ATTENDANCE AT SELECTED NEBRASKA ATTRACTIONS
Nebraska - 2001 to 2004            
      2002 2004
City Attraction 2001 Attendance Total Summer Attendance 2003 Attendance Total Summer Attendance
Cozad 100th Meridian Museum 1,955 1,500 1,250 2,600 1,800 1,500
Brownville 1860 Carson House NA 1,700 1,100 440 3,100 3,100
Papillion 1860 John Sautter House and 1890 Portal "One Room" School 1,831 1,100 370 NA 3,000 1,000
North Platte 20th Century Veterans' Memorial NA NA NA NA 2,000 1,000
Comstock 2nd Wind Ranch 30,000 NA NA 50,000 100,000 100,000
Harrison Agate Fossil Beds National Monument 17,399 17,129 NA 16,234 15,000 8,500
Lincoln Ager Play Center NA 10,000 200 NA NA NA
Bellwood Air Boat Tours 1,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Gretna Aksarben Aquarium 65,000 65,000 25,000 65,000 NA NA
York Anna Bemis Palmer Museum 330 256 30 340 278 118
Neligh Antelope County Historical Museum 308 220 188 NA 250 250
Nebraska City Arbor Day Farm 164,000 150,000 70,000 202,977 NA NA
Nebraska City Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum 150,000 69,900 NA 70,000 150,000 100,000
Nebraska City Arbor Trails Winery NA NA NA NA 5,000 2,500
Arcadia Arcadia Riverview Recreation NA NA NA NA 125 125
Arnold Arnold Lake State Recreation Area NA 5,000 4,500 NA 2,000 1,700
Merriman Arthur Bowring Sandhills Ranch State Historical Park 10,000 750 550 14,664 6,957 5,077
Crawford Ash Creek Cowboy Cookout 30 NA NA NA NA NA
Lewellen Ash Hollow State Historical Park 37,600 34,000 20,000 28,000 25,000 15,000
Royal Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park 24,000 20,000 17,000 18,000 20,000 16,500
Atkinson Atkinson Lake State Recreation Area NA 387 NA 946 758,320 NA
Denton Audubon Spring Creek Prairie 1,800 NA NA NA NA NA
North Platte Bailey Railroad Yard NA NA NA NA 1,050 900
Ogallala Bald Eagle Viewing Center 1,946 NA NA NA 871 0
Harrisburg Banner County Museum 1,548 2,000 1,000 NA 2,000 1,000
Bayard Bayard Chimney Rock Museum 800 1,000 200 NA NA NA
Bayard Bayard Depot Museum NA NA NA NA 1,001 NA
Beatrice Beatrice Big Blue Water Park 27,490 16,783 16,783 29,629 20,550 20,550
Beatrice Beatrice Speedway NA NA NA 72,000 NA NA
Tecumseh "Believe It or Not" The Life & Times of Vada & Col. Barney Oldfield 150 NA NA NA NA NA
Bellevue Bellevue Little Theatre 4,921 5,121 NA 5,000 5,000 NA
Falls City Bell-Jenne House & Richardson County Museum NA 300 NA NA NA NA
Elmwood Bess Streeter Aldrich House & Museum 950 900 450 775 1,200 500
Beatrice Big Indian NRD Recreation Area NA 12,000 10,000 6,050 2,500 2,000
Hastings Bill Smith Softball Complex and Nebaska Softball Hall of Fame 100,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Crete Blue Valley Vineyard 500 NA NA NA NA NA
Clarkson Bluebird Nursery, Trial Gardens & All American Display Gardens 6,000 NA NA 20,000 NA NA
Sprague Bluestem State Recreation Area 76,859 NA NA NA NA NA
Albion Boone County Historical Society Museum NA NA NA 386 NA NA
Albion Boone County Raceway NA NA NA NA 478 NA
Loup City Bowman Lake State Recreation Area NA NA NA 222 2,500 NA
Hemingford Box Butte Lake State Recreation Area 70,000 NA NA NA 70,000 NA
Fort Calhoun Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge 35,000 20,979 15,000 16,375 21,610 10,346
Omaha Boys Town NA NA NA 94,000 98,700 56,200
Malcolm Branched Oak State Recreation Area 834,259 NA NA 550,000 500,000 400,000
Bridgeport Bridgeport State Recreation Area 31,820 13,988 9,793 13,603 20,274 19,250
Brownville Brownville Historical Society Museum 546 1,961 1,270 284 NA NA
Brownville Brownville State Recreation Area 5,000 NA NA 10,000 NA NA
North Platte Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park & State Recreation Area 37,594 53,027 NA 52,150 51,531 12,293
Tekamah Burt County Museum 1,860 4,500 3,375 2,300 2,800 1,900
David City Butler County Museum 53 20 NA 44 11 10
Butte Butte Community Historical Center and Museum 175 150 NA 400 NA NA
Sidney Cabela's 750,000 1,025,000 NA 1,508,058 825,000 220,000
Kearney Cabela's 1,120,000 750,000 205,395 NA NA NA
Burwell Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area 307,800 318,867 288,780 312,104 355,458 250,000
