List of museums in Nebraska explained

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.

Museums

Name	Town/City	County	Region	Type	Summary
100th Meridian Museum			Central	Local history	^[1]
		Dixon	Northeast	Local history	Operated by the Ponca Historical Society, early 20th-century period house and restored blacksmith shop^[2] ^[3] ^[4]
			Nebraska Panhandle	Natural history	Includes fossils and Native American artifacts
American Historical Society of Germans From Russia Cultural Heritage Research Center			Eastern	Open air	website, includes chapel, summer kitchen, barn, general store and blacksmith shop
Angel De Cora Museum and Research Center			Northeast	Native American	Facebook site, History and culture of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, includes photos, artwork, arrowheads, beadwork, and musical instruments
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum			Central	Local history	Located in the York Community Center, includes period rooms and businesses, geology, Native Americans, pioneer days, military and local disasters^[5]
Antelope County Museum			Eastern	Local history	website, operated by the Antelope County Historical Society, features the main museum, a reproduction log cabin and the Pioneer Church
Arbor Day Farm			Southeast	Natural history	website, family nature discovery center with focus on trees
	Nebraska City	Otoe	Southeast	Multiple	Features historic mansion, carriage house with various vehicles, log cabin, arboretum and trails
			Western	Natural history	Operated by the University of Nebraska State Museum, visitor center for ongoing fossil excavations
			Eastern	Historic site	Restored pioneer bank with vault and manager's quarters
Banner County Museum				Open air	Facebook site, includes period rooms, weapons, household items and personal collections, machine shed, sod and log houses, church, general store, schoolhouse, drug store, barn, service station, bank, operated by the Banner County Historical Society
Bartels Museum		Seward	Southeast	Natural history	Located in the lower level of Link Library of Concordia University, minerals, agate, fossils and rocks^[6]
Bayard Chimney Rock Museum			Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	information, located in a historic railroad depot
	Omaha	Douglas	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			Southeast	Biographical	website, two nearby sites, one the 1922-1946 period home and the other a museum with memorabilia of author Bess Streeter Aldrich
			Southeast	Art	website, art about agriculture
Boneyard Creation Museum		Custer	Sandhills	Religious	website, Creationist museum
Boone County Historical Society Museum			Northeast	Local history	website
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	Historic site	Includes history hall of the non-profit organization for children and families, restored home of Father Flanagan, stamp museum
			Sandhills	Historic house	Historic working ranch with period home, sod house and visitor center about Eva Bowring, Nebraska's first woman Senator
Brown County Historical Society Museum				Local history	Includes the Coleman House, Dixon House and old gas station with antique collections, clothing^[7]
			Central	Biographical	Also known as Scout's Rest, home and museum about Buffalo Bill Cody
			Eastern	Local history	website, includes two houses with local history and period displays and a one-room schoolhouse
Butler County Veterans Museum	David City	Butler	Southeast	Military	Currently seeking new location^[8]
Butte Community Historical Center and Museum			Central	Local history	^[9]
Cairo Roots Museum			Central	Local history	website, located inside the Cairo Community Center
Cambridge Museum			Southwest	Local history	^[10]
			Southeast	Historic house	website, 19th-century period house, operated by the Brownville Historical Society
Carnegie Arts Center	Alliance	Box Butte	Nebraska Panhandle	Art	website, community arts center
Carson House	Brownville	Nemaha	Southeast	Historic house	website, 19th-century period house, operated by the Brownville Historical Society
Cass County Historical Society Museum		Cass	Southeast	Local history	website, exhibits include steamboats, pioneer life, trains, farms, automobiles, telephone and radio, churches and religious life, schools, entertainment, period rooms
Cedar County Historical Museum			Northeast	Open air	information, includes log cabin, 1900 house, carriage house and exhibit hall with antique machinery and vehicles
		Cherry	Sandhills	Local history	Includes a collection of bells
			Southwest	Mill	Late 19th-century water-powered mill
Chase County Historical Society Museum		Chase	Southwest	Local history	information
Cherry County Historical Society Museum		Cherry	Sandhills	Local history	information
Children's Museum of Central Nebraska		Adams	Central	Children's	website
			Nebraska Panhandle	History	Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society, includes exhibits about pioneers and the migrations in the West
	Nebraska City	Otoe	Southeast	Civil War
Classic Car Collection			Central	Automobile	website
Clay County Museum			Central	Local history	Operated by the Clay County Historical Society^[11]
Cody Park Railroad Museum	North Platte	Lincoln	Western	Railroad	information, includes Union Pacific 3977 steam and Union Pacific 6922 diesel locomotives, restored railroad depot, several rail cars and a caboose
			Northeast	Historic house	Operated by the Dakota County Historical Society
Corps of Discovery Welcome Center		Knox	Northeast	Multiple	View of Gavins Point Dam, geology, exploration, early navigation, settlement and natural history of the Missouri River region, dam construction, website^[12]
Crawford Historical Museum		Dawes	Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	website, operated by Crawford Historical Society
