County.-Geography:Franklin is located at .... |
Central | Local history | information, information, exhibits include pioneers, Native Americans, military, local citizens, farming, school house and Ol’ Towne which replicates an old West township | |
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Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | Military | Outdoor park with military museum ships and aircraft, features the USS Marlin (SST-2) USS Marlin (SST-2) USS Marlin , originally USS T-2 , was a T-1-class training submarine in commission from 1953 to 1973. She was the second submarine of the United States Navy to be named for the marlin, a large game fish. She was one of the smallest operational submarines ever built for the U.S... submarine Submarine A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability... , USS Hazard (AM-240) USS Hazard (AM-240) USS Hazard was an which served in the United States Navy during World War II.Hazard was launched on 1 October 1944 and was commissioned on 30 December 1944. The vessel was built by the Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Corporation of Winslow, Washington... minesweeper Minesweeper (ship) A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:... , rocket launchers, jet fighter Fighter aircraft A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets... and other aircraft |
Gage County Museum | Beatrice Beatrice, Nebraska Beatrice is a city in and the county seat of Gage County, Nebraska.Beatrice is located south of Lincoln on the Big Blue River. It is surrounded by agricultural country. The population was 12,459 at the 2010 census.-History:... |
Southeast | Local history | website, housed in the 1906 Burlington Railroad Depot, history of the industries, businesses, medicine, communities and the people of Gage County | |
Garfield County Historical Museum | Burwell Burwell, Nebraska Burwell is a city in Garfield County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,130 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Garfield County.-History:Burwell is host to 'Nebraska's Big Rodeo,' an annual event usually held the last weekend of July... |
North central | Local history | information, period rooms include a library, surgery room, cowboy/Indian room, tool room, military room, parlor, bedroom, country school room | |
General Crook House Museum General Crook House The General George Crook House Museum is located at 5730 North 30th Street in Fort Omaha. The Fort is located in the Miller Park neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska... |
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Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | Historic house | 1880s Victorian period home |
Genoa Historical Museum | Genoa Genoa, Nebraska Genoa is a city in Nance County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 981 at the 2000 census. Genoa is a community rich in culture and farming is a major source of income for much of the surrounding area. The city was founded by the Mormons in 1857... |
Northeast | Local history | website, information, includes Pawnee tribal and Mormon Trail exhibits | |
Genoa U.S. Indian School Museum Genoa Indian Industrial School The Indian Industrial School at Genoa, Nebraska was the fourth non-reservation boarding institution established by the Office of Indian Affairs.-About:... |
Genoa Genoa, Nebraska Genoa is a city in Nance County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 981 at the 2000 census. Genoa is a community rich in culture and farming is a major source of income for much of the surrounding area. The city was founded by the Mormons in 1857... |
Northeast | School | Former boarding school for Native American youth | |
Gibbon Heritage Center | Gibbon Gibbon, Nebraska Gibbon is a city in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,759 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Gibbon is located at .... |
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Gothenburg Historical Museum | Gothenburg Gothenburg, Nebraska Gothenburg is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lexington, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,619 at the 2000 census.-History:... |
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Grant County Museum | Hyannis Hyannis, Nebraska Hyannis is a village in Grant County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 287 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grant County.-Geography:Hyannis is located at .... |
Central | Local history | information, information, features barbed wire collection | |
Great Plains Art Museum | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Art | Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska... |
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Great Plains Black History Museum Great Plains Black History Museum The Great Plains Black History Museum is located at 2213 Lake Street in the Near North Side neighborhood in North Omaha, Nebraska. It is housed in the Webster Telephone Exchange Building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places... |
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North Omaha North Omaha, Nebraska North Omaha is a community area in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. It is bordered by Cuming and Dodge Streets on the south, Interstate 680 on the north, North 72nd Street on the west and the Missouri River and Carter Lake, Iowa on the east, as defined by the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Omaha... |
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Great Plains Welsh Heritage & Culture Centre | Wymore Wymore, Nebraska Wymore is a city in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,656 at the 2000 census. Wymore was founded on April 7, 1881 on land donated by Sam Wymore as a railroad town... |
Southeast | Ethnic | website, Welsh Americans and Welsh involvement in the U.S. westward expansion | |
Great Platte River Road Archway Monument Great Platte River Road Archway Monument The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument is a museum of and monument to Nebraska's and the Platte River valley's role in westward expansion. The Archway Monument is directly over Interstate 80 three miles east of Kearney, Nebraska.-History:... |
Kearney Kearney, Nebraska Kearney is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 30,787 at the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney.... |
Central | History | Nebraska's and the Platte River valley's role in westward expansion | |
Greeley County Historical Society Courthouse Museum | Greeley Greeley, Nebraska Greeley Center, often shortened to simply Greeley, is a village in and the county seat of Greeley County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 531 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Greeley Center is located at .... |
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George W. Frank House George W. Frank House The Georege W. Frank House is a historic mansion located in Kearney, Nebraska. The George W. Frank House is operated by the University of Nebraska at Kearney.- Frank Family History :... |
Kearney Kearney, Nebraska Kearney is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 30,787 at the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney.... |
Central | Historic house | website, operated by the University of Nebraska at Kearney University of Nebraska at Kearney The University of Nebraska at Kearney , founded in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney, is the Kearney, Nebraska, United States campus of the University of Nebraska system.-History:... , 1880s mansion, also features artifacts related to Nebraska and UNK history |
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Hastings Museum of Natural & Cultural History | Hastings Hastings, Nebraska Hastings is a city in and the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska, United States. It is the principal city of the Hastings, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Adams and Clay counties. The population was 24,907 at the 2010 census... |
Central | Multiple | website, exhibits on Kool-Aid Kool-Aid Kool-Aid is a brand of flavored drink mix owned by the Kraft Foods Company.-History:Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. All of his experiments took place in his mother's kitchen. Its predecessor was a liquid concentrate called Fruit Smack... , natural history dioramas, local history, weapons, life of pioneers on the Plains, rocks, minerals, fossils, antique vehicles, coins, planetarium |
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Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles The Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles in Lexington, Nebraska is a non-profit organization run by volunteers and funded by donations and grants.... |