Burwell Calamus State Fish Hatchery 3,120 3,589 2,583 3,308 2,477 1,762
Cambridge Cambridge Museum 911 747 NA 848 628 365
Alliance Carhenge 30,000 37,000 27,000 60,000 36,000 33,000
Alliance Carnegie Arts Center 4,246 3,350 960 3,732 3,227 1,052
Brownville Carson House 884 NA NA NA NA NA
Plattsmouth Cass County Historical Society Museum 1,342 1,663 960 1,521 1,567 950
Hartington Cedar County Historical Museum NA NA NA NA 400 100
Valentine Centennial Hall 500 647 525 NA 379 379
Alliance Central Park Fountain 1,500 NA NA 740 700 700
Milligan Ceski Bratri Cemetery and Pioneer Chapel NA NA NA 648 750 600
Chadron Chadron State Park 219,606 223,885 184,365 206,209 205,655 112,170
Champion Champion Mill State Historical Park & Recreation Area 14,955 13,000 8,300 8,000 8,000 6,300
Hastings Chatauqua Pavilion 2,500 NA NA NA NA NA
Champion Chase County Historical Museum NA NA NA 1,500 880 880
Valentine Cherry County Historical Society Museum 400 369 294 500 450 20
Elm Creek Chevyland U.S.A. Auto Museum 1,408 1,535 1,200 1,218 1,267 1,000
Bayard Chimney Rock National Historic Site and Visitors Center 34,826 35,000 26,000 NA NA NA
Nebraska City Civil War Veterans Museum NA NA NA 500 500 400
North Platte Cody Go-Karts Family Fun Park NA 80 NA 8,819 10,633 9,973
Ainsworth Coleman House Museum 123 123 NA 175 241 74
Columbus Columbus Racetrack 50,000 48,000 48,000 54,000 75,000 75,000
Homer Combs School 3,000 3,300 98 NA NA NA
Emerald Conestoga State Recreation Area 161,985 NA NA NA 250,000 NA
Crofton Corps of Discovery Welcome Center 12,000 19,500 15,000 22,500 NA NA
Kearney Cottonmill Park NA 221,600 170,000 228,000 NA NA
Dakota City Cottonwood Cove Park NA NA NA NA 300 NA
Merriman Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area NA 12,500 12,000 361 754 428
Glenvil Country Harvest Pumpkin Patch LLC NA NA NA NA 5,000 300
Arthur Courthouse Museum NA NA NA NA 73 51
Norfolk Cowboy Trail Trailhead NA 20,000 15,000 NA 10,000 10,000
Alda Crane Meadows Nature Center 21,500 3,000 300 10,000 NA NA
Crawford Crawford Museum 250 NA NA NA NA NA
Oshkosh Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge 4,000 6,000 2,000 NA 10,000 3,000
Broken Bow Custer County Historical Museum 3,000 2,901 701 2,000 4,000 3,000
Pierce Cuthills Vineyards 8,089 6,865 4,596 NA NA NA
Prague Czechland Lake 10,000 1,500 NA NA 1,500 NA
Dalton Dalton Prairie Schooner Museum NA 200 200 500 NA NA
Wellfleet Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge & Cultural Learning Center 4,900 4,750 3,900 5,300 4,300 2,100
Dannebrog Danish Capital of Nebraska 3,600 3,000 2,000 2,000 1,700 1,355
North Loup Davis Creek Reservoir 17,735 24,760 16,900 54,760 NA NA
Chadron Dawes County Historical Society Museum 2,580 2,780 2,300 2,094 2,327 2,100
Lexington Dawson County Historical Museum NA 7,965 1,400 2,000 NA NA
Lexington Dawson County Speedway NA 9,000 1,600 NA NA NA
Scribner Dead Timber State Recreation Area 26,300 23,750 10,500 15,500 10,000 4,500
Blair DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge 274,189 270,000 156,000 306,401 362,427 91,500
Alliance Dobby's Frontier Town NA NA NA 2,500 3,000 2,000
Burwell Dream Weaver Cabin NA 1,500 1,000 NA NA NA
Comstock Dowse Riverview Homestead 2,550 NA NA NA NA NA
Omaha Durham Western Heritage Museum 125,000 190,000 90,000 140,000 95,525 23,919
Eagle Eagle Raceway 125,000 81,000 NA 140,000 55,253 40,000
Aurora Edgerton Explorit Center 15,495 15,795 3,478 16,722 13,234 1,568
Omaha El Museo Latino 62,225 50,000 NA 50,000 50,000 NA
Chadron Eleanor Barbour Cook Museum of Geology NA NA NA NA 1,000 NA
Norfolk Elkhorn Valley Museum & Research Center 5,519 5,130 1,122 3,740 2,290 814
Elwood Elwood Reservoir/Wildlife Management Area 4,500 5,000 3,700 NA NA NA
Enders Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area 44,826 40,740 30,000 43,000 43,000 33,000
Ashland Eugene T. Mahoney State Park 1,004,650 1,100,000 360,000 1,085,600 1,000,000 600,000
Ord Evelyn Sharp Airfield 1,000 1,200 1,000 600 NA NA
Fairbury Fairbury City Museum 385 562 64 400 536 181
Fairbury Fairbury Rock Island Depot Museum 2,542 5,290 4,600 NA NA NA
Fairmont Fairmont State Airfield NA NA NA 10,000 NA NA