Creighton Historical Center				Local history	website
Cuming County Historical Museum		Cuming	Northeast	Open air	Includes 6 restored buildings, operated by the Cuming County Historical Society, open during the Cuming County Fair and at any time by request^[13] ^[14]
Custer County Historical Society Museum		Custer	Sandhills	Local history	website, includes 19th-century general store and early 20th-century drug store displays
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	Ethnic	Histories of Czechs and Slovaks, open by appointment
Dawes County Historical Museum			Nebraska Panhandle	Open air	information, 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		Dawson	Central	Multiple	website, local history and art, schoolhouse with agriculture displays, fire truck
Decatur Museum			Northeast	Local History	Operated by the Decatur Historical Committee^[15]
Didier Log Cabin	Brownville	Nemaha	Southeast	Historic house	website, 1854 log cabin, operated by the Brownville Historical Society
Diller Bank Building Museum		Jefferson	Southeast	Local history	Operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society^[16]
District 10 School			Southeast	School	Operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society^[17]
Dixon County Museum		Dixon	Northeast	Local history	Includes local history museum, schoolhouse, railroad building and agriculture machinery building, operated by the Dixon County Historical Society^[18] ^[19]
Dobby's Frontier Town	Alliance	Box Butte	Nebraska Panhandle	Open air	website, includes general store, post office, original bootlegger's cabin, baled straw house, bank, saloon, stable, Chinese laundry, gas station
			Sandhills	Historic house	Early 20th-century sod house
Dr. Spurgin's Dental Office	Brownville	Nemaha	Southeast	Historic house	website, features antique dental tools and equipment, operated by the Brownville Historical Society
Durham Museum	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	History	Formerly known as Durham Western Heritage Museum, history of the United States' western region
Edgerton Explorit Center			Central	Science	website, hands-on science exhibits
Eisentrager Howard Gallery	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Art	Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln, located on the first floor of Richards Hall, exhibits the work of UNL faculty and students^[20]
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	Ethnic	Latino and Hispanic art and history
Eleanor Barbour Cook Museum of Geology		Dawes	Nebraska Panhandle	Natural history	website, part of Chadron State College, fossils, rocks, minerals^[21]
			Northeast	Local history	website, includes Johnny Carson gallery, period displays, changing exhibits and a children's discovery center
Elmwood G.A.R. Hall Veterans Museum	Elmwood	Cass	Southeast	Military	^[22]
Fairbury City Museum		Jefferson	Southeast	Local history	information
Fillmore County Museum			Southeast	Local history	^[23] ^[24]
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	Railroad	Located in the Florence community
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	Local history	Restored flour mill features the Winter Quarters Mill Museum with pioneer history and the ArtLoft Gallery, located in the Florence community
		Washington	Eastern	Military	Restored fort with periodic living history demonstrations
Fort Cody Trading Post	North Platte	Lincoln	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
			Sandhills	Military	Restored fort with seasonal weekend living history demonstrations
	Kearney	Kearney	Central	Military	Recreated stockade and exhibits about the Oregon Trail
		Dawes	Nebraska Panhandle	Military	Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society
			Nebraska Panhandle	Military	Includes the powder house, married officer's quarters which houses the Cheyenne County Museum, and the late 19th-century period Post Commander's home
Franklin County Museum			Central	Local history	Exhibits include pioneers, Native Americans, military, local citizens, farming, school house and Ol’ Towne which replicates an old West township^[25] ^[26]
	Omaha	Douglas	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
Fullerton Museum			Northeast	Local history	Operated by the Nance County Historical Society^[27]
Furnas-Gosper County Museum			Southwest	Local history	Operated by the Furnas/Gosper County Historical Society^[28] ^[29]
		Gage	Southeast	Local history	website, housed in the 1906 Burlington Railroad Depot, history of the industries, businesses, medicine, communities and the people, operated by the Gage County Historical Society
Garfield County Historical Museum			Sandhills	Local history	Period rooms include a library, surgery room, cowboy/Indian room, tool room, military room, parlor, bedroom, country school room, operated by the Garfield County Historical Society^[30]
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	Historic house	1880s Victorian period home
Genoa Historical Museum			Northeast	Local history	website, includes Pawnee tribal and Mormon Trail exhibits
	Genoa	Nance	Northeast	Education	Former boarding school for Native American youth
	Kearney	Buffalo	Central	Historic house	Operated by the University of Nebraska at Kearney, 1880s mansion, also features artifacts related to Nebraska and UNK history
Gibbon Heritage Center		Buffalo	Central	Local history	^[31]
Gothenburg Historical Museum		Dawson	Central	Local history	website, operated by the Gothenburg Historical Society
Grant County Museum			Sandhills	Local history	Features barbed wire collection^[32]
Graves Library Museum			Eastern	Local history	Operated by the Wakefield Heritage Organization, features a large collection of wrenches^[33]
	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Art	Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln, dedicated to the arts of the Great Plains