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Lexington Lexington, Nebraska Lexington is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 10,230 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dawson County. Lexington is located in southern Nebraska, on the Platte River, southeast of North Platte. It sits along the route of U.S. Route 30 and the Union... |
Central | Military | Includes helicopters, tanks, half-tracks, ambulances, a jeep, weapons, uniforms and memorabilia |
Heritage House Museum | Weeping Water Weeping Water, Nebraska Weeping Water is a city in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,103 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Weeping Water is located at .... |
Southeast | Local history | information, information, operated by the Weeping Water Historical Society | |
Heritage Park | Henderson Henderson, Nebraska Henderson is a city in York County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 986 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Henderson is at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.... |
Central | Open air | website, includes period farmhouse, heritage house of Russian Mennonite immigrants | |
Holt County Historical Museum | O'Neill O'Neill, Nebraska O'Neill is a city in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3,733 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Holt County.-Geography:O'Neill is located at .... |
Central | Local history | website, operated by the Holt County Historical Society, also known as the Moses P. Kinkaid Law Office Museum | |
Homestead National Monument of America Homestead National Monument of America Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property... |
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Beatrice Beatrice, Nebraska Beatrice is a city in and the county seat of Gage County, Nebraska.Beatrice is located south of Lincoln on the Big Blue River. It is surrounded by agricultural country. The population was 12,459 at the 2010 census.-History:... |
Southeast | History | Influence of the Homestead Act Homestead Act A homestead act is one of three United States federal laws that gave an applicant freehold title to an area called a "homestead" – typically 160 acres of undeveloped federal land west of the Mississippi River.... and pioneers |
Hooker County Historical Society Museum | Mullen Mullen, Nebraska Mullen is a village in Hooker County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 491 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hooker County.-Geography:Mullen is located at .... |
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Howard County Historical Village | Saint Paul | North central | Open air | website, includes church, school, store, blacksmith shop, post office and a depot | |
Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Hudson-Meng Bison Kill The Hudson-Meng Bison Kill site is a fossil site located in the Oglala National Grassland of western Nebraska northwest of Crawford. It contains the 10,000-year-old remains of up to 600 bison.- History :... |
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Crawford Crawford, Nebraska Crawford is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 997 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated in 1886 and was named for the late Captain Emmet Crawford who had previously been stationed at nearby Fort Robinson.-Geography:... |
Western | Natural history | Ongoing excavations of a bison kill |
International Quilt Study Center International Quilt Study Center The International Quilt Study Center & Museum at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska is the home of the largest known public collection of quilts in the world.More information can be found online at... |
Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Textile | Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska... |
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John Deere Museum | Tecumseh Tecumseh, Nebraska Tecumseh is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,716 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tecumseh is located at .... |
Southeast | Commodity | information, private ollection of John Deere John Deere John Deere was an American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the world... memorabilia, including toy vehicles, pocket ledgers, trade cards, calendars, signs, machinery manuals, open by appointment |
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John G. Neihardt State Historic Site John G. Neihardt State Historic Site John G. Neihardt State Historic Site, also known as the Neihardt Center, is located in Bancroft, Nebraska and features museum exhibits about Nebraska Poet Laureate John Neihardt.... |
Bancroft Bancroft, Nebraska Bancroft is a village in Cuming County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 520 at the 2000 census.John Neihardt, who later became Nebraska's poet laureate, lived in Bancroft for twenty years and wrote many of his works there. His study is preserved at the John G... |
Northeast | Biographical | Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society Nebraska State Historical Society The Nebraska State Historical Society is a Nebraska state agency, founded in 1878 to "encourage historical research and inquiry, spread historical information ..... , study and museum of poet John Neihardt John Neihardt Johnathan Gneisenau Neihardt was an American author of poetry and prose, an amateur historian and ethnographer, and a philosopher of the Great Plains... |
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Johnson County Historical Museum | Tecumseh Tecumseh, Nebraska Tecumseh is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,716 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tecumseh is located at .... |
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Joslyn Art Museum Joslyn Art Museum The Joslyn Art Museum is the principal fine arts museum in the state of Nebraska, United States of America. Located in Omaha, it is the only museum in the state with a comprehensive permanent collection... |
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Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | Art | Strengths in nineteenth and twentieth century American and European art, Western and Native American art |
Joslyn Castle Joslyn Castle The George and Sarah Joslyn Home , is a folly located at 3902 Davenport Street in the Gold Coast Historic District of Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Built in the Scottish Baronial style in 1903, the Castle was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972... |
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Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
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Kearney KidZone | Kearney Kearney, Nebraska Kearney is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 30,787 at the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney.... |
Central | Children's | website, also known as Kearney Area Children's Museum | |
Keya Paha County Historical Museum | Springview Springview, Nebraska Springview is a village in, and the county seat of, Keya Paha County, Nebraska. The population was 244 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Springview is located at .... |
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Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts | Nebraska City Nebraska City, Nebraska Nebraska City is a city in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,228 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Otoe County... |
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Knight Museum of High Plains Heritage | Alliance Alliance, Nebraska -External links:* * *... |
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Kruger Collection | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Art | website, part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska... , miniature furniture and decorative arts |
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Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum The Lester F. Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum is an historical facility located on the East Campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States... |
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Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Agriculture | Historic tractor testing equipment and tractors, part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska... |
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Headquarters and Visitor Center | Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | History | Exhibits about the explorers and information about sites along the trail | |