Cambridge Faling Living History Tour Home 2,000 1,500 50 NA 1,800 600
Gering Farm & Ranch Museum 3,852 5,237 3,820 3,567 5,024 NA
Morrill Fillingham Exotic Animal Farm 600 1,700 1,700 NA NA NA
Fairmont Fillmore County Museum 1,500 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 900
Clearwater Filsinger Deere Shed NA 256 NA 300 300 NA
Gering Five Rocks Amphitheater 12,000 16,000 16,000 6,787 5,000 5,000
Omaha Florence Mill 825 225 225 NA NA NA
Lincoln Folsom Children's Zoo & Botanical Gardens 170,333 162,500 87,200 176,238 177,000 140,000
Grand Island Fonner Park 250,000 300,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 NA
Bellevue Fontanelle Orchard 12,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Bellevue Fontenelle Forest Nature Center 47,398 90,000 NA NA NA NA
Fort Calhoun Fort Atkinson State Historical Park 41,020 37,000 22,750 42,050 115,622 101,250
Burwell Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park 25,000 NA NA 23,000 NA NA
Kearney Fort Kearny State Historical Park 58,990 60,000 45,000 52,000 50,000 41,000
Kearney Fort Kearny State Recreation Area 120,800 121,000 90,000 120,000 120,000 88,550
Maxwell Fort McPherson National Cemetery 20,000 3,000 3,000 NA NA NA
Valentine Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge NA 143,000 120,000 120,000 120,000 NA
Crawford Fort Robinson Museum 14,620 13,739 7,090 NA NA NA
Crawford Fort Robinson State Park 341,685 357,932 301,800 NA 352,064 307,889
Sidney Fort Sidney Museum and Post Commander's Home 2,758 2,808 1,353 2,639 2,303 1,029
Lincoln Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Museum 400 NA NA 793 NA NA
Franklin Franklin County Historical Museum 497 NA NA 449 825 750
Omaha Freedom Park, USS Hazard/USS Marlin 30,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Fremont Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad 20,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Fremont Fremont Dinner Train 9,330 9,763 2,990 NA NA NA
Fremont Fremont Historic Visitors Center 800 328 146 481 548 338
Fremont Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area 817,460 837,600 443,850 76,000 NA NA
Ogallala Front Street/Cowboy Museum 85,495 80,000 40,000 NA 185,865 42,563
Omaha FunPlex 200,000 NA NA 200,000 150,000 150,000
Arapahoe Furnas & Gosper Counties Museum & Historical Society 661 NA NA NA 292 161
Beatrice Gage County Historical Museum 6,225 5,721 1,945 5,793 5,000 2,480
Cozad Gallagher Canyon State Recreation Area 2,943 3,000 2,600 2,598 NA NA
Burwell Garfield County Historical Museum NA NA NA NA 409 300
Genoa Genoa Historical Museum 605 486 300 908 1,402 901
Genoa Genoa Indian School Museum 1,279 1,581 847 2,013 2,185 1,440
Kearney George W. Frank House 1,905 1,517 632 902 414 213
Geneva George W. Smith House NA NA NA NA 250 NA
Omaha Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center NA 3,000 800 2,000 NA NA
Gibbon Gibbon Heritage Center NA 30 30 NA 94 45
Lincoln Gladys Lux Historical Center 300 250 100 9,873 NA NA
O'Neill Goose Lake Wildlife Management Area 6,175 NA NA NA NA NA
Lincoln Grandpa John's Farm 15,000 2,500 50 NA NA NA
Hyannis Grant County Museum NA 200 NA 200 NA NA
Lincoln Great Plains Art Collection 9,250 14,050 NA 12,832 10,464 NA
Kearney Great Platte River Road Archway Monument NA 163,000 80,000 147,000 127,362 NA
Greeley Greeley County Historical Society Courthouse Museum NA 550 0 81 98 26
Greenwood Greenwood Historical Society Depot Museum NA NA NA NA 100 20
Wahoo Hanson House 72 117 33 60 NA NA
Curtis Hansen Memorial Museum NA NA NA NA 200 200
Scotia Happy Jack Peak & Chalk Mine 7,238 4,085 3,687 2,500 NA NA
Orleans Harlan County Museum 700 685 NA 571 483 NA
Alma Harlan County Reservoir 550,479 596,593 392,647 505,594 478,527 267,122
North Bend Harold & Leona's Toyland and Museum NA NA NA NA 800 700
Minden Harold Warp Pioneer Village 65,200 63,194 37,083 59,052 NA NA
Hastings Hastings College Observatory (Sachtleben Observatory) 625 800 300 1,000 48,469 27,578
Amherst Harvest Moon Farms NA NA NA NA 7,000 0
Hastings Hastings Museum/Lied Super Screen Theatre/J.M. McDonald Planetarium 98,988 95,087 23,976 84,949 82,567 33,715