Great Plains Black History Museum		Douglas	Eastern	African American
Great Plains Welsh Heritage & Culture Centre			Southeast	Ethnic	website, Welsh Americans and Welsh involvement in the U.S. westward expansion
	Kearney	Buffalo	Central	History	Nebraska's and the Platte River valley's role in westward expansion
Greeley County Historical Society Courthouse Museum			Central	Local history	^[34]
Greenwood Depot Museum		Cass	Southeast	Local history	Operated by the Greenwood Historical Society, local and railroad history^[35]
Hansen Memorial Museum			Central	Local history	website, early 20th-century farmhouse with china, glassware, antique furniture, and historical items from old Keith's General Merchandise^[36]
Harlan County Museum			Central	Local history	^[37] ^[38]
Hastings Museum	Hastings	Adams	Central	Multiple	Exhibits on Kool-Aid, natural history dioramas, local history, weapons, life of pioneers on the Plains, rocks, minerals, fossils, antique vehicles, coins, planetarium
		Dawson	Central	Military	Includes helicopters, tanks, half-tracks, ambulances, a jeep, weapons, uniforms and memorabilia
Heritage Center Museums			Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	Operated by the Sheridan County Historical Society^[39] ^[40]
Heritage Park			Central	Open air	website, includes period farmhouse, heritage house of Russian Mennonite immigrants
Holt County Historical Museum			Sandhills	Local history	website, operated by the Holt County Historical Society, also known as the Moses P. Kinkaid Law Office Museum
		Gage	Southeast	History	Influence of the Homestead Act and pioneers
Hooker County Historical Society Museum			Sandhills	Local history	information
Howard County Historical Village			North central	Open air	website, includes church, school, store, blacksmith shop, post office and a depot
		Dawes	Nebraska Panhandle	Natural history	Ongoing excavations of a bison kill
	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Textile	Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln, includes examples of American and European quilts, contemporary studio quilts and international quilts
			Southeast	Commodity	Private collection of John Deere memorabilia, including toy vehicles, pocket ledgers, trade cards, calendars, signs, machinery manuals, open by appointment^[41]
			Northeast	Biographical	Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society, study and museum of poet John Neihardt
Johnson County Historical Museum		Johnson	Southeast	Local history	Operated by the Johnson County Historical Society^[42]
Joslyn Art Museum	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	Art	Strengths in nineteenth and twentieth century American and European art, Western and Native American art
Joslyn Castle	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	Historic house
Kearney Area Children’s Museum	Kearney	Buffalo	Central	Children's	website
Keya Paha County Historical Museum			North Central	Local history	Operated by the Keya Paha County Historical Society^[43]
	Nebraska City	Otoe	Southeast	Art	website, changing exhibits
Klown Doll Museum		Pierce	Northeast	Doll	website, collection of clown dolls and figurines
Knight Museum and Sand Hills Center			Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	website, exhibits on life in the Sandhills, Native Americans, rural, country and city life, railroads
	Nebraska City	Otoe	Southeast	Technology	Factory and collection of water-pumping windmills
Kruger Collection	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Art	website, located within the College of Architecture at University of Nebraska–Lincoln, miniature furniture and decorative arts
		Scotts Bluff	Nebraska Pandhandle	Agriculture and local history	website, includes pioneer and early community artifacts, antique tractors and farm implements, an 80-acre working farm, historic farmstead structures
	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Agriculture	Historic tractor testing equipment and tractors, part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	History	Exhibits about the explorers and information about sites along the trail
		Cedar	Northeast	Multiple	History of the Expedition, geology, exploration, settlement and natural history of the Missouri River region, construction of the Gavins Point Dam
Lighthouse Museum			Central	Commodity	Period displays and collectibles include clothing, stoves, toys and dolls, Lionel and American Flyer train sets, clocks, glassware, kitchen room displays, farm tools, McCoy pottery^[44]
Lincoln Children's Museum	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Children's	website
	North Platte	Lincoln	Sandhills	Open air	website, 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		Cheyenne	Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	Includes period antiques and household items, operated by the Lodgepole Historical Society^[45]
Long Pine Heritage House Museum			Sandhills	Local history	^[46] ^[47]
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	African American	African American art, culture, jazz, history
		Dodge	Northeast	Historic house	website, operated by the Dodge County Historical Society, late 19th-early 20th-century period mansion, grounds are a Nebraska Arboretum Site
	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Art	website, includes Lux Museum with contemporary art, craft, and design
Madison County Museum			Northeast	Local history	website, operated by the Madison County Historical Society, includes firefighting equipment, telephone pioneers communications, model railroad, baseball player Richie Ashburn, area fur farms displays, Christmas village
			Sandhills	Historic house	website, 1887 Victorian mansion, operated by the Keith County Historical Society