Lewis and Clark Visitor Center | Crofton Crofton, Nebraska Crofton is a city in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 754 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Crofton is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.... |
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Lighthouse Museum (Republican City, Nebraska) | Republican City Republican City, Nebraska Republican City is a village in Harlan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 209 at the 2000 census. The town is near the Harlan County Reservoir.-Geography:Republican City is located at .... |
Central | Commodity | information, period displays and collectibles include clothing, cookstoves, toys and dolls, Lionel and American Flyer train sets, clocks, glassware, kitchen room displays, farm tools, McCoy pottery | |
Lincoln Children's Museum | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
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Lincoln County Historical Museum | North Platte North Platte, Nebraska North Platte is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is located in the southwestern part of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers forming the Platte River... |
Western | Open air | website, museum exhibits include World War II canteen display, period room settings, doctor's office, telephone office, post office, beauty shop, DAR collection, natural history, a model railroad, railroad, household items; complex includes barn, 1860 Pony Express log building, Fort McPherson Headquarters building, DAR Log Cabin, school/library, Lutheran Church, school, 1899 furnished house, barber shop, general store, depot, two story log house, caboose | |
Lodgepole Depot Museum | Lodgepole Lodgepole, Nebraska Lodgepole is a village in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 348 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lodgepole is located at .... |
Western | Local history | website, includes period antiques and household items, operated by the Lodgepole Historical Society | |
Long Pine Heritage House Museum | Long Pine Long Pine, Nebraska Long Pine is a city in Brown County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 341 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Long Pine is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.... |
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Louis E. May Museum | Fremont Fremont, Nebraska Fremont is a city in and the county seat of Dodge County, Nebraska, United States, near Omaha in the eastern part of the state. The population was 26,397 at the 2010 census.... |
Northeast | Local history | information, operated by the Dodge County Historical Society | |
Lux Center for the Arts | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Art | website, includes Lux Museum | |
Madison County Museum | Madison Madison, Nebraska Madison is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Norfolk, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,367 at the 2000 census.-Geography:... |
Northeast | Local history | website, operated by the Madison County Historical Society, includes firefighting equipment, telephone pioneers communications, model railroad, baseball player Richie Ashburn Richie Ashburn Don Richard "Richie" Ashburn , also known by the nicknames, "Putt-Putt", "The Tilden Flash", and "Whitey" due to his light-blond hair, was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball. He was born in Tilden, Nebraska... , and area fur farms displays |
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Mansion on the Hill | Ogallala Ogallala, Nebraska Ogallala is a city in Keith County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,737 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Keith County. In the days of the Nebraska Territory, the city was a stop on the Pony Express and later along the transcontinental railroad... |
Western | Historic house | website, 1887 Victorian mansion, operated by the Keith County Historical Society | |
Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center The Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center is a museum dedicated to the life and works of author Mari Sandoz, and to the High Plains region in which Sandoz grew up, and which was the setting of many of her fictional and non-fictional works. The Center is located on the campus of Chadron State... |
Chadron Chadron, Nebraska Chadron is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,851 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dawes County. Chadron is the home of Chadron State College.... |
Western | Multiple | website, part of Chadron State College Chadron State College Chadron State College is a four-year public college in the Nebraska State College System in Chadron, Nebraska. The college is located in the northern part of the Nebraska Panhandle, in the Pine Ridge area.... , life and literature of Mari Sandoz Mari Sandoz Mari Susette Sandoz was a novelist, biographer, lecturer, and teacher. She was one of Nebraska's foremost writers, and wrote extensively about pioneer life and the Plains Indians, and has been occasionally referred to as Mari S... and the culture of the High Plains |
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Mari Sandoz Room Museum | Gordon Gordon, Nebraska Gordon is a city in Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,612 at the 2010 census.- Geography :Gordon is located at .... |
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Mayhew Cabin & Historic Village Mayhew Cabin Built in 1855, the Mayhew Cabin and Historic Village in Nebraska City, Nebraska is the only National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site in Nebraska officially recognized by the National Park Service.- History :... |
Nebraska City Nebraska City, Nebraska Nebraska City is a city in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,228 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Otoe County... |
Southeast | Historic house | 1855 cabin, site along the Underground Railroad Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century black slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause. The term is also applied to the abolitionists,... , also known as John Brown's Cave |
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Merrick County Historical Museum | Central City Central City, Nebraska Central City is a city in Merrick County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Grand Island, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,998 at the 2000 census... |
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Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Interpretive Trail & Visitors Center | Nebraska City Nebraska City, Nebraska Nebraska City is a city in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,228 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Otoe County... |
Southeast | History | website, features keelboat replica, flora, fauna and scientific discoveries recorded by the Lewis & Clark expedition | |
Mormon Trail Center | Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | History | website, information, Mormon pioneer history, located in Winter Quarters Winter Quarters, Nebraska Winter Quarters was an encampment formed by approximately 2,500 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they waited during the winter of 1846–47 for better conditions for their trek westward. It followed a preliminary tent settlement some 3½ miles west at Cutler's Park. The... |
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Murdock Museum | Murdock Murdock, Nebraska Murdock is a village in Cass County, Nebraska. The population was 269 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Murdock is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.... |
Southeast | Local history | website, operated by the Murdock Historical Society | |
Musbach Museum | Scribner Scribner, Nebraska Scribner is a city in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 971 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Scribner is located at .... |
Northeast | Local history | information | |
Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball | Saint Paul | North central | Sports | website | |
Museum of Nebraska Art Museum of Nebraska Art The Museum of Nebraska Art is the official art museum of the state of Nebraska. The museum is located in Kearney, Nebraska, and is administratively affiliated with the University of Nebraska at Kearney... |
Kearney Kearney, Nebraska Kearney is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 30,787 at the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney.... |