Arthur Haybale Church NA NA NA NA 73 51
Lincoln Haymarket Park 251,425 400,000 250,000 NA NA NA
Arthur Haythorn Ranch Tours & Figure Four Traditions Event Center 1,100 9,322 1,502 8,000 NA NA
Omaha Heartland Gondolas NA NA NA NA 12,585 10,150
Lexington Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles 8,572 8,838 4,332 9,264 NA NA
Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo 1,178,338 1,420,556 680,305 1,350,000 1,535,662 755,099
Hay Springs Heritage Center I & II 230 300 300 150 200 200
Chadron High Plains Herbarium NA NA NA 200 310 50
Omaha Historic Florence NA 625 NA NA NA NA
Omaha Historic Haymarket District 52,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Bellevue Historic Sites of Bellevue 13,774 12,795 3,400 9,266 10,203 1,585
Steele City Historic Steele City 600 600 600 NA NA NA
Trenton Hitchcock County Museum 297 263 222 249 337 245
O'Neill Holt County Historical Society Museum NA 600 NA NA 600 500
Gretna Holy Family Shrine NA 18,000 11,000 43,800 NA NA
Beatrice Homestead National Monument of America 52,000 52,330 21,370 52,000 46,986 24,053
St. Paul Howard County Historical Village 650 700 628 563 544 394
Crawford Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed Enclosure 2,182 3,200 3,200 3,033 2,600 2,427
Rose Hutchinson Buffalo Ranch 600 NA NA 1,300 NA NA
Lincoln Hyde Memorial Observatory 5,450 4,376 1,091 4,983 2,530 513
Shubert Indian Cave State Park 93,688 120,962 38,011 120,000 144,033 46,810
Lincoln Inter. Headquarters of the Amer. Hist. Society of Germans from Russia 10,000 1,320 800 700 NA NA
Lincoln International Quilt Study Center NA 1,039 640 NA NA NA
Grand Island Island Oasis Water Park 107,000 129,657 129,657 114,000 75,000 75,000
Falls City Itha Krumme Memorial Arboretum NA NA NA NA 300 250
Raymond James Arthur Vineyard 12,000 15,000 12,000 15,000 12,000 10,000
Nebraska City John Brown's Underground RR & Historic Village Foundation 9,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Bancroft John G. Neihardt Center 2,958 2,296 900 2,439 1,600 500
Tecumseh Johnson County Historical Society 369 116 91 64 84 35
Lexington Johnson Lake State Recreation Area 214,157 182,860 166,595 190,362 NA NA
Omaha Joslyn Art Museum 206,088 186,646 77,067 214,328 NA NA
Omaha Joslyn Castle NA 708 237 649 12,600 6,300
McCool Junction Junction Motor Speedway NA NA NA 5,500 19,000 14,400
Hastings Kam Raceway NA 1,000 1,000 500 300 300
Kearney Kearney Area Children's Museum NA 5,000 2,000 NA NA NA
Minden Kearney County Historical Museum NA 190 190 225 250 250
Kearney Kearney Raceway Park NA 12,000 NA NA 10,000 NA
Ainsworth Keller Park State Recreation Area 3,307 1,707 NA 3,880 3,660 NA
Springview Keya Paha County Historical Society 132 186 157 269 342 272
Plainview Klown Doll Museum 1,000 1,059 900 1,064 NA NA
Alliance Knight Museum of the High Plains Heritage 12,500 12,000 7,000 13,000 18,500 12,500
Niobrara Kreycik Riverview Elk Farm 3,000 1,500 1,500 3,000 2,500 2,500
Lincoln L.F. Larsen Tractor Museum 600 650 NA 775 NA NA
North Platte Lake Maloney State Recreation Area 80,000 80,000 50,000 100,000 100,000 80,000
Ogallala Lake McConaughy & Lake Ogallala State Recreation Areas 700,000 859,624 831,911 660,000 655,000 500,000
Minatare Lake Minatare State Recreation Area 76,620 77,535 55,000 78,000 625,000 50,000
Omaha Lauritzen Gardens - Omaha's Botanical Center 39,931 88,652 NA 80,459 93,671 NA
Ashland Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari 130,260 117,040 72,905 93,466 99,654 62,320
York Lee's Legendary Marbles & Collectables 650 NA NA NA 6,000 NA
Lincoln Lentz Center for Asian Culture 2,876 5,013 919 NA 3,272 693
Lincoln Lester F. Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum NA NA NA NA 1,250 400
Crofton Lewis & Clark Visitor Center 27,000 23,037 18,729 32,380 37,000 26,273
Bellevue Lewis and Clark Children's Interpretive Art Wall NA NA NA NA 6,080 3,924
Crofton Lewis and Clark Lake State Recreation Area 273,123 260,000 199,000 222,286 275,000 205,000
Lincoln Lied Center for Performing Arts 150,000 175,000 NA NA NA NA
Republican City Lighthouse Museum 200 200 200 NA NA NA
Gibbon Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary 8,500 10,000 1,500 NA NA NA
