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Explore a city filled with history, culture and adventure. Walk across a swinging rope bridge suspended over a tropical rainforest at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. Hop aboard historic train cars at The Durham Museum. Climb in, on, and through everything imaginable at the Omaha Children's Museum. Step into the pioneer life at the Mormon Trail Center. Explore more than 100 acres of botanical beauty at Lauritzen Gardens and marvel at exquisite works of art inside the Joslyn Art Museum. Boys Town is a national treasure featuring an expansive campus, historic chapel and museum. El Museo Latino is the first Latino art and history museum in the Midwest and Love's Jazz and Art Center captures the heritage of jazz in an area where Duke Ellington, Count Basie and others once played.
As you explore the many attractions below, you'll find different experiences around every corner.
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Joslyn Art Museum
- 2200 Dodge St
- Omaha, NE 68102
- Region: Downtown
- Phone: (402) 342-3300
- Fax: (402) 342-2376
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Nebraska's largest art museum, and one of the "10 Best Art Museums for Kids" in the nation (Child magazine). Permanent collections from antiquity to the present, with an emphasis on 19th- … more
Omaha Children's Museum
- 500 S 20th St
- Omaha, NE 68102
- Region: Downtown
- Phone: (402) 342-6164
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Get ready for the whole family to learn through play! Omaha Children's Museum features outstanding interactive permanent exhibits focused on art, science and early childhood with a giant … more
Looking for things to do in Omaha? SkateDaze is Omaha's Family Entertainment Center & is great for a fun-packed day with Roller Skating, "Best of Omaha" Laser Tag, Bumper Cars, Roller … more
Nebraska Shakespeare
- Elmwood Park
- 60th & Dodge Sts
- (Entrance just S of UNO Bell Tower)
- Omaha, NE 68132
- Region: Central
- Phone: (402) 280-2391
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A free festival of Shakespeare's plays, presented by a professional theater company in a beautiful outdoor setting during June and July. Town Square activities begin at 6pm, Pre-show … more
Artists’ Cooperative Gallery Ltd
- 405 S 11th St
- Omaha, NE 68102
- Region: Downtown
- Phone: (402) 342-9617
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Omaha's original, fine art cooperative gallery...connecting local art and worldly wanderers since 1975. The Co-op is operated and staffed by 34 established regional artists who work in every … more
Amazing Pizza Machine
- 13955 S Plz
- Omaha, NE 68137
- Region: Southwest
- Phone: (402) 829-1777
- Fax: (402) 829-1787
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Visit Omaha's favorite family entertainment center TODAY! Enjoy 60,000 square feet of all-indoor rides and attractions: NEW Amazing Quest Laser Tag plus Go Karts, Bumper Cars, Mini-Bowling, … more
Strategic Air & Space Museum
- I-80, Exit #426
- Ashland, NE 68003
- Region: West of Metro
- Phone: (402) 944-3100
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The Strategic Air & Space Museum is home to an extraordinary collection of aircraft and Cold War artifacts that make it one of the premier aviation museums in the nation. Additionally, the … more
Durham Museum
- 801 S 10th St
- Omaha, NE 68108
- Region: Downtown
- Phone: (402) 444-5071
- Fax: (402) 444-5397
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The Durham Museum, making its home in Omaha's beautiful art deco Union Station, houses an extraordinary array of permanent exhibits including restored train cars, 1940's store fronts, … more
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
- 724 S 12th Street
- Omaha, NE 68102
- Region: Downtown
- Phone: (402) 341-7130
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International artist-in-residence program located in the historic Old Market area. Artists from around the world live and work in the second-floor studios. Bemis Center galleries feature … more
Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge
- 705 Riverfront Dr
- Omaha, NE 68102
- Region: Downtown
- Phone: (402) 444-5900
The longest pedestrian bridge to link two states, providing safe crossing from Omaha to Council Bluffs over the Missouri River for walking and biking enthusiasts, connecting to 150 miles of … more
Boys Town
- 137th & W Dodge Rd
- Omaha, NE 68010
- Region: Southwest
- Phone: (402) 498-1140
- Toll-Free: (800) 625-1400
National Historic Landmark District. Visit the Hall of History, Visitors Center and the Father Flanagan House to get a first-hand look at the world-famous Village established by Father … more
CoCo Key Water Resort
- 3321 S 72nd St
- Omaha, NE 68124
- Region: Central
- Phone: (402) 393-3950
- Toll-Free: (800) 272-6232
57,000 square feet of indoor Key West style water resort adventure! Three 40-foot body- and raft slides, Key Quest Arcade, Adventure River, Parrots Perch interactive play island, Wet … more
El Museo Latino
- 4701 S 25th St
- Omaha, NE 68107
- Region: Midtown
- Phone: (402) 731-1137
- Fax: (402) 733-7012
First Latino art and history museum and cultural center in the Midwest. View world class permanent and traveling exhibitions featuring local, national and international Latino art and … more
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park
- 28500 W Park Hwy
- I-80, Exit #426
- Ashland, NE 68003
- Region: South of Metro
- Phone: (402) 944-2523
Enjoy an indoor theater with live performances, swimming pool with slides, indoor activity center, miniature golf, driving range, tennis courts, horseback trail rides, paddle boats, fishing … more
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Omaha, NE 68102
Phone: 402.444.4660
Toll Free: 866.937.6624
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