Central | Art | Official state museum of art, part of University of Nebraska at Kearney University of Nebraska at Kearney The University of Nebraska at Kearney , founded in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney, is the Kearney, Nebraska, United States campus of the University of Nebraska system.-History:... |
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Museum of Nebraska History | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | History | website, operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society Nebraska State Historical Society The Nebraska State Historical Society is a Nebraska state agency, founded in 1878 to "encourage historical research and inquiry, spread historical information ..... |
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Museum of Missouri River History Captain Meriwether Lewis (dustpan dredge) -Museum of Missouri River History:The Nebraska State Historical Society took possession of the ship in 1976 and moved it to Brownville, Nebraska the next year. The ship is dry-berthed along the Missouri River. Visitors can tour the ship, which includes the Museum of Missouri River History, opened... |
Brownville Brownville, Nebraska Brownville is a village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 146 at the 2000 census.- History :Established in 1854 and incorporated in 1856, Brownville was the largest town in the Nebraska Territory, with a population of 1,309 by 1880. Bordering slave-holding Missouri, the... |
Southeast | Maritime | Housed in the museum ship Captain Meriwether Lewis Captain Meriwether Lewis (dustpan dredge) -Museum of Missouri River History:The Nebraska State Historical Society took possession of the ship in 1976 and moved it to Brownville, Nebraska the next year. The ship is dry-berthed along the Missouri River. Visitors can tour the ship, which includes the Museum of Missouri River History, opened... |
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Museum of the Fur Trade | Chadron Chadron, Nebraska Chadron is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,851 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dawes County. Chadron is the home of Chadron State College.... |
Western | Industry | website, story of the fur trade industry | |
Museum of the High Plains | McCook McCook, Nebraska McCook is a city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,994 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Red Willow County... |
Central | Local history | information, information | |
Nance County Historical Museum | Fullerton Fullerton, Nebraska Fullerton is a city in Nance County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,190 as of the 2010 Census. The community name is derived from cattleman Randolph Fuller.Fullerton is the county seat of Nance County.- History :... |
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National Museum of Roller Skating | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Sports | website | |
Nebraska Jewish Historical Society Omaha Jewish Community Center The Jewish Community Center in Omaha, Nebraska was established in 1926, and moved to its present location at 333 South 132nd Street in 1973. The original JCC was the site of important labor organizing in the city, and has continued to serve as an important center for financial support in Omaha's... |
Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | Jewish | Jewish history in Nebraska, includes the Riekes Museum, a re-creation of a neighborhood shul | |
Nebraska Prairie Museum | Holdrege Holdrege, Nebraska Holdrege is a city in Phelps County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,636 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Phelps County.-Transportation:... |
South central | History | website, operated by the Phelps County Historical Society, exhibits include period clothing, antique toys, farm equipment, tools and household items, a W.W.II German POW exhibit room | |
Nebraska School for Deaf Museum | Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
Eastern | History | History of the school and deaf culture | |
Nebraska State Historical Society Nebraska State Historical Society The Nebraska State Historical Society is a Nebraska state agency, founded in 1878 to "encourage historical research and inquiry, spread historical information ..... |
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Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | History | Headquarters in Lincoln features an exhibit about the history of the Society |
Neligh Mill State Historic Site | Neligh Neligh, Nebraska Neligh is a city in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,651 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Antelope County. The city's name is pronounced .-History:... |
Eastern | Mill | website, operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society Nebraska State Historical Society The Nebraska State Historical Society is a Nebraska state agency, founded in 1878 to "encourage historical research and inquiry, spread historical information ..... , restored 1880s water-powered grist mill |
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Nemaha Valley Museum | Auburn Auburn, Nebraska Auburn is a city in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3,350 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Nemaha County. The City of Auburn is actually an incorporation of two towns. Calvert and Sheridan combined to form Auburn in 1882, in part to have the voting power to... |
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Niobrara Museum | Niobrara Niobrara, Nebraska Niobrara is a village in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 370 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Niobrara is located at .... |
Northeast | Local history | information | |
North Platte Area Children's Museum | North Platte North Platte, Nebraska North Platte is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is located in the southwestern part of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers forming the Platte River... |
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North Platte Valley Museum | Gering Gering, Nebraska Gering is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Scottsbluff, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,751 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Scotts Bluff County.... |
Western | Local history | website, period displays tell the story of the plains Indians, fur traders, emigrant trails, and the early settlers of the North Platte River Valley, includes sod and log houses | |
Old Freighters Museum | Nebraska City Nebraska City, Nebraska Nebraska City is a city in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,228 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Otoe County... |
Southeast | Transportation | information, information, open by appointment and for special events, history and importance of transportation to the development of the community | |
Old Jail Museum | Neligh Neligh, Nebraska Neligh is a city in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,651 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Antelope County. The city's name is pronounced .-History:... |
Eastern | Local history | website, operated by the Antelope County Historical Society, features the main museum housed in an old jail, a reproduction log cabin and the Pioneer Church | |
Old West Trail Center | Odell Odell, Nebraska Odell is a village in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 345 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Odell is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.... |
Southeast | Local history | website, area transportation history and local history | |
O'Connor House | Homer Homer, Nebraska Homer is a village in Dakota County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 590 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Homer is located at .... |
Northeast | Historic house | website, information, operated by the Dakota County Historical Society | |
Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame The Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame, or the OBMHoF, is a nonprofit organization founded in 2005 to celebrate, document and honour the legacy of the many top vocalists and musicians whose musical careers began in the metropolitan area of Omaha, Nebraska... |
Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
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Omaha Children's Museum Omaha Children's Museum The Omaha Children's Museum is a nonprofit learning and exploration space for young people located at 500 South 20th Street in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The museum has received a national award from the Association of Science and Technology Museums., Association of Science and Technology Museums... |
Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
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Otoe County Museum of Memories | Syracuse Syracuse, Nebraska Syracuse is a city in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,762 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Syracuse is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.... |
Southeast | Local history | website, includes church with period room and business displays | |
Pawnee City Historical Society and Museum | Pawnee City Pawnee City, Nebraska Pawnee City is a city in Pawnee County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,033 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pawnee County.-Geography:Pawnee City is located at... |
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Pedal Clinic | Pawnee City Pawnee City, Nebraska Pawnee City is a city in Pawnee County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,033 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pawnee County.-Geography:Pawnee City is located at... |
Southeast | Commodity | information, bicycle shop with collection of tractor and car pedal toys, open by appointment | |
Petrified Wood Gallery | Ogallala Ogallala, Nebraska Ogallala is a city in Keith County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,737 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Keith County. In the days of the Nebraska Territory, the city was a stop on the Pony Express and later along the transcontinental railroad... |
Western | Natural history | website, ancient woods and fossils from around the world, Native American arrowheads and area artifacts | |
Pierce Historical Society Museum | Pierce Pierce, Nebraska Pierce is a city in Pierce County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Norfolk, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,767 at the 2010 census... |
Northeast | Open air | website, includes main museum with period history and business displays, a depot with household furnishings and items, machine shop with antique farm equipment and vehicles, blacksmith shop and one room schoolhouse | |
Pierson Wildlife Museum Learning Center | Neligh Neligh, Nebraska Neligh is a city in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,651 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Antelope County. The city's name is pronounced .-History:... |
Eastern | Natural history | website, mounted big game trophy dioramas | |
Pilger Museum | Pilger Pilger, Nebraska Pilger is a village in Stanton County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Norfolk, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 378 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pilger is located at .... |
Northeast | Local history | information, operated by the Historical Society of Stanton County | |
Pioneer Trails Museum | Bridgeport Bridgeport, Nebraska Bridgeport is a city in Morrill County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,594 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Morrill County.-Geography:Bridgeport is located at .... |
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Pioneer Village Pioneer Village (Nebraska) Pioneer Village is a museum and tourist attraction along U.S. Highway 6 in Minden, Nebraska. Pioneer Village was founded in 1953 by Harold Warp, a Chicago manufacturer from Minden. The museum, a complex of 28 buildings on with a total collection of over 50,000 items... |
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Minden Minden, Nebraska Minden is a city in Kearney County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,964 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Kearney County... |
Central | Open air | Features 28 buildings on 20 acres (80,937.2 m²) including frontier buildings, early cars and airplanes, tractors and other farm implements and an art collection |
Plains Historical Museum | Kimball Kimball, Nebraska Kimball is a city in Kimball County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,559 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Kimball County.-Geography:Kimball is located at , in the southwestern Panhandle.... |
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Plainsman Museum The Plainsman Museum The Plainsman Museum is a museum located in Aurora, Nebraska focusing on the history of the settlers and their decedents of the central Nebraska plains region... |
Aurora Aurora, Nebraska Aurora is a city in Hamilton County, Nebraska in the United States of America. The population was 4,225 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hamilton County.-Geography:... |
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Plainview Clown Doll Museum | Plainview Plainview, Nebraska Plainview is a city in Pierce County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Norfolk, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,353 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Plainview is located at .... |
Northeast | Doll | website | |
Plainview Historical Museum | Plainview Plainview, Nebraska Plainview is a city in Pierce County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Norfolk, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,353 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Plainview is located at .... |
Northeast | Local history | website, operated by the Plainview Historical Society, housed in a former depot | |
Platte County Museum | Columbus Columbus, Nebraska Columbus is a city in east central Nebraska, United States. Its population was 22,111 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Platte County.-Pre-settlement history:... |
Local history | website, includes fossils, Indian stone tools, local historical artifacts, Victorian clothing, furnishings and heirlooms | ||
Polk County Historical Society Museum | Osceola Osceola, Nebraska -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 921 people, 381 households, and 235 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,036.8 people per square mile . There were 417 housing units at an average density of 469.4 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.57%... |
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Polish Heritage Center | Ashton Ashton, Nebraska Ashton is a village in Sherman County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 237 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ashton is located at .... |
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Ponca Tribal Museum and Library | Niobrara Niobrara, Nebraska Niobrara is a village in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 370 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Niobrara is located at .... |
Northeast | Native American | website | |
Pony Express Station | Gothenburg Gothenburg, Nebraska Gothenburg is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lexington, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,619 at the 2000 census.-History:... |
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Potter Museum | Potter Potter, Nebraska Potter is a village in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 390.-Geography:Potter is located at .... |
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Prairie Schooner Museum | Dalton Dalton, Nebraska Dalton is a village in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 332 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dalton is located at .... |
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Richardson County Historical Museum | Falls City Falls City, Nebraska Falls City is a city in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,671 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Richardson County.-Geography:Falls City is located at .... |
Southeast | Local history | website, operated by the Richardson County Historical Society | |
Richardson County Military Museum | Falls City Falls City, Nebraska Falls City is a city in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,671 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Richardson County.-Geography:Falls City is located at .... |
Southeast | Military | information | |
River Country Nature Center | Nebraska City Nebraska City, Nebraska Nebraska City is a city in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,228 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Otoe County... |
Southeast | Natural history | information | |
Robert Henri Museum | Cozad Cozad, Nebraska Cozad is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3,977 at the 2010 census. The town is on the Great Plains of central Nebraska, along the Union Pacific Railroad and U.S. Highway 30, just north of the Platte River... |