Lincoln Lincoln Children's Museum 168,198 148,251 51,215 143,495 NA NA
North Platte Lincoln County Historical Museum 4,756 6,400 NA 6,003 7,000 7,000
North Platte Lincoln County Raceway NA 10,000 10,000 NA 13,000 13,000
Gretna Linoma Beach Resort NA 2,000 1,500 3,000 NA NA
Stratton Little House Museum NA 114 114 NA 120 120
Sidney Living Memorial Gardens 2,000 3,000 NA NA NA NA
Lodgepole Lodgepole Depot Museum NA 550 495 135 NA NA
Long Pine Long Pine Heritage Society & Heritage House Museum NA 271 195 238 297 245
Long Pine Long Pine State Recreation Area 4,209 1,312 NA 3,963 3,579 NA
Fremont Louis E. May Historical Museum 8,274 8,433 4,952 NA 9,987 5,379
Louisville Louisville Lakes State Recreation Area 400,000 438,000 325,000 600,750 550,000 450,000
Crawford Lovers Leap Vineyards 8,000 8,000 6,500 9,800 NA NA
Omaha Lozier IMAX Theater 191,173 240,109 112,007 191,000 187,951 76,302
Lexington Mac's Creek Vineyards & Winery NA NA NA 10,000 10,800 7,500
Madison Madison County Historical Society Museum NA 3,579 1,214 NA 3,872 1,280
Omaha Mallory Kountze Planetarium 25,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Ogallala Mansion on the Hill 2,110 1,650 1,181 1,177 959 959
Chadron Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center 500 2,600 NA NA NA NA
Gordon Mari Sandoz Room NA NA NA 400 NA NA
Trenton Massacre Canyon Monument & Visitor Center NA NA NA 2,000 2,000 2,000
Kimball MEAN Wind Farm NA NA NA 500 500 NA
Nebraska City Mayhew Cabin & Historical Village Foundation NA 5,250 NA NA 5,382 2,745
Cambridge Medicine Creek State Recreation Area 74,130 61,720 41,634 61,612 52,400 27,300
Brownville Meriwether Lewis Dredge and Missouri River History Museum 4,500 5,000 500 4,000 5,000 4,000
Central City Merrick County Historical Museum 123,869 500 500 800 850 600
Valentine Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area NA 111,650 78,450 112,600 103,906 NA
Fremont Midland Lutheran College Heritage Arboretum NA NA NA NA 2,000 NA
Doniphan Mid-Nebraska Speedway NA 30,000 20,000 32,000 30,000 20,000
Lexington Millenium Wines Vineyard NA 500 375 NA NA NA
Minden Minden Opera House 10,200 12,865 3,620 28,591 2,118 830
Niobrara Missouri National Recreational River 29,500 NA NA NA 52,992 23,883
Nebraska City Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail & Visitor Center NA NA NA NA 20,000 12,470
Grand Island Mormon Island State Recreation Area 210,000 185,500 120,000 181,500 170,750 105,000
Omaha Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters 79,841 94,338 39,146 81,090 73,519 24,289
O'Neill Moses P Kincaid Law Office Museum 600 NA NA NA NA NA
Homer Museum Machinery Building 3,000 3,300 98 NA NA NA
Kearney Museum of Nebraska Art 19,900 18,137 3,810 21,976 22,138 4,842
Lincoln Museum of Nebraska History 34,109 25,360 7,000 28,298 NA NA
St. Paul Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball 279 301 140 324 NA NA
Chadron Museum of the Fur Trade 35,000 45,362 43,182 46,398 NA NA
McCook Museum of the High Plains 2,874 7,598 NA 3,587 3,601 608
Boys Town National Headquarters of Girls and Boys Town 90,000 86,000 47,300 NA NA NA
Dannebrog National Liars Hall of Fame NA 2,000 1,500 2,000 1,200 800
Lincoln National Museum of Roller Skating 1,000 2,167 NA 1,740 2,179 843
Omaha Neale Woods Nature Center 3,904 NA NA NA 91,000 NA
Omaha Nebraska Jewish Historical Society & Riekes Museum 275 600 340 375 630 248
Halsey Nebraska National Forest (Bessey Ranger District) 57,823 80,000 35,000 NA NA NA
Chadron Nebraska National Forest (Pine Ridge District) 55,000 NA NA NA 28,435 NA
Holdrege Nebraska Prairie Museum 18,178 22,986 7,407 26,579 24,917 8,521
Greenwood Nebraska Raceway Park 100,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Fremont Nebraska Railroad Museum/Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad NA 20,000 20,000 7,100 5,000 5,000
Lincoln Nebraska State Historical Society Headquarters NA NA NA NA 9,403 1,805
Crawford Nebraska State Historical Society's Fort Robinson Museum NA NA NA 12,091 10,948 8,376
Elm Creek Nebraska Wild Horse & Burro Facility 500 500 500 NA NA NA
Neligh Neligh Mills State Historic Site 3,600 2,971 1,921 NA NA NA
