ATTENDANCE AT SELECTED NEBRASKA ATTRACTIONS
Nebraska - 1997 to 2000
   

1997 Attendance

1998 Attendance

1999 Attendance

2000 Attendance

Attraction Location Total Summer Total Summer Total Summer Total Summer
100th Meridan Museum Cozad 2,000 1,450 8,500 4,000 6,000 2,000 NR NR
1860 John Sautter House & 1890 Portal School Papillion NA NA NA 891 1,059 421 1,100 300
2nd Wind Ranch Ord NA NA NA NA NA NA 5,000 4,,500
Agate Fossil Beds Nat'l. Monument Gering 29,596 15,458 26,594 14,017 18,000 11,000 18,000 13,500
AK-Sar-Ben Aquarium Gretna 70,000 40,000 74,000 45,000 74,000 40,000 74,000 45,000
Aksarben Omaha 1,000,000 NA 980,000 NA 620,000 180,000 360,000 156
All-American Display Gardens Clarkson 3,000 3,000 3,000 NA 6,000 - NA NA
American Historical Society Of Germans From Russia Lincoln 1,731 621 2,000 NA 8,000 4,500 3,000 2,200
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum York NA NA NA NA 875 175 NA NA
Antelope County Historical Museum Neligh 480 430 455 391 361 302 200 195
Arbor Day Farm Nebraska City 162,000 30,000 160,000 29,000 165,000 30,000 163,000 30,000
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park & Museum Nebraska City 150,000 12,000 150,000 75,000 50,000 22,500 150,000 125,000
Arthur Bowring Sandhills Ranch State Historical Park Merriman 12,270 12,159 16,625 16,625 10,000 9,000 10,435 9,413
Ash Creek Cowboy Cookout Crawford 200 190 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Ash Hollow State Historical Park Lewellen 16,000 14,000 40,000 23,000 39,000 25,000 38,000 26,000
Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park Royal 32,057 24,779 29,017 21,829 25,300 19,402 24,600 22,000
Atokad Racetrack So. Sioux City 15,085 3,067 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Bald Eagle Viewing Center J-2 Holdrege 2,100 NA 2,100 NA 2,000 - 2,800 -
Bald Eagle Viewing Center Lake Ogallala Holdrege 2,100 NA 1,800 NA 2,200 - 2,500 -
Banner County Museum Harrisburg 1,591 546 1,759 650 1,653 391 NR NR
Beatrice Big Blue Water Park Beatrice NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 15,000
Bellevue Little Theatre Inc. Bellevue NA NA 5,000 NA 5,250 400 5,000  
Bess Streeter Aldrich Museum And House Elmwood 800 341 1,465 364 1,097 225 877 377
Black Elk/Neihardt Park & Tower of the Four Winds Elmwood 700 600 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Boys Town Visitor Center/Father Flanagan's Boys Town Boys Town 88,250 53,000 96,000 58,000 95,000 56,000 95,000 55,000
Bridgeport State Recreation Area Gering 18,300 7,500 12,600 4,500 28,380 - 33,085 NA
Brown County Historical Society Museum (Coleman House) Ainsworth NA NA NA NA 125 - 250 NA
Brownville Historical Society Museum Brownville 500 400 1,000 1,000 2,500 2,500 1,000 1,000
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park North Platte 28,459 22,002 29,837 21,647 26,563 19,414 26,563 22,684
Burt County Museum Inc. Tekamah 5,600 3,500 4,990 2,500 4,200 2,750 2,900 70
Butler County Museum David City 205 180 60 9 69 6 12 56
Cabela's (Kearney) Kearney 725,000 232,000 NA NA 800,000 300,000 750,000 180,000
Cabela's (Sidney) Sidney 1,000,000 480,000 950,000 NA 1,000,000 500,000 1,000,000 400,000
Calamus Reservoir Burwell 244,063 212,738 263,497 233,922 309,324 250,996 309,321 231,214
Calamus State Fish Hatchery Burwell 4,724 3,417 4,807 3,353 4,726 3,131 3,959 2,596
Cambridge Museum Cambridge 1,291 483 1,074 572 907 428 907 462