Central | Biographical | website, childhood home of artist Robert Henri Robert Henri Robert Henri was an American painter and teacher. He was a leading figure of the Ashcan School in art.- Early life :... |
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Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Textile | website, part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska... |
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Rock Bluffs School Naomi Institute The Naomi Institute, also known as the Rock Bluff School, is located in the ghost town of Rock Bluff, Nebraska, three miles east of Murray. It was one of the earliest higher education institutions in Nebraska, founded in 1870 as a pioneer college... |
Rock Bluff Rock Bluff, Nebraska Rock Bluff is a ghost town in Cass County located approximately three miles east of Murray in the U.S. state of Nebraska. Once the home of an influential college called the Naomi Institute, Rock Bluff was instrumental in the 1866 vote that gave Nebraska statehood.-About:Rock Bluff was a pioneer... |
Southeast | School | Open by appointment with the Cass County Historical Society | |
Rock County Historical Museum | Bassett Bassett, Nebraska Bassett is a city in Rock County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 743 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Rock County.-Geography:Bassett is located at .... |
North central | Open air | website, operated by the Rock County Historical Society, complex includes depot museum with local history and period historic displays, schoolhouse, log house with period displays, historic church | |
Rock Creek Station State Historical Park Rock Creek Station Rock Creek Station was a stagecoach and Pony Express station in southeastern Nebraska, near the present-day village of Endicott.-History:Rock Creek Station was established in 1857 along the Oregon Trail and California Trail, along the west bank of Rock Creek. The station was a supply center and... |
Endicott Endicott, Nebraska Endicott is a village in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 139 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Endicott is located at .... |
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Rock Island Depot Railroad Museum | Fairbury Fairbury, Nebraska Fairbury is a city in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,262 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Jefferson County.... |
Southeast | Railroad | website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society | |
Rock School House Museum | Oshkosh Oshkosh, Nebraska Oshkosh is a city in Garden County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 887 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Garden County.-Geography:Oshkosh is located at .... |
Western | Local history | website, operated by the Garden County Historical Society | |
Rotunda Gallery | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Art | website, part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska... |
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Saline County Historical Society and Museum | Dorchester Dorchester, Nebraska Dorchester is a village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 615 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dorchester is located at .... |
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Sallows Military Museum | Alliance Alliance, Nebraska -External links:* * *... |
Western | Military | website | |
Sandhills Museum | Valentine Valentine, Nebraska -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,820 people, 1,209 households, and 733 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,401.1 people per square mile . There were 1,373 housing units at an average density of 682.2 per square mile... |
North central | History | information, open by appointment, collections include pre-1928 cars, firearms, farm machinery and tools, steam-driven band saw, moonshine still, broom making machine, lamps, dishes and a calf with two heads and five legs | |
Sarpy County Historical Museum | Bellevue Bellevue, Nebraska Bellevue is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 50,137 at the 2010 census. Eight miles south of Omaha, Bellevue is part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. Originally settled in the 1830s, It was the first state capitol. Bellevue was incorporated in... |
Southeast | Local history | website, includes period room displays, Native American artifacts, model of historic Fort Crook/Offutt Field and depot | |
Saunders County Museum | Wahoo Wahoo, Nebraska Wahoo is a city in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,508 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Saunders County.-History:Wahoo was founded in 1870... |
Eastern | Open air | information, operated by the Saunders County Historical Society, includes main museum with displays about movie producer Darryl F. Zanuck Darryl F. Zanuck Darryl Francis Zanuck was an American producer, writer, actor, director and studio executive who played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors... , composer Howard Hanson Howard Hanson Howard Harold Hanson was an American composer, conductor, educator, music theorist, and champion of American classical music. As director for 40 years of the Eastman School of Music, he built a high-quality school and provided opportunities for commissioning and performing American music... , baseball player Sam Crawford Sam Crawford Samuel Earl Crawford , nicknamed "Wahoo Sam", was a Major League Baseball player who played outfield for the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957.... , artist C. W. Anderson, scientist George Beadle and a complex including an 1873 log home, 1890s schoolhouse, 1889 country church, railroad depot, post office and machine shed |
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Sautter House | Papillion Papillion, Nebraska Papillion is a city in Sarpy County in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is a suburb to the southwest of neighboring Omaha, and is the county seat of Sarpy County. The population of Papillion was 18,894 at the 2010 census. In 2009, Papillion was named the #3 best place to live in the United States by... |
Southeast | Historic house | information | |
Scamahorn Museum | Gordon Gordon, Nebraska Gordon is a city in Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,612 at the 2010 census.- Geography :Gordon is located at .... |
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Schramm Park State Recreation Area Schramm Park State Recreation Area Schramm Park State Recreation Area is a state recreation area in southeast Nebraska, United States, on the north side of the Platte River in Sarpy County.... |
Gretna Gretna, Nebraska Gretna is a city in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,355 at the 2000 census. In 2008, its population was estimated to be 6,572. Gretna has the fastest rate of growth of any Nebraska city since 2000.-History:... |
Southeast | Natural history | Includes fish hatchery museum, Aksarben Aquarium with fish, reptiles and amphibians, geologic display | |
Schuyler/Colfax County Museum | Schuyler Schuyler, Nebraska Schuyler is a city in Colfax County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,371 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Colfax County. The city is named after former Vice President of the United States, Schuyler Colfax... |
Northeast | Local history | website | |
Scotts Bluff National Monument Scotts Bluff National Monument Scotts Bluff National Monument in western Nebraska includes an important 19th century landmark on the Oregon Trail and Mormon Trail. The National Monument contains multiple bluffs located on the south side of the North Platte River; it is named for one prominent bluff called Scotts Bluff, which... |
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Gering Gering, Nebraska Gering is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Scottsbluff, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,751 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Scotts Bluff County.... |
Western | History | Features the Oregon Trail Museum and Visitor Center, including art by William Henry Jackson William Henry Jackson William Henry Jackson was an American painter, Civil War, geological survey photographer and an explorer famous for his images of the American West... |
Sellors Barton Museum | Ainsworth Ainsworth, Nebraska Ainsworth is a city in Brown County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,862 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Brown County.-Geography:Ainsworth is located at .... |
North central | Local history | information, information | |