Auburn Nemaha Valley Museum NA NA NA 850 NA NA
Fairbury New Earth Clay Pottery and Art Gallery NA NA NA NA 1,000 NA
Niobrara Niobrara Museum NA NA NA 1,500 1,500 1,500
Valentine Niobrara National Scenic River 20,000 NA NA 68,000 54,385 NA
Niobrara Niobrara State Park 124,688 164,756 68,000 187,000 167,162 100,000
Johnstown Niobrara Valley Preserve-The Nature Conservancy NA 1,000 900 1,000 1,000 800
Norfolk Norfolk Arts Center 3,519 2,350 250 3,223 9,000 2,000
Ord North Loup River Trails 126 NA NA NA NA NA
North Platte North Platte Area Children's Museum 7,517 8,280 3,070 6,878 7,500 238
Gering North Platte Valley Museum and Western History Archive 4,036 NA NA NA 4,955 1,455
Homer O'Connor House 3,000 3,300 98 NA NA NA
Harrison Oglala National Grassland 36,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Lynch Old Baldy - The Tower 1,000 NA NA NA 3,000 2,500
Springfield Old Fashioned Soda Fountain NA NA NA NA 10,000 4,000
Omaha Old Market 1,000,100 1,050,000 500,000 NA NA NA
Paxton Ole's Big Game Steakhouse NA 50 NA 125,000 NA NA
Kramer Olive Creek State Recreation Area 4,960 NA NA NA NA NA
Kimball Oliver Reservoir State Recreation Area 43,720 23,410 19,581 14,325 23,596 17,398
Omaha Omaha Children's Museum 120,000 109,000 35,455 173,987 189,007 99,181
Omaha Omaha Community Playhouse 94,730 NA NA 100,677 104,902 16,798
Omaha Omaha Theater Company for Young People NA 300,000 7,000 NA 62,420 5,920
Omaha Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium NA NA NA 491,000 670,523 648,003
Gering Oregon Trail Speedway NA 14,000 12,000 NA NA NA
Bayard Oregon Trail Wagon Train 11,000 NA NA 8,000 8,000 6,000
Omaha Orpheum Theater NA NA NA NA 188,116 15,568
Syracuse Otoe County Museum of Memories 500 500 400 500 524 398
Kimball Panorama Point & Three-State Marker NA NA NA 500 100 70
Papillion Papio Bay Aquatic Center NA NA NA 68,000 50,000 50,000
Pawnee City Pawnee City Historical Society Museum 1,200 1,853 164 2,000 1,750 180
Goehner Pawnee Earth Lodge 2,000 2,000 1,600 2,000 2,000 1,600
Emerald Pawnee State Recreation Area 548,958 NA NA NA 480,000 NA
Tekamah Pelican Point State Recreation Area 10,000 7,000 5,000 10,000 15,000 15,000
Grant Perkins County Historical Society NA 140 140 214 NA NA
Stockville Perks Prairie Paradise NA NA NA NA 600 NA
Ogallala Petrified Wood Gallery 6,250 5,400 3,750 18,115 10,600 7,424
Ogallala Petticoats on the Prairie NA NA NA NA 450 75
Bartlett Pibel Lake State Recreation Area NA 16,821 11,774 10,000 12,000 8,400
Pierce Pierce Historical Society Museum 837 714 714 738 640 640
Neligh Pierson Wildlife Museum Learning Center NA 2,703 1,487 1,613 1,193 997
Chadron Pine Ridge National Recreation Area 5,000 NA NA NA 2,496 NA
Bridgeport Pioneer Trails Museum 510 824 824 NA 702 702
Lincoln Pioneers Park 470,000 470,000 250,000 NA 450,000 250,000
Lincoln Pioneers Park Nature Center 72,000 80,000 29,000 76,400 40,361 6,447
Kimball Plains Historical Museum NA NA NA NA 310 310
Aurora Plainsman Museum NA NA NA 4,152 3,487 2,283
Plainview Plainview Historical Society NA 50 NA 135 NA NA
Columbus Platte County Historical Society Museum 1,475 1,600 1,200 1,569 1,739 578
Louisville Platte River State Park 443,300 427,447 285,827 482,000 471,000 335,000
Wood River Platte River Valley Bird Observatory at Crane Meadows NA NA NA NA 20,000 3,500
Ashton Polish Heritage Center, Inc. 255 521 514 419 327 232
Ponca Ponca State Park 300,000 409,100 333,000 418,000 556,000 365,000
Gothenburg Pony Express Station 60,000 60,000 50,000 NA 22,300 16,570
Norfolk Poppy's Pumpkin Patch 7,600 7,000 NA 8,000 8,000 NA
Pleasant Dale Prairie Peace Park 1,100 975 900 NA NA NA
Omaha Prairie View Lake and Recreation Area NA NA NA NA 10,000 8,000
Mitchell Prairie Vine Vineyard & Winery NA NA NA NA 2,550 NA
Petersburg Rae Valley Heritage Association NA NA NA NA 3,000 NA
McCook Red Willow State Recreation Area 25,593 NA NA 100,000 19,842 2,196
Omaha River City Star Riverboat 20,000 22,000 17,000 52,000 NA NA
Scottsbluff Riverside Zoo 30,592 33,799 18,931 31,857 NA NA
Nebraska City Riverview Marina State Recreation Area NA 820 820 NA 100,000 90,000
