Attendance at Selected Nebraska Attractions
Nebraska -- 2005 to 2007            
2005 2006 2007
City Attraction Total Summer Total Summer  Total   Summer 
Ainsworth Coleman House Museum 205 33 203 43  
Ainsworth Keller Park State Recreation Area 4,216   3,379 NA 3,560  
Ainsworth Sellors Barton Museum 594 469 594 NA 482 400
Ainsworth Coleman House Museum NA NA NA NA 203 43
Ainsworth Ainsworth Wind Facility NA NA NA NA  
Albion Boone County Historical Society Museum 239 239 458 376 20,000  
Albion Boone County Raceway 16,765   18,639   284 284
Albion Olson Nature Preserve      
Alda Nebraska Bird Observatory's Crane Meadows Visitor Center      
Alexandria Alexandria State Recreation Area 20,000 15,000 25,000 20,000  
Allen Dixon County Museum     325 300
Alliance Alliance Speedway      
Alliance Carhenge   65,000    
Alliance Carnegie Arts Center 3,065 678 2,909 789 2,901 781
Alliance Central Park Fountain 350 350 500 500 2,100 1,800
Alliance Dobby's Frontier Town 1,100 400   567 560
Alliance Knight Museum of the High Plains Heritage      
Alliance Sallows Military Museum      
Alliance The Sandhills Drive-In      
Alma Harlan County Lake 424,394 293,813 491,545 303,330 514,925 313,611
Amherst Harvest Moon Farms 8,200   8,300    
Anselmo Victoria Springs State Recreation Area 35,000 20,000 30,000 27,000 30,000 25,000
Arapahoe Furnas-Gosper Museum   582 233 358 293
Arapahoe Our Lady of Fatima Shrine      
Arcadia Arcadia Riverview Recreation 215 145    
Arnold Arnold State Recreation Area 5,000 4,000 10,000 9,000  
Arthur Courthouse Museum 1,000     50  
Arthur Haythorn Ranch Tours and Figure Four Traditions Event Center      
Arthur Strawbale Church 1,000     70  
Ashby CaLinda's Pot Shop & Art Gallery 135 120 50    
Ashland Cooper Studio & Gallery      
Ashland Double D Ranch   5,640   12,500  
Ashland Eugene T. Mahoney State Park 1,047,900   1,050,600 535,600 187,950  
Ashland Four Winds Vineyard      
Ashland Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari 86,157 45,890 78,756 49,390 82,722 50,420
Ashland Strategic Air & Space Museum 179,528 66,979 175,937 77,302 124,129 45,320
Ashland Willow Point Gallery and Museum 7,990 3,650 8,450 4,360 9,860 5,770
Ashton Polish Heritage Center, Inc. 290 270 304 273 320 235
Atkinson Atkinson Lake State Recreation Area 861   597   718  
Atkinson Sturdevant-McKee Museum 496 48 319    
Auburn Nemaha Valley Museum 900 425 1,057 740 1,248 820
Aurora Edgerton Explorit Center 13,298 2,870 11,738 3,055  
Aurora L'eglise Art Center and Gallery   300 75 666 290
Aurora Plainsman Museum 3,501 1,612 3,631 2,113 2,806 1,602
Aurora Renaissance Gallery      
Avoca Bloom Where You're Planted Pumpkin Patch & Barn Store 600 0 2,150   2,575  
Axtell Nature's Mosaic     1,000 800
Ayr Crystal Lake State Recreation Area 9,500 6,500 12,500 9,000 13,250 8,000
Bancroft John G. Neihardt State Historical Site 1,716 643 1,438 595 3,000 950
Bartlett Pibel Lake State Recreation Area 25,000 19,000 15,000 10,000 18,000 11,980
Bassett Rock County Historical Museum 845 845 400 400 350 350
Bayard Bayard Depot Museum 1,005 1,005 756 615 1,551 1,326
Bayard Chimney Rock National Historic Site and Visitors Center     26,176 15,586
Bayard Oregon Trail Wagon Train      
Beatrice Bear Creek Wildlife Management Area      
Beatrice Beatrice Big Blue Water Park 26,681   27,590 27,590 29,229  
Beatrice Beatrice Speedway 37,000 28,000   15,400 15,400
Beatrice Big Indian NRD Recreation Area 5,000 4,000   5,000 4,500
Beatrice Gage County Historical Museum 6,525 1,729 4,500 1,658 4,500 2,045
Beatrice Homestead National Monument of America 52,494 20,186   70,216 20,823
Beatrice Rockford Lake State Recreation Area      
Beatrice Yesterday's Lady - Step Back in Time     1,000 400
Beaver City Research Room of the Furnas County Genealogical Society 88   186   100  
Bellevue Bellevue Berry and Pumpkin Ranch 40,000      
Bellevue Bellevue Little Theatre     5,634  
Bellevue Fontenelle Forest Nature Center   30,343 9,188  
Bellevue Great Adventures Water Resort      
Bellevue Historic Sites of Bellevue 8,571 1,427 9,480 2,859 7,606 1,182
Bellevue Lewis and Clark Children's Interpretive Art Wall 7,497 4,515   8,319 7,200
Bellevue Sarpy County Historical Museum 3,006 719 2,335 500 2,749 54