Senator George Norris State Historic Site George W. Norris House Senator George William Norris House, also known as George W. Norris House, is a house built in 1899 in McCook, Nebraska. It was a home of U.S. Senator George W... |
McCook McCook, Nebraska McCook is a city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,994 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Red Willow County... |
Central | Biographical | Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society Nebraska State Historical Society The Nebraska State Historical Society is a Nebraska state agency, founded in 1878 to "encourage historical research and inquiry, spread historical information ..... , home of George W. Norris |
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Seward County Historical Society Museum | Goehner Goehner, Nebraska Goehner is a village in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 186 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Goehner is located at .... |
Southeast | Open air | website | |
Sheldon Museum of Art | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Art | Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska... |
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Sheridan County Historical Museum | Rushville Rushville, Nebraska Rushville is a city in Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 890 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Sheridan County.-Geography:Rushville is located at .... |
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Silver Hills Museum | Oshkosh Oshkosh, Nebraska Oshkosh is a city in Garden County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 887 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Garden County.-Geography:Oshkosh is located at .... |
Western | Local history | website, operated by the Garden County Historical Society, also known as the Opera House Museum, features bird collection, period rooms | |
Sioux County Historical Museum | Harrison Harrison, Nebraska Harrison is a village in Sioux County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 279 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Sioux County.-Geography:Harrison is located at .... |
Western | Local history | information, includes museum, post office, schoolhouse and house/telephone office | |
Sod House Museum | Gothenburg Gothenburg, Nebraska Gothenburg is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lexington, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,619 at the 2000 census.-History:... |
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Stanton Heritage Museum | Stanton Stanton, Nebraska Stanton is a city in Stanton County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Norfolk, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,627 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Stanton County... |
Northeast | Local history | information | |
Steele City Museums | Steele City Steele City, Nebraska Steele City is a village in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 84 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Steele City is located at .... |
Eastern | Open air | website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society, includes working blacksmith shop, livery barn, school, bank, 1880s stone church, antique farm machinery display | |
Strang Museum | Strang Strang, Nebraska Strang is a village in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 29 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Strang is located at .... |
Southeast | Local history | information | |
Strategic Air and Space Museum Strategic Air and Space Museum The Strategic Air and Space Museum is a museum focusing on United States Air Force military aircraft and nuclear missiles located near Ashland, Nebraska, along Interstate 80 southwest of Omaha, Nebraska. The objective of the museum is to preserve and display historic aircraft, missile, and space... |
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Ashland Ashland, Nebraska Ashland is a city in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,262 at the 2000 census.- History :Ashland is located at the site of a low-water limestone ledge along the bottom of Salt Creek, an otherwise mud-bottomed stream that was a formidable obstacle for wagon trains on the... |
Eastern | Aerospace | United States Air Force military aircraft and nuclear missiles |
Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer Stuhr Museum The Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer is a museum located in Grand Island, Nebraska dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Pioneers who settled the plains of central Nebraska in the late 19th century... |
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Grand Island Grand Island, Nebraska Grand Island is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 48,520 at the 2010 census.Grand Island is home to the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center which is the sole agency responsible for training law enforcement officers throughout the state,... |
Central | Living | |
Swedish Heritage Center | Oakland Oakland, Nebraska Oakland is a city in Burt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,367 at the 2000 census. Oakland continues to build on its strong foundation with its bi-annual Swedish Festival and is known by its proclamation from the Swedish Consul-General and Nebraska Governor as the "Swedish... |
Northeast | Ethnic | information, Swedish memorabilia | |
Table Rock Pioneer History Museum | Table Rock Table Rock, Nebraska Table Rock is a village in Pawnee County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 264 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Table Rock is located at .... |
Local history | website | ||
Taylor-Wessel-Bickel House | Nebraska City Nebraska City, Nebraska Nebraska City is a city in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,228 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Otoe County... |
Southeast | Historic house | information, information, open by appointment and for special events, operated by the Nebraska City Historical Society | |
Thayer County Museum | Belvidere Belvidere, Nebraska Belvidere is a village in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 98 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Belvidere is located at .... |
Southeast | Local history | website, includes museum with local history displays, period rooms, natural and cultural history displays, household items, agriculture building with farm tools and equipment, school house, caboose | |
Thomas County Historical Society Museum | Thedford Thedford, Nebraska Thedford is a village in Thomas County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 211 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Thomas County.-Geography:Thedford is located at .... |
Western | Local history | information | |
Thomas P. Kennard House | Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Historic house | website, operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society Nebraska State Historical Society The Nebraska State Historical Society is a Nebraska state agency, founded in 1878 to "encourage historical research and inquiry, spread historical information ..... , 1870s Victorian period house |
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Trails & Rails Museum | Kearney Kearney, Nebraska Kearney is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 30,787 at the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney.... |
Central | Open air | website, operated by the Buffalo County Historical Society, includes depot, steam engine, caboose, 1850s ranch house, 1880s hotel, 1898 church, 1860s log cabin, 1871 schoolhouse | |
Trailside Museum of Natural History | Crawford Crawford, Nebraska Crawford is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 997 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated in 1886 and was named for the late Captain Emmet Crawford who had previously been stationed at nearby Fort Robinson.-Geography:... |
Western | Natural history | website, operated by the University of Nebraska State Museum University of Nebraska State Museum The University of Nebraska State Museum, also known as Elephant Hall, is a natural history museum featuring Nebraska biodiversity, paleontology, and cultural diversity. It was founded in 1871... , located inside Fort Robinson State Park Fort Robinson Fort Robinson is a former U.S. Army fort and a present-day state park. Located in the Pine Ridge region of northwest Nebraska, it is west of Crawford on U.S. Route 20.- History :... , features fossils from Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park Ashfall Fossil Beds The Ashfall Fossil Beds of Antelope County in northeastern Nebraska are among the rare preservation sites called lagerstätten, which preserve ecological "snapshots" from a moment in time, due to extraordinary local conditions that have preserved a range of fossilized organisms undisturbed.The... and near the fort |