Norfolk Riviera Raceway NA 20,000 20,000 20,000 12,000 NA
Cozad Robert Henri Museum and Historical Walkway NA 1,076 699 966 696 NA
Lincoln Robert Hillestead Textiles Gallery NA 1,523 643 1,345 NA NA
Gering Robidoux Pass & Robidoux Trading Post 500 300 200 250 NA NA
Roca Roca Berry Farm 25,000 30,000 10,000 NA NA NA
Bassett Rock County Historical Museum NA NA NA NA 450 450
Parks Rock Creek State Fish Hatchery 600 300 100 NA NA NA
Fairbury Rock Creek Station State Historical Park & State Rec Area 45,000 30 NA NA 34,500 19,300
Fairbury Rock Glen Wildlife Management Area 750 NA NA 500 NA NA
Beatrice Rockford Lake State Recreation Area 3,440 NA NA NA NA NA
Gibbon Rowe Sanctuary & The Iain Nicolson Audubon Center NA NA NA 17,354 20,000 350
Dorchester Saline County Historical Society 1,013 832 196 NA 1,575 NA
Alliance Sallows Military Museum NA NA NA NA 4,000 NA
Nenzel Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest NA 8,000 6,000 800 600 400
Kearney Sandhill Crane Spring Migration NA 12,000 NA 15,000 NA NA
Valentine Sandhills Museum NA 130 NA NA 10 10
Nenzel Sandhills Spirit of the West 300 300 300 NA 200 NA
Bellevue Sarpy County Historical Museum NA 10,702 3,941 NA 3,645 850
Wahoo Saunders County Historical Society Museum 5,649 5,351 1,161 6,583 6,547 1,247
Gordon Scamahorn Museum 250 400 250 200 300 300
Plattsmouth Schilling Wildlife Management Area 3,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Gretna Schramm Park State Recreation Area 150,000 30,000 18,000 60,000 100,000 60,000
Schuyler Schuyler/Colfax County Museum NA 450 225 575 978 898
Gering Scotts Bluff National Monument 119,404 111,293 57,785 105,610 107,713 54,931
Ainsworth Sellors Barton Museum 657 682 576 617 617 508
McCook Senator George Norris State Historic Site 1,108 1,108 201 1,005 800 720
Callaway Seven Valley's Museum 450 250 250 300 125 125
Goehner Seward County Historical Society Museum 1,081 900 900 NA 1,305 1,200
Lincoln Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden 84,820 20,000 14,000 39,005 41,000 11,000
Rushville Sheridan County Historical Museum 380 350 200 300 300 300
Loup City Sherman Reservoir State Recreation Area 41,936 41,937 22,001 44,551 50,470 NA
Harrison Sioux County Historical Museum 720 315 315 NA NA NA
Valentine Smith Falls State Park 80,632 72,000 65,000 NA NA NA
Valentine Snake River Falls 2,714 2,000 NA NA NA NA
Springfield Soaring Wings Vineyard, LLC NA NA NA NA 3,500 2,000
Gothenburg Sod House Museum 55,000 50,000 40,000 35,000 NA NA
Crawford Soldier Creek Wilderness 4,500 NA NA NA 10,293 NA
Brownville Spirit of Brownville Riverboat 6,000 5,400 5,000 4,882 5,563 4,015
Lincoln Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center NA 2,000 315 NA NA NA
Schuyler St. Benedict Center & Benedictine Mission House NA NA NA NA 12,000 4,500
St. James St. James Marketplace NA NA NA NA 2,800 2,000
Tarnov St. Michael Historical Society NA 500 300 500 400 400
Hickman Stagecoach State Recreation Area 35,937 NA NA NA NA NA
Pilger Stanton County Historical Society Museum NA NA NA NA 350 275
Lincoln Star City Shores NA 78,500 NA NA NA NA
Neligh Starlite Drive-In NA NA NA NA 20,000 NA
Lincoln State Capitol Building 45,583 87,346 24,694 41,574 86,610 15,352
Lincoln State Fair Races 55,279 NA NA NA NA NA
Lincoln State Museum of Natural History & Mueller Planetarium (UNL) 143,717 133,343 24,500 NA NA NA
Henry Stateline Island, North Platte National Wildlife Refuge NA 1,825 600 NA NA NA
Shickley Stockholm Swedish Lutheran Church & Cemetery NA NA NA 100 300 NA
Strang Strang Museum NA NA NA NA 25 25
Ashland Strategic Air & Space Museum 200,344 173,889 65,000 203,000 182,736 63,000
Stuart Stuart White Horse Museum 350 280 280 450 740 705
Grand Island Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer 59,000 65,000 50,000 69,000 70,000 30,800
Atkinson Sturdevant-McKee Museum 482 NA NA NA 1,358 482
Chappell Sudman-Neumann Heritage House NA NA NA 580 558 260
Tekamah Summit Lake State Recreation Center 8,600 3,500 3,500 10,000 35,000 28,000
Walthill Susan La Flesche Picotte Center NA NA NA NA 150 10
Sutherland Sutherland State Recreation Area 22,250 27,325 10,200 40,000 30,000 25,000
