List of Museums in Nebraska

This list of museums in Nebraska encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) 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 museums) are not included.

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Name Image Town/City Region Type Summary
100th Meridian Museum Cozad Central Local history website, information
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Harrison Western Natural history Includes fossils and Native American artifacts
American Historical Society of Germans From Russia Cultural Heritage Research Center Lincoln Eastern Open air website, includes chapel, summer kitchen, barn, general store and blacksmith shop
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum York Central Local history website, information, located in the York Community Center
Arbor Day Farm Tree Adventure Nebraska City Southeast Natural history website, family nature discovery center with focus on trees
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum Nebraska City Southeast Multiple Features historic mansion, carriage house with various vehicles, log cabin, arboretum and trails
Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park Royal Western Natural history Operated by the University of Nebraska State Museum, visitor center for ongoing fossil excavations
Bank of Florence Omaha Eastern Historic site Restored pioneer bank with vault and manager's quarters
Banner County Museum Harrisburg 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 Central Natural history website, part of Concordia University, minerals, agate, fossils and rocks
Bayard Chimney Rock Museum Bayard Western Local history information
Bell-Jenne House Falls City Southeast Historic house website, operated by the Richardson County Historical Society, 1880s Victorian period house
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Omaha 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 Southeast Biographical website, two nearby sites, one the period home and the other a museum with memorabilia of author Bess Streeter Aldrich
Boone County Historical Society Museum Albion Northeast Local history information, located in a former White Star filling station
Boys Town Omaha Eastern Historic site Features
Bowring Ranch State Historical Park Merriman Western Historic house Historic working ranch with period home, sod house and visitor center about Eva Bowring, Nebraska's first woman Senator
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park North Platte Biographical Also known as Scout's Rest, home and museum about Buffalo Bill Cody
Burt County Museum Tekamah 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 Central Local history website
Captain Bailey House Brownville Southeast Historic house information, operated by the Brownville Historical Society
Carnegie Arts Center (Alliance, Nebraska) Alliance Western Art website
Carson House (Brownville, Nebraska) Brownville Southeast Historic house information, operated by the Brownville Historical Society
Cass County Historical Society Museum Plattsmouth Southeast Local history website
Cedar County Historical Museum Hartington 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 Southwest Mill website
Chase County Historical Society Museum Champion Southwest Local history information
Cherry County Historical Society Museum Valentine North central Local history information
Cheyenne County Museum Sidney 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 Central Children's website
Chimney Rock National Historic Site Bayard Western History Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society, 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 Central Local history website, operated by the Clay County Historical Society
Cody Park Railroad Museum North Platte Western Railroad information, information
Coleman House Museum Ainsworth North central Local history information, information, operated by the Brown County Historical Society
Crawford Historical Museum Crawford Western Local history website, operated by Crawford Historical Society
Creighton Historical Center Creighton Local history website
Cuming County Historical Museum West Point Northeast Open air information, located in a former White Star filling station
Custer County Historical Society Museum Broken Bow North central Local history website, includes general store and drug store displays
Czechoslovak Museum Omaha Eastern Ethnic Histories of Czechs and Slovaks, open by appointment
Dawes County Historical Museum Chadron 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 Central Multiple website, local history and art, schoolhouse with agriculture displays, fire truck
Diller Bank Building Museum Diller Southeast Local history website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society
District 10 School Alexandria Southeast School website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society
Dixon County Historical Society Museum Allen Northeast Local history website, information, includes local history museum, schoolhouse and agriculture machinery building
Dobby's Frontier Town Alliance 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 Central Historic house information
Durham Museum Omaha Eastern History Formerly known as Durham Western Heritage Museum, history of the United States' western region
Edgerton Explorit Center Aurora Central Science information
Eisentrager Howard Gallery Lincoln Eastern Art website, part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Elkhorn Valley Museum Norfolk Northeast Local history website, includes Johnny Carson gallery, period displays, changing exhibits and a children's discovery center
El Museo Latino Omaha Eastern Ethnic Latino and Hispanic art and history
Fairbury City Museum Fairbury Southeast Local history information, information
Farm And Ranch Museum Gering Western Agriculture website
Fillmore County Museum Fairmont Southeast Local history information
Florence Depot Omaha Eastern Railroad Located in the Florence community