		Dawes	Nebraska Panhandle	Multiple	Part of Chadron State College, life and literature of Mari Sandoz and the culture of the High Plains
Marxhausen Gallery of Art		Seward	Southeast	Art	Part of Concordia University^[48]
	Nebraska City	Otoe	Southeast	Historic house	1855 cabin, site along the Underground Railroad, also known as John Brown's Cave
Merrick County Historical Museum			Central	Local history	Operated by the Merrick County Historical Society^[49]
	Nebraska City	Otoe	Southeast	History	website, features keelboat replica, flora, fauna and scientific discoveries recorded by the Lewis & Clark expedition
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	History	website, information, Mormon pioneer history, located in Winter Quarters
Murdock Museum		Cass	Southeast	Local history	website, operated by the Murdock Historical Society
Musbach Museum		Dodge	Northeast	Local history	^[50]
	Lincoln	Lancaster	Southeast	Automobile	Racing and hot rodding cars, engines, parts, toys and memorabilia
Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball		Howard	North central	Sports	website
	Kearney	Buffalo	Central	Art	Official state museum of art, part of University of Nebraska at Kearney
	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	State History	Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society
	Brownville	Nemaha	Southeast	Maritime	Housed in the museum ship Captain Meriwether Lewis
	Chadron	Dawes	Nebraska Panhandle	Industry	Story of the fur trade industry
Museum of the High Plains			Central	Local history	^[51]
National Museum of Roller Skating	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Sports	website
	Nebraska City	Otoe	Southeast	Historic house	website, operated by the Nebraska City Historical Society, Victorian-period house and displays of local history, also known as the Taylor-Wessel-Bickel House
		Gage	Southeast	Sports	website, players, umpires, managers and entrepreneurs to semi-professional baseball
Nebraska City Museum Of Firefighting	Nebraska City	Otoe	Southeast	Firefighting	website, historic firefighting vehicles, equipment, uniforms
Nebraska Firefighters Museum and Education Center	Kearney	Buffalo	Central	Firefighting	website
	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Historic house
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	Jewish	Jewish history in Nebraska, includes the Riekes Museum, a re-creation of a neighborhood shul
Nebraska Prairie Museum			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
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	History	History of the school and deaf culture
	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	History	Headquarters in Lincoln features an exhibit about the history of the Society
		Antelope	Eastern	Mill	Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society, restored 1880s water-powered grist mill
Nemaha Valley Museum			Southeast	Local history	website
Niobrara Museum		Knox	Northeast	Local history	^[52] ^[53]
North Platte Area Children's Museum	North Platte	Lincoln	Sandhills	Children's	website
Nuckolls County Museum			Southeast	Local history	Operated by the Nuckolls County Historical Society, artifacts in eight buildings^[54]
Old Freighters Museum	Nebraska City	Otoe	Southeast	Historic house	website, operated by the Nebraska City Historical Society, mid 19th-century house, history and importance of transportation to the development of the community
Old West Trail Center		Gage	Southeast	Local history	Area transportation history and local history^[55]
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	Hall of fame
	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	Children's
Otoe County Museum of Memories		Otoe	Southeast	Local history	Includes church with period room and business displays^[56] ^[57]
Pawnee City Historical Society & Museum			Southeast	Open air	^[58] ^[59]
Pedal Clinic	Pawnee City	Pawnee	Southeast	Commodity	Restored antique pedal cars and tractors, open on special occasions or by appointment only
Perkins County Historical Museum			Central	Local history	^[60]
Peru Museum		Nemaha	Southeast	Local history	^[61]
Petrified Wood Gallery		Keith	Sandhills	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		Antelope	Eastern	Natural history	website, mounted big game trophy dioramas
Pilger Museum			Northeast	Local history	Operated by the Historical Society of Stanton County^[62] ^[63]
Pioneer Trails Museum		Morrill	Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	^[64] ^[65]
			Central	Open air	Features 28 buildings on 20acres including frontier buildings, early cars and airplanes, tractors and other farm implements and an art collection
			Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	Open in the summer
	Aurora	Hamilton	Central	Local history	Everyday life of the plains settlers, area agricultural history, period rooms, period shop and business displays, American Civil War, wildlife mounts, automobiles, dolls, late 19th-century house, schoolhouse, working blacksmith shop
		Pierce	Northeast	Local history	Operated by the Plainview Historical Society, housed in a former depot
Platte County Museum				Local history	website, includes fossils, Indian stone tools, local historical artifacts, Victorian clothing, furnishings and heirlooms
Polk County Historical Society Museum				Open air	^[66] ^[67]
Polish Heritage Center			Central	Ethnic	Facebook site, Polish history and culture, history of area Polish settlers and immigrants
		Dixon	Northeast	Local history	Includes the Missouri National Recreational River Resource and Education Center with exhibits about the Missouri River and its history
Ponca Tribal Museum and Library		Knox	Northeast	Native American	website, history and culture of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, includes photos, headdresses, tools, beadwork, jewelry, musical instruments, carvings