Trenton Swanson Lake State Recreation Area 20,000 14,623 7,260 42,415 22,650 15,210
Oakland Swedish Heritage Center 250 NA NA 3,000 NA NA
Table Rock Table Rock Historical Society Museum. NA 475 25 380 650 NA
Deshler Thayer County Speedway NA 12,000 12,000 NA NA NA
Comstock The Dowse Riverview Homestead NA NA NA NA 3,450 250
Brownville The Governor Furnas Arboretum NA 2,000 1,800 NA 2,500 2,000
Crete The Maples Complex & Benne Memorial Museum NA NA NA 825 960 240
Murdock The Murdock Museum NA 1,500 1,200 NA 1,200 1,000
Pawnee City The Pedal Clinic NA NA NA NA 700 500
Maxwell The Popcorn and Pumpkin Patch NA NA NA NA 4,770 0
Holdrege The Tassel - Phelps County Center for the Performing Arts NA NA NA NA 3,000 300
Red Cloud The Speed Bowl NA 12,000 12,000 NA NA NA
Thedford Thedford Art Gallery NA NA NA 1,264 NA NA
Thedford Thomas County Historical Museum 350 223 163 250 188 148
Lincoln Thomas P. Kennard House 2,113 1,841 213 1,394 1,874 300
Crawford Toadstool Geological Park NA NA NA 14,300 10,446 NA
Kearney Trails & Rails Museum 18,000 17,941 12,985 5,000 1,811 801
Crawford Trailside Museum 21,001 5,751 5,751 8,129 8,417 5,571
Gordon Tri-State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum 15,000 900 900 NA NA NA
Springview Twin Wind Turbines NA NA NA NA 300 150
Venice Two Rivers State Recreation Area 1,500 474,560 263,000 316,000 222,612 173,972
Columbus U.S. 30 Speedway NA NA NA 10,000 NA NA
Lincoln University of Nebraska-Lincoln Botanical Garden & Arboretum 440,000 35,205 17,902 127,722 58,253 17,354
Gretna Vala's Pumpkin Patch 148,200 119,402 0 159,000 168,482 0
Valentine Valentine National Wildlife Refuge 40,000 35,000 12,000 40,000 40,000 NA
Valley Valley Community Historical Museum NA NA NA NA 141 141
Ord Valley County Museum 1,500 1,480 872 NA 1,180 924
Verdigre Verdigre Heritage Museum 29,000 650 500 1,000 700 500
Verdon Verdon Lake State Recreation Area NA NA NA 12,000 NA NA
Anselmo Victoria Springs State Recreation Area 16,750 28,000 25,000 35,000 27,000 20,000
Hay Springs Walgren Lake State Recreation Area 10,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Wilber Walking Tours of Wilber NA NA NA 200 NA NA
Papillion Walnut Creek Lake & Recreation Area NA 250,000 100,000 250,000 225,000 175,000
Shelton War Axe State Recreation Area NA 4,500 2,200 4,500 4,500 2,700
Fort Calhoun Washington County Historical Museum 1,650 2,675 590 2,903 2,925 855
Lincoln WaveLink Raceway Park 12,000 NA NA NA NA NA
Wayne Wayne County Historical Museum NA 200 150 NA NA NA
Red Cloud Webster County Historical Museum NA NA NA NA 943 370
Omaha Wehrspann Lake at Chalco Hills Recreation Area 487,420 462,441 161,412 NA 485,000 97,535
Wymore Welsh Heritage Project NA 750 130 400 276 48
Brownville Whiskey Run Creek Vineyard & Winery NA 10,000 4,500 6,900 9,600 2,400
Naper White Horse Ranch 500 500 500 350 200 200
Wilber Wilber Czech Museum 1,630 1,433 1,012 1,107 1,150 846
Gering Wildcat Hills Nature Center 8,500 13,998 6,062 NA 9,248 4,886
Gering Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area 38,842 13,988 11,540 12,046 7,807 3,445
Gering Wildlife World at the Wyo-braska Natural History Museum 4,000 3,050 2,000 2,235 2,953 1,574
Nebraska City Wildwood Center Historic House & The Barn Art Gallery 6,946 4,378 NA NA 3,800 1,500
Red Cloud Willa Cather State Historic Site 7,030 6,388 2,008 13,409 10,973 3,345
Pierce Willow Creek State Recreation Area 195,000 180,000 120,000 190,000 185,000 125,000
Ashland Willow Point Gallery & Museum 8,715 8,643 4,388 7,870 8,240 4,120
Gibbon Windmill State Recreation Area 47,200 48,300 26,350 50,350 50,400 28,500
Shelton Wood River Valley Hist. Society & Shelton Hist. Interpretive Ctr NA 1,482 158 1,029 964 558
Greenwood WWII Library & Museum, Inc. NA NA NA 450 5,000 3,500
York York Children's Museum NA NA NA NA 836 352
York Yorkshire Playhouse NA NA NA NA 4,500 NA
Royal Zoo Nebraska 15,500 14,500 12,000 15,250 NA NA
Source: Nebraska Department of Economic Development, Tourism Division, April 2005.      
NA = attendance numbers not reported.      
Last Updated 4/22/05      
by Nebraska Databook      
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