Florence Mill Omaha Eastern Local history Restored flour mill features the Winter Quarters Mill Museum with pioneer history and the ArtLoft Gallery, located in the Florence community
Fort Atkinson State Historical Park Fort Calhoun Eastern Military Restored fort with periodic living history demonstrations
Fort Cody Trading Post North Platte 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 North central Military website, information, restored fort with seasonal weekend living history demonstrations
Fort Kearney Museum Kearney Central Commodity information
Fort Kearny State Historical Park Kearney Central Military Recreated stockade and exhibits about the Oregon Trail
Fort Robinson Museum Crawford Western Military Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society
Frahm House Fort Calhoun Northeast Historic house website, operated by the Washington County Historical Society
Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Museum Lincoln Eastern Technology website, historic telephones and equipment
Franklin County Museum Franklin 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
Freedom Park Omaha Eastern Military Outdoor park with military museum ships and aircraft, features the USS Marlin (SST-2) submarine, USS Hazard (AM-240) minesweeper, rocket launchers, jet fighter and other aircraft
Gage County Museum Beatrice 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 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 Omaha Eastern Historic house 1880s Victorian period home
Genoa Historical Museum Genoa Northeast Local history website, information, includes Pawnee tribal and Mormon Trail exhibits
Genoa U.S. Indian School Museum Genoa Northeast School Former boarding school for Native American youth
Gibbon Heritage Center Gibbon Central Local history information
Gothenburg Historical Museum Gothenburg Central Local history information
Grant County Museum Hyannis Central Local history information, information, features barbed wire collection
Graves Library Museum Wakefield Eastern Local history website, operated by the Wakefield Heritage Organization, features a large collection of wrenches
Great Plains Art Museum Lincoln Eastern Art Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Great Plains Black History Museum North Omaha Eastern African American
Great Plains Welsh Heritage & Culture Centre Wymore Southeast Ethnic website, Welsh Americans and Welsh involvement in the U.S. westward expansion
Great Platte River Road Archway Monument Kearney Central History Nebraska's and the Platte River valley's role in westward expansion
Greeley County Historical Society Courthouse Museum Greeley Central Local history information
George W. Frank House Kearney Central Historic house website, operated by the University of Nebraska at Kearney, 1880s mansion, also features artifacts related to Nebraska and UNK history
Hastings Museum of Natural & Cultural History Hastings Central Multiple website, exhibits on Kool-Aid, natural history dioramas, local history, weapons, life of pioneers on the Plains, rocks, minerals, fossils, antique vehicles, coins, planetarium
Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles Lexington Central Military Includes helicopters, tanks, half-tracks, ambulances, a jeep, weapons, uniforms and memorabilia
Heritage House Museum Weeping Water Southeast Local history information, information, operated by the Weeping Water Historical Society
Heritage Park Henderson Central Open air website, includes period farmhouse, heritage house of Russian Mennonite immigrants
Holt County Historical Museum O'Neill 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 Beatrice Southeast History Influence of the Homestead Act and pioneers
Hooker County Historical Society Museum Mullen Local history website
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 Crawford Western Natural history Ongoing excavations of a bison kill
International Quilt Study Center Lincoln Eastern Textile Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln
John Deere Museum Tecumseh Southeast Commodity information, private ollection of John Deere memorabilia, including toy vehicles, pocket ledgers, trade cards, calendars, signs, machinery manuals, open by appointment
John G. Neihardt State Historic Site Bancroft Northeast Biographical Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society, study and museum of poet John Neihardt
Johnson County Historical Museum Tecumseh Southeast Local history information
Joslyn Art Museum Omaha Eastern Art Strengths in nineteenth and twentieth century American and European art, Western and Native American art
Joslyn Castle Omaha Eastern Historic house
Kearney KidZone Kearney Central Children's website, also known as Kearney Area Children's Museum
Keya Paha County Historical Museum Springview Local history information
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Nebraska City Southeast Art website, changing exhibits
Knight Museum of High Plains Heritage Alliance Western Military information
Kruger Collection Lincoln Eastern Art website, part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln, miniature furniture and decorative arts
Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum Lincoln Eastern Agriculture Historic tractor testing equipment and tractors, part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Headquarters and Visitor Center Omaha Eastern History Exhibits about the explorers and information about sites along the trail
Lewis and Clark Visitor Center Crofton Northeast History website, information
Lighthouse Museum (Republican City, Nebraska) Republican City 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 Eastern Children's website
Lincoln County Historical Museum North Platte 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 Western Local history website, includes period antiques and household items, operated by the Lodgepole Historical Society
Long Pine Heritage House Museum Long Pine Central Local history website
Louis E. May Museum Fremont Northeast Local history information, operated by the Dodge County Historical Society
Lux Center for the Arts Lincoln Eastern Art website, includes Lux Museum