Carhenge Alliance 67,823 39,841 83,652 46,758 73,440 42,200 26,423 15,180
Carnegie Arts Center Alliance NA NA NA NA NA NA 4,410 1,348
Carson House Brownville 800 800 650 650 2,500 2,500 1,000 1,000
Cass County Museum Plattsmouth 1,242 480 1,743 846 1,669 813 1,472 753
Center For Great Plains Studies Art Collection Lincoln 5,622 1,034 11,598 3,606 5,777 1,898 NR NR
Chadron State Park Chadron 346,408 242,225 349,523 265,273 349,050 262,600 287,985 199,388
Champion Mill State Historical Park Champion 12,250 6,600 9,800 5,500 16,298 7,500 14 9,400
Champions Fun Center Lincoln NA NA NA NA NA NA 200,000 125,000
Cherry County Historical Museum Valentine 400 400 369 369 NA NA NR NR
Chevyland USA Auto Museum Elm Creek 1,806 1,400 1,800 1,500 1,590 1,250 1,575 1,200
Chimney Rock National Historic Site Bayard 44,029 29,227 NA NA 40,000 - NR NR
Commander's Home & Ft. Sidney Officers Quarters Sidney 2,549 1,154 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Crane Meadows Nature Center Wood River 20,693 NA 17,000 2,000 21,667 2,520 23,000 2,519
Crawford Museum Crawford 281 281 NA NA 175 175 350 350
Crescent Lake Nat'l Wildlife Center Ellsworth NA NA NA NA NA NA 8,500 NA
Custer County Historical Museum Broken Bow 2,000 1,000 2,010 1,800 2,000 1,350 3,000 2,000
Cuthills Vineyards Pierce 8,086 5,100 6,724 3,888 9,558 5,036 8,676 5,967
Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge Stockville 4,500 3,500 NA NA 3,000 1,500 4,700 1,500
Dawes County Historical Society Museum Chadron 2,900 2,680 2,969 2,698 2,775 2,680 2,775 2,680
Dawson County Historical Society Museum Lexington 6,853 4,112 7,879 3,223 9,002 3,999 NR NR
Dead Timber State Recreation Area Scribner 20,800 10,000 21,700 13,000 20,000 9,000 28,000 16,000
Desoto National Wildlife Refuge Missouri Valley 246,928 88,374 263,079 90,873 256,245 81,967 253,000 82,805
Diamond E Trout Ranch Orchard NA NA NA NA 400 400 337 244
Dowse Sod House Comstock 1,823 12 1,148 12 1,133 10 NA NA
Durham Western Heritage Museum Omaha 150,000 50,000 132,000 28,000 164,897 35,000 178,000 30,000
Eagle Raceway Lincoln 110,000 100,000 82,000 82,000 92,000 92,000 100,000 100,000
Edgerton Explorit Center Aurora 19,628 2,948 16,531 5,103 14,934 4,990 15,877 4,500
El Museo Latino Omaha NA NA NA NA 52,305 15,000 53,502 NA
Elkhorn Valley Museum & Research Center Norfolk NA NA NA NA NA NA 4,923 1,237
Ellwood Reservoir/Wildlife Management Center Ellwood NA NA NA NA NA NA 10,000 6,000
Enders State Recreation Area Enders 43,891 28,871 48,000 27,500 48,340 37,186 46,607 32,280
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park Ashland 890,313 516,250 1,040,565 425,000 1,002,605 400,000 983,500 471,800
Fairbury  City Museum Fairbury NA NA NA NA 400 100 NR NR
Fairbury Rock Island Depot Museum Fairbury 1,000 NA 1,490 NA NA NA 1,500 1,000
Fairfield Camp Johnston 800 775 NA NA 559 559 NR NR
Farm & Ranch Museum Gering NA NA NA NA NA NA 3 3,000
Filmore County Museum Geneva 1,000 900 1,200 1,000 1,200 1,100 1,500 1,000
Florence Mill Omaha NA NA NA NA NA NA 225 30
Folsom Children's Zoo & Botanical Gardens Lincoln NA 165,000 157,583 130,000 167,690 91,325 164,017 89,222
Fonner Park Thoroughbred Races Grand Island 250,000 NA 250,000 200,000 200,000 150,000 250,000 100,000
Fontenelle Forest Nature Center Bellevue 68,000 16,000 68,745 20,623 47,000 11,000 84,174 35,800