Pony Express Station	Gothenburg	Dawson	Central	History	Two former Pony Express station sites^[68] ^[69]
Potter Historical Museum		Cheyenne	Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	Open by appointment^[70]
Prairie Country School	Murdock	Cass	Southeast	Education	website, 1890s-period one room schoolhouse
Prairie Schooner Museum		Cheynne	Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	^[71]
Richardson County Historical Museum			Southeast	Local history	website, operated by the Richardson County Historical Society^[72]
Richardson County Military Museum	Falls City	Richardson	Southeast	Military	Located in the courthouse, includes photographs, uniforms and equipment
River Country Nature Center	Nebraska City	Otoe	Southeast	Natural history	Nature dioramas, animal mounts, Native American artifacts^[73]
			Nebraska Panhandle	Natural history	Park and zoo, will include natural history displays of the former Wildlife World
Robert Henri Museum		Cozad	Central	Art, Local History	Facebook site, Childhood home of artist Robert Henri, houses a large collection of original works
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Textile	website, part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln, located on the second floor of the Home Economics building
			Southeast	School	Open by appointment with the Cass County Historical Society
Rock County Historical Museum			Sandhills	Open air	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^[74]
		Jefferson	Southeast	History	Reconstructed buildings and corrals of the road ranch, Pony Express Station and Stagecoach stop along the Oregon Trail, visitor center exhibits
Rock Island Depot Railroad Museum	Fairbury	Jefferson	Southeast	Railroad	Rock Island Railroad artifacts and history^[75]
Rock School House Museum			Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	Operated by the Garden County Historical Society^[76] ^[77]
Rotunda Gallery	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Art	Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln^[78]
Russ Snyder Museum		Nuckolls	Southeast	Biographical	Life of baseball player Russ Snyder, also local history^[79] ^[80]
Saline County Historical Society Museum		Saline		Local history	^[81]
Sallows Military Museum		Box Butte	Nebraska Panhandle	Military	website, includes flags, helmets, gas masks, medals, uniforms and accessories
Sandhills Museum		Cherry	Sandhills	History	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^[82]
			Southeast	Local history	Includes period room displays, Native American artifacts, model of historic Fort Crook/Offutt Field and depot
Saunders County Museum			Eastern	Open air	website, 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		Sarpy	Southeast	Historic house	Operated by the Papillion Area Historical Society^[83]
Scamahorn Museum		Sheridan	Western	Local history	Operated by the Sheridan County Historical Society^[84] ^[85]
		Sarpy	Southeast	Natural history	Includes fish hatchery museum, Aksarben Aquarium with fish, reptiles and amphibians, geologic display
Schuyler/Colfax County Museum			Northeast	Local history	^[86]
		Scotts Bluff	Nebraska Panhandle	History	Features the Oregon Trail Museum and Visitor Center, including art by William Henry Jackson
Sellors Barton Museum		Brown	Sandhills	Local history	^[87]
		Red Willow	Central	Biographical	Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society, home of George W. Norris
Seward County Historical Society Museum			Southeast	Local history	Facebook site, includes main museum, a historic house, schoolhouse, model railroad, antique farm equipment and vehicles
	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Art	Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln, American art in all media
Sheridan County Historical Museum			Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	Operated by the Sheridan County Historical Society^[88] ^[89]
Sherman County Historical Society Museum			Central	Local history	information
Silver Hills Museum	Oshkosh	Garden	Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	Operated by the Garden County Historical Society, also known as the Opera House Museum, features bird collection, period rooms
Sioux County Historical Museum		Sioux	Nebraska Panhandle	Local history	Includes museum, post office, schoolhouse and house/telephone office^[90] ^[91]
Smith Lime Kiln		Jefferson	Southeast	Historic house	Operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society^[92]
Sod House Museum	Gothenburg	Dawson	Central	Historic house	Sod house, world's largest plow, bison made of barb wire^[93]
Stanton Heritage Museum			Northeast	Local history	^[94]
Steele City Museum		Jefferson	Eastern	Open air	Operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society, includes working blacksmith shop, livery barn, school, bank, 1880s stone church, antique farm machinery display^[95] ^[96]
Strang Museum		Fillmore	Southeast	Local history	Open during special events or by appointment
Strategic Air and Space Museum		Cass	Eastern	Aerospace	United States Air Force military aircraft and nuclear missiles
			Central	Living	Stuhr Museum is known for providing immersive historical, educational, and cultural experiences for visitors. Key highlights include Railroad Town, open May through mid-September each year, and a variety of permanent and rotating exhibits in the Leo B. Stuhr Building, open year-round.
		Holt	Sandhills	Historic house	Open by appointment and for events, mid 20th-century period house
			Nebraska Panhandle	Historic house	Early 20th-century period house^[97]
			Northeast	Ethnic	Swedish memorabilia and culture
Table Rock Pioneer History Museum		Pawnee		Local history	Operated by the Table Rock Historical SocietyWeb site: Table Rock Historical Society. Pawnee County NE GenWeb. 23 December 2014.
