Nebraska, which gets its name from a Native American word meaning "flat water", is a leading farming state of the US. Lincoln is the capital.

Pioneer Country Region

Museum of Nebraska History interprets over 12,000 years of human experience on the Plains.

Strategic Air & Space Museum is a 300,000 square foot building that features two aircraft display hangars, an interactive gallery and an aircraft restoration gallery.

Lied Center for Performing Arts serves students and residents of this entire region by bringing the world's finest arts and entertainment to its stage.
Lincoln Children's Museum

Other Attractions:
Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Museum
Folsom Children's Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Rock Island Depot Railroad Museum
State Museum of Natural History and Mueller Planet
National Museum of Roller Skating
International Quilt Study Center

FRONTIER TRAILS REGION

Edgerton Explorit Center offers a 5,000 square foot gallery of more than 40 hands-on exhibits.

Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer introduces visitors to the history and development of the Native Americans, the Old West and pioneer life.

Nebraska Prairie Museum, an exceptionally fine collection of over one-acre of exhibits.

Other Attractions:
Museum of Nebraska Art
Hastings Museum
Great Platte River Road Archway Monument
Crane Meadows Nature Center
Plainsman Museum

SANDHILLS REGION

Other Attractions:
Howard County Historical Village
Nebraska Major League Baseball Museum
Custer County Historical Museum
Sandhills Spirit of the West provides visitors genuine Cowboy experience. Enjoy cowboy cooking over an open campfire, chuckwagon steak supper, family fun and entertainment.

METRO CORRIDOR

Freedom Park Navy Museum showcases USS. Marlin SST2, USS Hazard AM240, an LSM45, an A-4 Skyhawk, an A-7, and much more.

Fontenelle Forest Nature Center features 1,400 acres of woods, wetlands and waterways, featuring deep ravines, loess ridges, more than 40 varieties of trees and over 200 species of birds.

El Museo Latino is the first Latino art and history museum in the Midwest.

Durham Western Heritage Museum is a beautiful art deco railroad station, which offers unique, hands-on learning for people of all ages.

Other Attractions:
Henry Doorly Zoo
FunPlex waterpark
Omaha Botanical Gardens
Omaha Children's Museum
Omaha Community Playhouse
Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium Outdoor Education Center

PRAIRIE LAKES REGION

Ole's Big Game Steakhouse showcases more than 200 big game trophies and countless mementos of safaris.

LEWIS AND CLARK REGION

John G. Neihardt Center has been constructed for the study and preservation of the works of poet John G. Neihardt.

Kreycik's Riverview Elk Farm is a working elk, bison and cattle farm.

Washington County Historical Museum preserves the history of Washington County, Nebraska and vicinity.

Fremont Dinner Train sends you back into the 1940's era. You will be exposed to 1940 music and scenery, while on an elegant 30 mile round trip from Fremont, to the small historic town of Hooper, Nebraska.

Other Attractions:
Pierce Historical Society Museum
Elkhorn Valley Museum & Research Center
Louis E. May Historical Museum

PANHANDLE REGION

Wyobraska Wildlife Museum is packed with collections from 7 continents.

Museum of the Fur Trade traces the everyday lives of the British, French, and Spanish traders, voyageurs, mountain men, professional buffalo hunters, and typical Plains and Woodland Indians.

Carhenge is a replication of Stonehenge, England's ancient mystical alignment of stones that chart the sun and moon phases.

NATIONAL PARKS IN NEBRASKA

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a 3,000-acre National Monument. Once part of "Captain" James H. Cook's Agate Springs Ranch, the nearby beds are an important source for 19.2 million year-old Miocene epoch mammal fossils.

Chimney Rock National Historic Site has exhibits explaining the westward migration of the nineteenth century and the significant role Chimney Rock had in the memories of those who traveled the trails west.

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail celebrates the heroic expedition of the Corps of Discovery, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark in 1805.

Other Attractions:
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Niobrara National Scenic River
Oregon National Historic Trail
Scotts Bluff National Monument

THINGS TO DO
Museum of Nebraska History: The museum's exhibits interpret over 12,000 years of human experience on the Plains.

CARHENGE is a replica of Stonehenge, England's ancient mystical alignment of stones that chart the sun and moon phases.