Madison County Museum Madison Northeast Local history website, operated by the Madison County Historical Society, includes firefighting equipment, telephone pioneers communications, model railroad, baseball player Richie Ashburn, and area fur farms displays
Mansion on the Hill Ogallala Western Historic house website, 1887 Victorian mansion, operated by the Keith County Historical Society
Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center Chadron Western Multiple website, part of Chadron State College, life and literature of Mari Sandoz and the culture of the High Plains
Mari Sandoz Room Museum Gordon Western Biographical information
Mayhew Cabin & Historic Village Nebraska City Southeast Historic house 1855 cabin, site along the Underground Railroad, also known as John Brown's Cave
Merrick County Historical Museum Central City Central Local history information
Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Interpretive Trail & Visitors Center Nebraska City Southeast History website, features keelboat replica, flora, fauna and scientific discoveries recorded by the Lewis & Clark expedition
Mormon Trail Center Omaha Eastern History website, information, Mormon pioneer history, located in Winter Quarters
Murdock Museum Murdock Southeast Local history website, operated by the Murdock Historical Society
Musbach Museum Scribner Northeast Local history information
Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball Saint Paul North central Sports website
Museum of Nebraska Art Kearney Central Art Official state museum of art, part of University of Nebraska at Kearney
Museum of Nebraska History Lincoln Eastern History website, operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society
Museum of Missouri River History Brownville Southeast Maritime Housed in the museum ship Captain Meriwether Lewis
Museum of the Fur Trade Chadron Western Industry website, story of the fur trade industry
Museum of the High Plains McCook Central Local history information, information
Nance County Historical Museum Fullerton Northeast Local history information
National Museum of Roller Skating Lincoln Eastern Sports website
Nebraska Jewish Historical Society Omaha Eastern Jewish Jewish history in Nebraska, includes the Riekes Museum, a re-creation of a neighborhood shul
Nebraska Prairie Museum Holdrege 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 Eastern History History of the school and deaf culture
Nebraska State Historical Society Lincoln Eastern History Headquarters in Lincoln features an exhibit about the history of the Society
Neligh Mill State Historic Site Neligh Eastern Mill website, operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society, restored 1880s water-powered grist mill
Nemaha Valley Museum Auburn Southeast Local history website
Niobrara Museum Niobrara Northeast Local history information
North Platte Area Children's Museum North Platte Western Children's information
North Platte Valley Museum Gering 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 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 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 Southeast Local history website, area transportation history and local history
O'Connor House Homer Northeast Historic house website, information, operated by the Dakota County Historical Society
Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame Omaha Eastern Hall of fame
Omaha Children's Museum Omaha Eastern Children's
Otoe County Museum of Memories Syracuse Southeast Local history website, includes church with period room and business displays
Pawnee City Historical Society and Museum Pawnee City Southeast Open air website
Pedal Clinic Pawnee City Southeast Commodity information, bicycle shop with collection of tractor and car pedal toys, open by appointment
Petrified Wood Gallery Ogallala Western Natural history website, ancient woods and fossils from around the world, Native American arrowheads and area artifacts
Pierce Historical Society Museum Pierce 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 Eastern Natural history website, mounted big game trophy dioramas
Pilger Museum Pilger Northeast Local history information, operated by the Historical Society of Stanton County
Pioneer Trails Museum Bridgeport Western Local history information
Pioneer Village Minden Central Open air Features 28 buildings on 20 acres (81,000 m2) including frontier buildings, early cars and airplanes, tractors and other farm implements and an art collection
Plains Historical Museum Kimball Western Local history information
Plainsman Museum Aurora Central Local history
Plainview Clown Doll Museum Plainview Northeast Doll website
Plainview Historical Museum Plainview Northeast Local history website, operated by the Plainview Historical Society, housed in a former depot
Platte County Museum Columbus Local history website, includes fossils, Indian stone tools, local historical artifacts, Victorian clothing, furnishings and heirlooms
Polk County Historical Society Museum Osceola Open air information
Polish Heritage Center Ashton Central Ethnic website
Ponca Tribal Museum and Library Niobrara Northeast Native American website
Pony Express Station Gothenburg Central History information, information
Potter Museum Potter Western Local history information
Prairie Schooner Museum Dalton Western Local history information
Richardson County Historical Museum Falls City Southeast Local history website, operated by the Richardson County Historical Society
Richardson County Military Museum Falls City Southeast Military information
River Country Nature Center Nebraska City Southeast Natural history information
Robert E. Baker Memorial Museum Decatur Northeast Local History Operated by the Decatur Historical Committee
Robert Henri Museum Cozad Central Biographical website, childhood home of artist Robert Henri
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery Lincoln Eastern Textile website, part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Rock Bluffs School Rock Bluff Southeast School Open by appointment with the Cass County Historical Society