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Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum | Gordon Gordon, Nebraska Gordon is a city in Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,612 at the 2010 census.- Geography :Gordon is located at .... |
Western | History | information, ranching and cowboy life artifacts and history | |
University of Nebraska State Museum University of Nebraska State Museum The University of Nebraska State Museum, also known as Elephant Hall, is a natural history museum featuring Nebraska biodiversity, paleontology, and cultural diversity. It was founded in 1871... |
Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Natural history | Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska... |
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Valley County Museum | Ord Ord, Nebraska Ord is a city in Valley County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,269 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Valley County. Ord was named in honor of Civil War general Edward O. C... |
North central | Local history | website | |
Valley Historical Society Museum | Valley Valley, Nebraska Valley is a city in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,788 at the 2000 census.Valley is the hometown of Gail Rock, who used it as the basis for the small town Clear Rock in her Addie Mills books, of which "The House Without a Christmas Tree" is best known.The Town of... |
Eastern | Local history | website | |
Verdigre Heritage Museum Complex | Verdigre Verdigre, Nebraska Verdigre is a village in Knox County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 519 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Verdigre is located at .... |
Northeast | Open air | information, information, features four buildings including a jail and grist mill, open by appointment and for special events | |
Washington County Historical Museum | Fort Calhoun Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Fort Calhoun is a city in Washington County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 856 at the 2000 census.Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is built on... |
Northeast | Local history | website | |
Wayne County Historical Museum | Wayne Wayne, Nebraska Wayne is a city in Wayne County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,660 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wayne County and the home of Wayne State College.-Geography:Wayne is located at .... |
Northeast | Local history | information | |
W.C. Smith House & Lime Kiln | Fairbury Fairbury, Nebraska Fairbury is a city in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,262 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Jefferson County.... |
Southeast | Historic house | website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society | |
Webster County Historical Museum | Red Cloud Red Cloud, Nebraska Red Cloud is a city in and the county seat of Webster County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,131 at the 2000 census.-History:The region of present-day Red Cloud was intermittently occupied and used as hunting grounds by the Pawnees until 1833. In that year, a treaty was signed in... |
Northeast | Local history | website | |
Wessels Living History Farm | York York, Nebraska York is a city in York County, Nebraska, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,766. It is the county seat of York County. It is the home of York College and the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women.-Geography:... |
Central | Farm | website, features 1925 period farmhouse, barn, tractor museum and windmill in a working farm | |
White Horse Museum | Stuart Stuart, Nebraska Stuart is a village in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 625 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Stuart is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.... |
North central | Local history | website | |
Wilber Czech Museum | Wilber Wilber, Nebraska Wilber is a city in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,855 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Saline County. Wilber is the official "Czech Capital of the USA" and hosts an annual Czech festival in August... |
Southeast | Ethnic | website, includes Czech dolls, clothing, household items, replicas of early immigrant homes and early Wilber businesses | |
Wildlife World | Gering Gering, Nebraska Gering is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Scottsbluff, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,751 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Scotts Bluff County.... |
Western | Natural history | website, also known as the Wyo-braska Museum of Natural History | |
Wildwood Historic Center Period House | Nebraska City Nebraska City, Nebraska Nebraska City is a city in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,228 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Otoe County... |
Southeast | Historic house | information, information, 1869 Victorian house and art gallery | |
Willa Cather State Historic Site | Red Cloud Red Cloud, Nebraska Red Cloud is a city in and the county seat of Webster County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,131 at the 2000 census.-History:The region of present-day Red Cloud was intermittently occupied and used as hunting grounds by the Pawnees until 1833. In that year, a treaty was signed in... |
Northeast | Biographical | website, operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society Nebraska State Historical Society The Nebraska State Historical Society is a Nebraska state agency, founded in 1878 to "encourage historical research and inquiry, spread historical information ..... , includes the Willa Cather House Willa Cather House Willa Cather House, also known as Willa Cather Childhood Home, is the house in Red Cloud, Nebraska where author Willa Cather grew up.The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.... , the Cather Museum in the Garber Bank, and several sites important in her life and works |
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William Jennings Bryan House William Jennings Bryan House The William Jennings Bryan House, also known as Fairview, is a historic house built in 1902 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It is noteworthy as the home of William Jennings Bryan , and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963.... |
Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
Eastern | Biographical | Also known as Fairview, home of orator William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States... |
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Wisner Heritage Museum | Wisner Wisner, Nebraska Wisner is a city in Cuming County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,270 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wisner is located at .... |
Northeast | Local history | website | |
World War II Library and Museum | Greenwood Greenwood, Nebraska Greenwood is a village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 544 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Greenwood is located at .... |
Southeast | Military | information, World War II 24 memorabilia, uniforms, Jeeps, military toys, books and videos | |
York Area Children's Museum | York York, Nebraska York is a city in York County, Nebraska, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,766. It is the county seat of York County. It is the home of York College and the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women.-Geography:... |
Central | Children's | website | |
Defunct museums
- National Korean War Museum, OxfordOxford, NebraskaOxford is a village in Furnas and Harlan Counties in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The population was 876 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Oxford is located at...
, opened and closed in 2005 due to fraud - VietNam War National Museum, NelsonNelson, NebraskaNelson is a city in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 587 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Nuckolls County.The city was named as the county seat in 1872, and its position survived a challenge by Superior in 1889...
, photos, closed due to fraud
See also
- Culture in Omaha, Nebraska
Nebraska artists (category)
Arboreta in Nebraska (category)
Botanical gardens in Nebraska (category)
Houses in Nebraska (category)
Forts in Nebraska (category)
- Museums list
- Nature Centers in Nebraska
Observatories in Nebraska (category)