Fort Atkinson State Historical Park Ft. Calhoun 49,815 21,975 40,517 29,000 46,215 23,650 43,750 23,150
Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park Burwell 25,000 17,000 25,000 16,000 25,000 - 25,000 15,000
Fort Kearny State Historical Park Kearney 176,206 138,515 58,000 42,000 58,000 45,000 60,000 49,000
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge Valentine 120,000 NA 100,000 90,000 120,000 - 120,000  
Fort Robinson Museum Crawford 19,360 15,592 19,450 15,078 17,668 13,880 15,217 11,370
Fort Robinson State Park Crawford 350,000 205,880 376,680 301,290 367,784 347,784 380,000 260,000
Fort Sidney Complex-Post Commander's Home Sidney 2,554 1,554 2,407 1,127 1,929 1,405 2,627 1,593
Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Museum Lincoln NA NA NA NA 500 300 520  
Franklin County Historical Museum Franklin 1,099 385 920 400 873 117 NR NR
Freedom Park, Inc., U.S.S. Hazard , U.S.S. Marlin, LSM-45 Omaha NA NA 12,000 9,000 10,842 6,856 NR NR
Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad Fremont NA NA 12,701 NA 10,000 8,000 NA NA
Fremont Dinner Train Fremont 8,780 2,615 8,886 2,668 10,174 3,247 9,675 2,845
Fremont State Recreation Area Ames 921,300 690,000 930,000 890,000 910,000 700,000 793,600 630,500
Front Street Ogallala 85,000 40,000 68,925 29,086 100,000 25,000 77,000 30,000
Funplex Omaha 135,000 130,000 132,700 128,400 132,700 128,400 NA NA
Furnas and Gosper County Museums Arapahoe NA NA 380 250 645 302 1,169 396
Gage County Historical Museum Beatrice 4,925 2,154 5,316 1,882 6,800 1,568 5,400 2,314
GALLAGHER CANYON STATE RECREATION AREA Elwood NA NA NA NA NA NA 3,512 3,410
General Crook House Museum Omaha NA NA 18,000 12,000 25,000 9,200 25,000 NA
Genoa Historical Museum Genoa NA NA 689 187 718 307 1,156 468
George W. Frank House, 1889 Kearney 1,329 453 1,447 570 1,229 307 1,229 307
GERALD R. FORD CONSERVATION CENTER Omaha NA NA NA NA NA NA 2,750 1,500
Governor's Mansion Lincoln 12,000 3,000 NA NA NA NA NA NA
GRANDPA JOHN'S FARM AND PUMPKIN PATCH Lincoln NA NA NA NA NA NA 15,000 NA
Great Platte River Road Archway Monument (opened 2000) Kearney NA NA NA NA NA NA 300,000 NA
HANSON HOUSE Wahoo NA NA NA NA NA NA 190 190
Happy Jack Peak & Chalk Mine Scotia NA NA 9,000 8,200 10,000 10,000 8,500 7,800
Harlan County Museum Orleans 1,521 26 900 NA 827 827 692 692
Harlan County Reservoir Republican City 517,000 391,000 529,124 292,822 529,124 - 512,598 261,977
Harold Warp Pioneer Village Minden 90,087 53,853 85,176 68,336 77,365 38,845 62,522 35
Hastings Museum/Lied IMAX Theatre 1 Hastings 168,201 72,679 125,603 31,828 120,925 35,294 122,690 43,335
Heartland Museum Of Military Vehicles Lexington 3,096 1,924 NA NA 9,058 4,595 9,437 4,478
HEARTLAND OF AMERICA PARK & FOUNTAIN Omaha NA NA NA NA NA NA 200,000 NA
Heritage Zoo Grand Island 56,000 46,480 65,000 42,000 NA NA 18,846 NA
Historic Sites Of Bellevue Bellevue 8,307 2,013 6,244 1,759 13,261 2,977 13,411 NA
Historical Society Of Garden County Oshkosh NA NA 180 12 550 550 87 87
Homestead National Monument Of America Beatrice 29,477 10,575 38,910 15,084 41,510 17,890 43,000 18,000
HOWARD COUNTY HISTORICAL VILLAGE St. Paul NA NA NA NA NA NA 1,437 1,150
HUDSON-MENG BISON BONEBED ENCLOSURE Chadron NA NA NA NA NA NA 15,000 15,000
Hyde Observatory Lincoln 8,500 2,000 6,200 1,500 5,044 1,233 3,480 1,006
Indian Cave State Park Shubert 171,547 95,650 167,600 75,112 181,941 81,545 180,000 110,000