Belvidere Thayer County Museum      
Bennington Pooley's Pumpkin Patch   7,200   7,500  
Blair Black Elk/Neihardt Park Home of The Four Winds      
Blair DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge 234,239 158,929 250,000   215,000  
Boys Town Boys Town     168,341 92,587
Bradshaw Petticoats on the Prairie      
Brady Jeffrey Lake   20,000 15,000 35,500 35,500
Brady Potters Pasture Mountain Bike Trail     300 100
Brainard Oak Creek Trail      
Brainard Pheasant Oak Vineyard Tasting Room      
Brainard Timber Point Lake      
Bridgeport Bridgeport State Recreation Area 33,734 27,545 28,887 17,334 46,570 21,144
Bridgeport Courthouse and Jail Rocks      
Bridgeport Pioneer Trails Museum 732 732    
Broken Bow Custer County Historical Museum 3,500 2,300 3,000 2,000 4,000  
Broken Bow Nebraska State Grange Historical Marker   15,000 3,000 400 400
Brownville 1860 Carson House 1,348 1,080   1,000 900
Brownville Brownville Historical Society Museum     695 595
Brownville Brownville State Recreation Area      
Brownville Brownville Village Theatre     3,500 3,500
Brownville Meriwether Lewis Dredge & Missouri River History Museum 5,000 4,000 2,500 2,500 2,000 2,000
Brownville Spirit of Brownville Riverboat 5,381 4,444 4,246 3,160 3,262 1,561
Brownville The Governor Furnas Arboretum 12,000 10,000   1,500 1,000
Brownville The Lyceum   8,000 6,000 12,000 7,000
Brownville Whiskey Run Creek Vineyard & Winery 8,660 6,400 5,200 1,800 8,000 5,000
Bruno Homestead Lake      
Burchard Burchard Lake   39    
Burwell Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area 435,470 329,000 498,872 399,500 406,266 250,203
Burwell Calamus State Fish Hatchery 3,114 2,587 2,884 2,005 3,396 2,312
Burwell Dream Weaver Cabin      
Burwell Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park 20,000 15,000   20,000 70
Burwell Garfield County Historical Museum 463 195 200    
Butte Butte Community Historical Center and Museum 200   135   250  
Callaway Seven Valley's Museum   218 168 300 250
Cambridge Cambridge Museum 596 347 758 519 897 527
Cambridge Faling Living History Tour Home 2,010 800 1,250   2,008 396
Cambridge Medicine Creek State Recreation Area 51,113 36,417 59,625 41,780 57,853  
Central City Merrick County Historical Museum   375 200 900 700
Central City Prairie Creek Vineyards     500  
Central City Wright Morris Boyhood Home     196 196
Ceresco Pioneer State Recreation Area   300    
Chadron Chadron State Park 219,230 118,435 195,000 121,340 207,000 2,000
Chadron Dawes County Historical Society Museum 2,208 2,208 2,066 1,860 2,749 2,749
Chadron Eleanor Barbour Cook Museum of Geology   300   200  
Chadron High Plains Herbarium 200 40   176 42
Chadron Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center 1,900 651    
Chadron Museum of the Fur Trade 39,528 33,000 42,553 32,260 53,245 31,300
Chadron Nebkota Dinner Train 2,015 1,895    
Chadron Nebraska National Forest (Pine Ridge District)      
Chadron Pine Ridge National Recreation Area 6,000 3,000 4,000 1,500  
Chadron The Last Chance Winery Tasting Room      
Champion Champion Mill State Historical Park and Recreation Area 5,179   3,600   2,625 1,960
Champion Chase County Historical Museum 875 875 650 650 923 672
Chappell Sudman-Neumann Heritage House 390   329 209 404 95
Clarkson Bluebird Nursery, Trial Gardens & All American Display Gardens 2,000 2,000   2,000 2,000
Clarkson Clarkson Historical Society Museum 1,000   973 750 1,000 75
Clatonia Clatonia Public Use Area      
Clay Center Clay County Museum 750 160 420 80 300 100
Clearwater Filsinger Deere Shed 300   75   125  
Columbus Andrew Jackson Higgins National Memorial 5,000 3,500 5,000 3,200 5,000 3,600
Columbus Columbus Racetrack 92,450 81,450 150,000 100,000 138,000 98,000
Columbus Dusters Restaurant and Gottberg Brew Pub      
Columbus Lake Babcock and Lake North      
Columbus Pawnee Plunge Water Park   86,150 86,150 49,000 49,000
Columbus Platte County Historical Society Museum 1,234 870 1,841 1,600 1,300 560
Columbus Quincentenary Belltower 2,500 1,500 2,500 1,500 2,500 1,500
Columbus U.S. 30 Speedway 25,000 25,000   6,000 5,500
Comstock 2nd Wind Ranch   50,000 50,000  
Comstock The Dowse Riverview Homestead 2,500     2,250 30
Comstock Gallery: Art & Creativity Center     600  