Thayer County Museum			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, operated by the Thayer County Historical Society
Thomas County Historical Society Museum			Sandhills	Local history	^[98]
	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Historic house	Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society, 1870s Victorian period house
A Touch Of The Past Museum		Saline	Southeast	History	Open by appointment, private collection of arrowheads, buffalo skulls, Native American jewelry, coins, early 1800s newspapers, mastodon teeth, ox shoes, antique farm equipment^[99]
Trails & Rails Museum	Kearney	Buffalo	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
		Dawes	Nebraska Panhandle	Natural history	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		Sheridan	Western	History	Ranching and cowboy life artifacts and history^[100] ^[101]
	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Natural history	Part of University of Nebraska–Lincoln, fossils, dinosaurs, ancient life, wildlife dioramas, gems and minerals, American Indian and African exhibits
Valley County Museum			North central	Local history	Operated by the Valley County Historical Society^[102]
Valley Historical Society Museum		Douglas	Eastern	Local history	^[103]
Verdigre Heritage Museum		Knox	Northeast	Open air	Features four buildings including a jail and grist mill, open by appointment and for special events^[104]
Wakefield Train Depot		Dixon	Eastern	Railroad	Operated by the Wakefield Heritage Organization
			Northeast	Local history	Operated by the Washington County Historical Association, also tours by appointment of the early 20th-century Frahm House
			Northeast	Local history
Webster County Historical Museum			Northeast	Local history	information
Weeping Water Museum		Cass	Southeast	Local history	website, operated by the Weeping Water Historical Society, includes the Heritage House Museum, Memory Lane Museum, displays on Native American culture, frontier life, fossils and geology, doctor's office, area businesses
Wessels Living History Farm		York	Central	Farm	website, features 1925 period farmhouse, barn, tractor museum and windmill in a working farm
Wheel Museum	Brownville	Nemaha	Southeast	Transportation	website, horse-drawn vehicles, farming equipment and more, operated by the Brownville Historical Society
White Horse Heritage Village and Museum		Holt	Sandhills	Local history	^[105] ^[106]
Wilber Czech Museum			Southeast	Ethnic	website, includes Czech dolls, clothing, household items, replicas of early immigrant homes and early Wilber businesses
Wildwood Historic Center	Nebraska City	Otoe	Southeast	Historic house	website, 1869 Victorian house and art gallery
		Webster	Northeast	Biographical	, 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
	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	Biographical	Also known as Fairview, home of orator William Jennings Bryan
Willow Point Gallery		Cass	Eastern	Multiple	Also known as Gene Roncka Gallery/Museum, commercial art gallery with natural history dioramas of the Archie Hightshoe Big Game Collection^[107] ^[108]
Wisner Heritage Museum		Cuming	Northeast	Local history	^[109] ^[110]
York Area Children's Museum		York	Central	Children's	website

Defunct museums

• Frank H. Woods Telephone Museum, Lincoln, permanently closed in July 2018.
• Lentz Center for Asian Culture, Lincoln, part of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, closed to public visits
• National Korean War Museum, Oxford, opened and closed in 2005 due to fraud^{[111] [112]}
• VietNam War National Museum, Nelson, photos, closed due to fraud^{[113] [114]}
• Wildlife World, Gering, also known as WyoBraska Natural History Museum, collections moving to Riverside Discovery Center in Scottsbluff^[115]

See also

• Nature Centers in Nebraska

Resources

• • Central Nebraska Adventures

Notes and References

1. Web site: Facebook site. 100th Meridian Museum. 18 December 2014.
2. Web site: Adam's House Museum. LASR. 18 December 2014.
3. Web site: Cook Blacksmith Shop & Historical Adams House Museum. Visit Nebraska. 18 December 2014.
4. Web site: Adams House Museum. lostinsiouxland. 18 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141224075903/http://lostinsiouxland.wordpress.com/category/ponca-historical-society/. 24 December 2014. dead.
5. Web site: Anna Bemis Palmer Museum. City of York, NE. 18 December 2014.
6. Web site: Bartels Museum. Concordia University. 18 December 2014.
7. Web site: Official site. Brown County Historical Society. 19 December 2014.
8. Web site: Butler County Veterans Museum needs a new home. 4 September 2014 . The Banner Press. 23 December 2014.
9. Web site: Butte Community Historical Center and Museum. Visit Nebraska. 20 December 2014.
10. Web site: Cambridge Museum. Heritage Highway. 22 December 2014.
11. Web site: Museum. Clay County Historical Society. 20 December 2014.
12. Web site: Corps of Discovery Welcome Center. LASR. 23 December 2014.
13. Web site: Official site. Cuming County Historical Society. 20 December 2014.
14. Web site: Cuming County Historical Museum Complex. Cuming County. 20 December 2014.
15. Web site: Facebook site. Decatur Museum. 23 December 2014.
16. Web site: Facebook site. Jefferson County Historical Society. 20 September 2017.
17. Web site: District 10 Schoolhouse Museum. Fairbury.com. 19 December 2014.
18. Web site: Dixon County Museum. Allen, Nebraska. 18 December 2014.
19. Web site: Dixon County Historical Society Museum. Dixon County Historical Society. 18 December 2014.
20. Web site: Eisentrager • Howard Gallery. Department of Art & History. 20 December 2014.
21. Web site: Eleanor Barbour Cook Museum of Geology. Discover Dawes County. 23 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141224003520/http://www.discoverdawescounty.com/museums/eleanor-barbour-cook-museum-of-geology. 24 December 2014. dead.