ISLAND OASIS WATER PARK Grand Island NA NA NA NA NA NA 107,082 107,082
James Arthur Vineyards Raymond 3,000 NA 12,000 NA 14,000 12,000 12,000 8,000
JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUMS Fairbury NA NA NA NA NA NA 500 500
John Brown's Cave Nebraska City NA NA 13,628 NA 15,102 - 19,000  
John G. Neihardt Center Bancroft 3,000 1,500 2,338 NA 3,569 1,275 3,900 1,600
Johnson Co. Historical Society Tecumseh NA NA 174 158 117 92 350 89
Johnson Lake Elwood 245,580 234,980 242,000 199,400 240,191 220,185 239,409 222,348
Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 183,146 56,003 187,295 66,108 248,553 109,106 283,400 92,075
Kearney Area Childrens' Museum Kearney 8,000 1,800 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Klown Museum Plainview 500 400 75 50 100 - 100 -
Knight Museum Of The High Plains Heritage Alliance 6,500 6,200 NA NA 7,050 6,500 15,000 11,000
KREYCIK'S RIVERVIEW ELK FARM Niobrara NA NA NA NA NA NA 1,800 1,800
L. F. LARSEN TRACTOR MUSEUM Lincoln NA NA NA NA NA NA 936 412
LAKE BABCOCK Columbus NA NA NA NA NA NA 75,000 45,000
LAKE HELEN Gothenburg NA NA NA NA NA NA NR NR
Lake Maloney State Recreation Area North Platte 100,000 90,000 80,000 60,000 NA NA 75,000 65,000
Lake McConaughy & Lake Ogallala Ogallala 540,750 416,324 618,209 479,801 614,402 444,250 674,504 518,508
Lake Minatare State Recreation Area Minatare 244,000 177,884 239,000 159,760 205,000 184,475 80,000 60,000
LAKE NORTH Columbus NA NA NA NA NA NA 75,000 45,000
LEE G. SIMMONS CONSERVATION PARK & WILDLIFE SAFARI Ashland NA NA NA NA NA NA 150,127 95,475
Lewis & Clark Recreation Area Bloomfield/Crofton 86,000 45,500 32,096 20,000 250,000 200,000 235,000 170,000
Lewis & Clark Lake Visitor Center Yankton SD NA NA 32,096 20,000 31,267 21,144 33,292 23,591
Lied Center For Performing Arts Lincoln 150,000 NA 155,000 NA 146,282 2,500 161,000 35,333
Lincoln Children's Museum Lincoln 72,444 21,836 80,190 24,691 75,315 24,041 93,229 20,944
Lincoln County Historical Museum And Village North Platte 9,449 8,341 10,000 10,000 - 8,388 8,653 7,893
LONG PINE STATE RECREATION AREA Bassett NA NA NA NA NA NA 4 3,300
Louis E. May Museum Fremont NA NA 9,000 5,000 7,875 4,371 7,948 4,018
Louisville State Recreation Area Louisville 195,000 140,000 230,000 275,000 350,000 250,000 350,000 250,000
LOZIER IMAX THEATER Omaha NA NA NA NA NA NA 256,758 1,217,695
Mallory Kountze Planetarium Omaha NA NA NA NA 18,000 6,000 35,000 6,000
Mansion On The Hill Ogallala 2,080 2,080 NA 1,612 1,800 1,028 1,840 1,028
Mari Sandoz Museum Gordon 273 NA 81 NA 121 NA NR NR
Medicine Creek State Recreation Area Cambridge 75,000 NA 85,034 64,094 94,992 67,779 94,992 67,779
Merritt State Recreation Area Valentine 88,628 74,674 137,817 1,400 132,738 107,361 130,585 1,382
Mormon Island State Recreation Area Doniphan 303,000 165,000 NA NA 251,000 165,000 285,000 175,000
Mormon Trail Center At Historic Winter Quarters Omaha 63,351 25,818 51,168 19,074 60,000 19,000 53,111 24,283
MUSEUM OF BASEBALL GREATS & HOWARD COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM St. Paul NA NA NA NA NA NA 269 342
Museum Of Missouri River History Brownville 5,000 4,000 5,000 4,000 5,000 4,500 5,000 4,000
Museum Of Nebraska Art Kearney 28,000 NA 29,870 1,692 32,000 3,577 20,000 4,000
Museum Of Nebraska History Lincoln 43,744 10,792 34,994 9,104 36,279 9,998 36,239 8,953