Rock County Historical Museum Bassett 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 Endicott Southeast History
Rock Island Depot Railroad Museum Fairbury Southeast Railroad website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society
Rock School House Museum Oshkosh Western Local history website, operated by the Garden County Historical Society
Rotunda Gallery Lincoln Eastern Art website, part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Saline County Historical Society and Museum Dorchester Local history website, information
Sallows Military Museum Alliance Western Military website
Sandhills Museum Valentine 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 Southeast Local history website, includes period room displays, Native American artifacts, model of historic Fort Crook/Offutt Field and depot
Saunders County Museum Wahoo Eastern Open air information, operated by the Saunders County Historical Society, includes main museum with displays about movie producer Darryl F. Zanuck, composer Howard Hanson, baseball player Sam Crawford, 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
Sautter House Papillion Southeast Historic house information
Scamahorn Museum Gordon Western Local history information
Schramm Park State Recreation Area Gretna Southeast Natural history Includes fish hatchery museum, Aksarben Aquarium with fish, reptiles and amphibians, geologic display
Schuyler/Colfax County Museum Schuyler Northeast Local history website
Scotts Bluff National Monument Gering Western History Features the Oregon Trail Museum and Visitor Center, including art by William Henry Jackson
Sellors Barton Museum Ainsworth North central Local history information, information
Senator George Norris State Historic Site McCook Central Biographical Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society, home of George W. Norris
Seward County Historical Society Museum Goehner Southeast Open air website
Sheldon Museum of Art Lincoln Eastern Art Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Sheridan County Historical Museum Rushville Western Local history information
Silver Hills Museum Oshkosh 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 Western Local history information, includes museum, post office, schoolhouse and house/telephone office
Sod House Museum Gothenburg Central Historic house information
Stanton Heritage Museum Stanton Northeast Local history information
Steele City Museums Steele City 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 Southeast Local history information
Strategic Air and Space Museum Ashland Eastern Aerospace United States Air Force military aircraft and nuclear missiles
Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer Grand Island Central Living
Swedish Heritage Center Oakland Northeast Ethnic information, Swedish memorabilia
Table Rock Pioneer History Museum Table Rock Local history website
Taylor-Wessel-Bickel House Nebraska City Southeast Historic house information, information, open by appointment and for special events, operated by the Nebraska City Historical Society
Thayer County Museum Belvidere 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 Western Local history information
Thomas P. Kennard House Lincoln Eastern Historic house website, operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society, 1870s Victorian period house
Trails & Rails Museum 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 Western Natural history website, operated by the University of Nebraska State Museum, located inside Fort Robinson State Park, features fossils from Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park and near the fort
Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum Gordon Western History information, ranching and cowboy life artifacts and history
University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln Eastern Natural history Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Valley County Museum Ord North central Local history website
Valley Historical Society Museum Valley Eastern Local history website
Verdigre Heritage Museum Complex Verdigre Northeast Open air information, information, features four buildings including a jail and grist mill, open by appointment and for special events
Wakefield Train Depot Wakefield Eastern Railroad website, operated by the Wakefield Heritage Organization
Washington County Historical Museum Fort Calhoun Northeast Local history website
Wayne County Historical Museum Wayne Northeast Local history information
W.C. Smith House & Lime Kiln Fairbury Southeast Historic house website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society
Webster County Historical Museum Red Cloud Northeast Local history website
Wessels Living History Farm York Central Farm website, features 1925 period farmhouse, barn, tractor museum and windmill in a working farm
White Horse Museum Stuart North central Local history website
Wilber Czech Museum Wilber Southeast Ethnic website, includes Czech dolls, clothing, household items, replicas of early immigrant homes and early Wilber businesses
Wildlife World Gering Western Natural history website, also known as the Wyo-braska Museum of Natural History
Wildwood Historic Center Period House Nebraska City Southeast Historic house information, information, 1869 Victorian house and art gallery
Willa Cather State Historic Site Red Cloud Northeast Biographical website, operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society, includes the Willa Cather House, the Cather Museum in the Garber Bank, and several sites important in her life and works
William Jennings Bryan House Lincoln Eastern Biographical Also known as Fairview, home of orator William Jennings Bryan
Wisner Heritage Museum Wisner Northeast Local history website
World War II Library and Museum Greenwood Southeast Military information, World War II 24 memorabilia, uniforms, Jeeps, military toys, books and videos
York Area Children's Museum York Central Children's website

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