22. Web site: Facebook site. Elmwood G.A.R. Hall Veterans Museum Elmwood G.A.R. Hall Veterans Museum. 22 December 2014.
23. Web site: Museums. Visit Fillmore County. 22 December 2014.
24. Web site: Fillmore County Museum. LASR. 23 December 2014.
25. Web site: Franklin County Museum. LASR. 22 December 2014.
26. Web site: Franklin County Museum. Heritage Highway. 22 December 2014.
27. Web site: Facebook site. Nance County Historical Society. 22 December 2014.
28. Web site: Furnas-Gosper County Museum. Heritage Byway Highway 136. 19 December 2014.
29. Web site: Facebook site. Historical Society of Furnas-Gosper Counties, Nebraska. 19 December 2014.
30. Web site: Historic Sites. Visit Burwell. 22 December 2014.
31. Web site: Gibbon Heritage Center. City of Gibbon. 22 December 2014.
32. Web site: Grant County Museum. Visit Western Nebraska. 22 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141222162207/http://www.westnebraska.com/2012/Grant-County-Museum/. 22 December 2014. dead.
33. Web site: Official site. Wakefield Heritage Organization. 18 December 2014.
34. Web site: Greeley County Historical Society Courthouse Museum. Visit Nebraska. 22 December 2014.
35. Web site: Greenwood Depot Museum. Visit Cass County. 22 December 2014.
36. Web site: Hansen Memorial Museum. LASR. 23 December 2014.
37. Web site: Harlan County Museum. LASR. 23 December 2014.
38. Web site: Harlan County Museum. Orleans, Nebraska. 23 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140902081103/http://www.orleansnebraska.org/Harlan-County-Museum.html. 2 September 2014. dead.
39. Web site: Hay Springs Heritage Center 1 and 2. Sheridan County Historical Society. 22 December 2014.
40. Web site: Heritage Museums. Visit Sheridan County. 22 December 2014.
41. Web site: Things to do. City of Tecumseh. 22 December 2014.
42. Web site: Official site. Johnson County Historical Society. 22 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150712235959/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/johnson/jchstsoc.htm. 12 July 2015. dead.
43. Web site: Attractions. Springview, NE. 22 December 2014.
44. Web site: Lighthouse Museum. LASR. 22 December 2014.
45. Web site: Depot Museum. Cheyenne County Visitors Committee. 22 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218165244/http://www.sidneycheyennecountytourism.com/poi?poi_id=100. 18 December 2014. dead.
46. Web site: Home page. City of Longpine. 22 December 2014.
47. Web site: Long Pine Heritage Society and Heritage House Museum. Visit Nebraska. 22 December 2014.
48. Web site: Marxhausen Gallery of Art announces 2014-15 exhibit schedule. Concordia University. 23 December 2014.
49. Web site: Merrick County Historical Museum. Central City, Nebraska. 22 December 2014.
50. Web site: Tourism & Recreation. Scribner, Nebraska. 22 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20130420010837/http://www.scribnernebraska.com/tourism.php. 20 April 2013. dead.
51. Web site: Historical Attractions. City of McCook. 22 December 2014.
52. Web site: Niobrara Museum - Memories of Old Niobrara. Visit Nebraska. 23 December 2014.
53. Web site: Tourism & Recreation . Niobrara, NE . 23 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150115053428/http://www.niobrarane.com/tourism.htm . 15 January 2015 .
54. Web site: Nuckolls County Museum. Heritage Highway. 23 December 2014.
55. Web site: Old West Trails Center. Gage County, Nebraska. 23 December 2014.
56. Web site: Otoe County Museum of Memories. Otoe County Genealogical Society. 23 December 2014.
57. Web site: Syracuse, Nebraska: Otoe County Museum of Memories. Roadside American. 23 December 2014.
58. Web site: Pawnee City Historical Society & Museum. Pawnee County NE GenWeb. 23 December 2014.
59. Web site: Area Attractions. Pawnee City. 23 December 2014.
60. Web site: Perkins County Historical Museum. LASR. 23 December 2014.
61. Web site: Peru Museum. Heritage Highway. 23 December 2014.
62. Web site: Stanton County Historical Society Museum. Travel Northeast Nebraska. 23 December 2014.
63. Web site: Services. Pilger, Nebraska. 23 December 2014.
64. Web site: Facebook site. Pioneer Trails Museum. 20 December 2014.
65. Web site: Pioneer Trails Museum. City of Bridgeport. 20 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205010905/http://www.cityofbport.com/index.php?page_id=jxf4cxb2&subnav=pioneertrailsmuseum.com. 5 December 2014. dead.
66. Web site: Polk County Historical Society. Museums USA. 23 December 2014.
67. Web site: Recreation. City of Osceola. 23 December 2014.
68. Web site: Attractions. Gothenburg Delivers!. 23 December 2014.
69. Web site: Facebook site. Gothenburg Pony Express Station. 23 December 2014.
70. Web site: Downtown Potter - Soda Fountains & Museums. Journey to Western Nebraska. 23 December 2014.
71. Web site: Dalton Prairie Schooner Museum. High Plains Compass. 23 December 2014.
72. Web site: Museums/Historical. Falls City, Nebraska. 23 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218164243/http://www.fallscitynebraska.org/tourism-recreation/recreation/museumshistorical/. 18 December 2014. dead.