Museum Of The Fur Trade Chadron 20,000 15,000 NA NA 30,000 22,000 30,000 25,000
Museum of the High Plains McCook 2,839 861 3,524 861 3,400 670 3  
National Museum Of Roller Skating Lincoln 3,000 2,400 2,000 900 2,000 900 3,000 2,160
Neale Woods Nature Center Omaha NA NA 16,410 5,470 23,000 4,000 NA NA
Nebraska National Forest/ Bessey Division Halsey 60,000 45,000 120,000 100,000 110,000 90,000 30,000 25,000
Nebraska National Forest Pine Ridge District Chadron 79,000 45,000 77,992 49,572 60,000 40,000 200,000 140,000
NEBRASKA PRAIRIE MUSEUM Holdrege NA NA NA NA NA NA 18,000 10,500
Nebraska State Fair Park Lincoln NA NA NA NA 366,638 - 366,638  
Neligh Mills State Historic Site Neligh 5,129 3,542 4,887 3,380 4,613 2,968 3,729 2,410
Niobrara National River O'Neill 125,000 118,750 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Niobrara State Park Niobrara 147,000 87,000 165,000 89,712 174,181 96,631 162,555 90,413
Niobrara Valley Preserve Johnstown NA NA NA NA NA NA 400 300
Norfolk Arts Center Norfolk 1,525 375 NA NA NA NA 1,021 139
North Platte Valley Museum Gering 6,200 3,199 7,000 5,000 3,231 1,573 2,897  
Northeast Nebraska Zoo Royal 18,541 10,492 21,076 12,281 16,874 11,789 23,571 16,102
NUCKOLLS COUNTY MUSEUM Superior NA NA NA NA NA NA 450 350
O'CONNOR HOUSE Homer NA NA NA NA NA NA 2,300 500
OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLAND Chadron NA NA NA NA NA NA 100,000 90,000
Ole's Big Game Steakhouse & Lounge Paxton NA 88,000 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Oliver Reservoir State Recreation Area Gering 16,500 6,600 NA NA 28,340 - 37,521  
Omaha Botanical Gardens Omaha 10,000 NA NA NA NA NA NR NR
Omaha Children's Museum Omaha 100,000 60,000 92,000 NA 100,113 42,530 125,541 50,804
OMAHA THEATER COMPANY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Omaha NA NA NA NA NA NA 63,736 2,875
Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo Omaha 1,168,299 549,253 1,108,334 585,202 1,148,767 600,000 1,168,590 585,287
OTOE COUNTY MUSEUM OF MEMORIES Syracuse NA NA NA NA NA NA 1,500 750
PAWNEE CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Pawnee City NA NA NA NA NA NA 1,156 900
PAWNEE EARTH LODGE Seward NA NA NA NA NA NA 1,804 980
Pelican Point State Recreation Area Craig 45,000 40,000 11,500 10,000 25,000 20,000 1,500 1,000
Petrified Wood Gallery Ogallala 3,500 3,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 2,500 3,500 2,500
Phelps County Historical Society Museum Holdrege 5,497 1,668 6,157 1,902 18,304 11,000    
Pierce Museum Pierce 730 730 779 779 879 879 558 539
Pioneer Trails Museum Bridgeport 785 785 NA NA - 735 685 685
Pioneers Park Lincoln 450,000 250,000 450,000 250,000 470,000 250,000 470,000 250,000
Pioneers Park Nature Center Lincoln 84,000 25,000 70,123 28,801 85,000 26,500 70,000  
Plainsman Museum Hamilton Co. Historical Society Aurora 13,712 4,267 14,558 5,692 14,000 - 6,197 1,712
Platte County Fair/Columbus Races Columbus 32,971 NA NA NA 75,000 120,000 NR NR
Platte County Historical Society Museum Columbus 1,675 1,675 1,371 777 1,708 971 1,477  
Platte River State Park Louisville 300,000 176,000 346,000 211,000 397,346 204,304 446,105 314,143
Ponca State Park Ponca 222,270 200,000 250,000 NA 284,700 200,000 300,000 200,000
Pony Express Station Gothenburg 75,000 60,000 70,000 60,000 70,000 55,000 60,000 50,000
Prairie Peace Park Lincoln 1,500 1,200 1,200 900 1,000 750