73. Web site: River Country Nature Center. Nebraska City Chamber of Commerce. 20 September 2017.
74. Web site: Museum. Rock County Historical Society. 19 December 2014.
75. Web site: Rock Island Railroad Depot Museum. Fairbury.com. 19 December 2014.
76. Web site: Garden County Museums. Garden County Nebraska. 23 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20130919035836/http://gardencounty.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37&Itemid=20. 19 September 2013. dead.
77. Web site: Oshkosh Museum. Journey to Western Nebraska. 23 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218204620/http://www.westnebraska.com/2012/Oshkosh-Museum/. 18 December 2014. dead.
78. Web site: Nebraska Union Gallery. University of Lincoln Nebraska. 20 December 2014.
79. Web site: Russ Snyder Museum. Heritage Highway. 23 December 2014.
80. Web site: Russ Snyder Museum. Geocaching.com. 23 December 2014.
81. Web site: Saline County Historical Society Museum. Saline County, Nebraska. 23 December 2014.
82. Web site: Sandhills Museum. CardCow.com. 19 December 2014.
83. Web site: Facebook site. Papillion Area Historical Society. 23 December 2014.
84. Web site: Gordon Scamarhorn Museum. Sherican County Historical Society. 22 December 2014.
85. Web site: Scamarhorn Museum. LASR. 22 December 2014.
86. Web site: Museum. Schuyler, Nebraska. 23 December 2014.
87. Web site: Sellors Barton Museum. LASR. 19 December 2014.
88. Web site: Rushville Sheridan County Historical Museum. Sheridan County Historical Society. 22 December 2014.
89. Web site: Sheridan County Historical Museum. Visit Sheridan County. 22 December 2014.
90. Web site: Sioux County Museum. LASR. 23 December 2014.
91. Web site: Sioux County Historical Museum. Journey to Western Nebraska. 23 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218182542/http://www.westnebraska.com/2012/Sioux-County-Historical-Museum/. 18 December 2014. dead.
92. Web site: Smith Lime Kiln. Fairbury.Com. 19 December 2014.
93. Web site: Gothenburg, Nebraska: Sod House Museum - World's Largest Plow. Roadside America. 23 December 2014.
94. Web site: The Stanton Heritage Museum. Discover Northeast Nebraska. 23 December 2014.
95. Web site: Official site. Jefferson County Historical Society. 19 December 2014.
96. Web site: Steele City Historical District. Fairbury.com. 19 December 2014.
97. Web site: Sudman-Niemann Heritage House Museum. LASR. 23 December 2014.
98. Web site: Thomas County Historical Society Museum. LASR. 22 December 2014.
99. Web site: A Touch Of The Past Museum. Heritage Highway. 23 December 2014.
100. Web site: Official site. Tri-State Old Time Cowboy Museum. 22 December 2014.
101. Web site: Tri-State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum. Visit Sheridan County. 22 December 2014.
102. Web site: Living History. Ord, Nebraska. 22 December 2014.
103. Web site: Valley Historical Society Museum. Visit Omaha. 22 December 2014.
104. Web site: Museum. Verdigre, Nebraska. 22 December 2014.
105. Web site: White Horse Museum and Heritage Village. Visit Nebraska. 20 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141223193221/http://visitnebraska.com/see_and_dos/white-horse-museum-and-heritage-village. 23 December 2014. dead.
106. Web site: White Horse Inn Museum. Travel Nebraska. 20 December 2014.
107. Web site: Gallery. Gene Ronckla Gallery/Museum. 23 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141114151551/http://generoncka.com/gallery.htm. 14 November 2014. dead.
108. Web site: Archie Hightshoe Animal Collection. LASR. 23 December 2014.
109. Web site: Visit Wisner. City of Wisner. 20 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140419044406/http://www.ci.wisner.ne.us/visit.asp. 19 April 2014. dead.
110. Web site: Facebook site. Wisner Heritage Museum. 20 December 2014.
111. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Dec/03/ln/FP612030373.html "Ex-curator of Wahiawa museum charged with fraud in Nebraska", Honolulu Advertiser, December 3, 2006
112. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/p_kopitke_kyle.htm "Kopitke Out of Business in Nebraska", Korean War Educator
113. http://www.ago.state.ne.us/news/pressreleases/021407_Kopitke_Settlement.htm "Bruning Puts An End To War Museum Operations, Artifacts Returned to Veterans"
114. http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/05/13/news/story11.html "War museums return artifacts as organizer is called 'con artist'", Star Bulletin, May 13, 2007
115. Web site: WyoBraska Natural History Museum. Riverside Discovery Center. 17 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131018021601/http://riversidediscoverycenter.org/discovery/wildlife-world/. 18 October 2013. dead.