Cortland Spilker Ales      
Cozad 100th Meridian Museum 2,000 1,700    
Cozad Gallagher Canyon State Recreation Area 1,161 865 802 774 5,985 5,387
Cozad Robert Henri Museum and Historical Walkway 704 670 774 505  
Crawford Crawford Museum 1,137 1,137    
Crawford Fort Robinson State Park 361,230 273,139 359,708 298,350 460,154 401,249
Crawford Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Site 1,580   2,302 1,890 2,336 1,839
Crawford Nebraska State Historical Society's Fort Robinson Museum 11,237 7,943 10,827 8,107 11,575 8,145
Crawford Oglala National Grassland      
Crawford Pine Canyon Museum and Rock Shop      
Crawford Soldier Creek Wilderness 11,500 6,000 11,000 5,500  
Crawford The Last Chance Winery      
Crawford Toadstool Geological Park 12,000 7,000 12,000 8,000  
Crawford Trailside Museum 3,941   10,562 6,842 10,055  
Creighton Bruce Park Arboretum      
Creighton Creighton Historical Center      
Crete The Maples Heritage Complex & Benne Memorial Museum 1,188 506 900 175  
Crete Walnut Creek Wildlife Management Area      
Crofton Corps of Discovery Welcome Center 25,000 17,000 24,000 13,000 25,617 13,732
Crofton Lewis and Clark Lake State Recreation Area 270,000 209,494 350,000   221,873 170,000
Crofton Lewis and Clark Visitor Center   29,000 20,533 28,000 25,000
Curtis Hansen Memorial Museum 14 4   71 17
Dakota City Cottonwood Cove Park      
Dakota City Lewis and Clark Wayside      
Dalton Dalton Prairie Schooner Museum      
Dannebrog Columbia Hall Archives & Tourism Center   2,000 1,500 1,000 800
Dannebrog Danish Capital of Nebraska 2,500 2,000 0 0  
Dannebrog National Liars Hall of Fame 2,500 1,800 1,600 0 1,800 1,100
David City Butler County Museum 45   92   40 40
David City Family Aquatic Center   12,293 150 9,863 9,863
David City Thorpe Opera House 775 200 1,500   1,000 200
Denton Conestoga State Recreation Area 94,749   55,000   114,196 75,000
Denton Prime Country Winery, LLC 2,000   3,000   2,000 1,400
Denton The MAiZE at Benson Farms 3,100   4,468   4,189  
Deshler Thayer County Speedway      
Dewitt A Touch of the Past Museum 525 400    
Dorchester Blue River State Recreation Area      
Dorchester Saline County Historical Society and Museum 367 150 478 175 456 145
Dwight Dwight Assumption Parish, Chapel and Grottoes 325 300 500 300 414  
Eagle Eagle Raceway     30,000 22,000
Ellsworth Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge   6,855 740 8,200 2,800
Elm Creek Chevyland U.S.A. Auto Museum 1,190 1,000 893   877 727
Elm Creek Nebraska Wild Horse and Burro Facility   1,000   500  
Elm Creek Sandy Channel State Recreation Area   400  
Elmwood Bess Streeter Aldrich House and Museum 965 375 1,150   1,095 610
Elwood Elwood Reservoir/Wildlife Management Area      
Emerald Pawnee State Recreation Area 332,055      
Emerson Iron Horse Bar and Casino      
Enders Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area 46,760   33,000 105 46,235 39,550
Fairbury Fairbury City Museum 350 94 365   300 73
Fairbury Fairbury Rock Island Depot Museum      
Fairbury Frontier Fun Park 10,000 9,000    
Fairbury McDowell's Tomb - "Magic Etched in Stone"      
Fairbury New Earth Clay Pottery and Art Gallery 1,000 400 800 400  
Fairbury Rock Creek Station State Historical Park & State Recreation Area 35,000 25,000 34,685 25,000 35,000 28,000
Fairbury Rock Glen Wildlife Management Area      
Fairbury Smith Log Cabin 500 200    
Fairbury Winslow's Monument      
Fairmont Fairmont State Airfield   700 500 500 400
Fairmont Fillmore County Museum 1,500 1,400 2,000 95 700 650
Falls City Bell-Jenne Historical House 1,500 1,000 800 600 150 75
Falls City Iron Monument 500 500 300    
Falls City Itha Krumme Memorial Arboretum 350 250   400 350
Falls City Richardson County Military History Museum      
Falls City Richardson County Museum 3,000 2,000 1,000 700 500 200
Fort Calhoun Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge 25,000 8,800 26,141 7,300 27,286 16,371
Fort Calhoun Fort Atkinson State Historical Park 39,995 27,000 30,100 25,625 27,375 18,375
Fort Calhoun Too Far North      
Fort Calhoun Washington County Historical Museum 4,375 3,138 1,608 235 1,616 611
Franklin Franklin County Historical Museum   501 227 518 397
Fremont Bryson's Airboat Tours      
Fremont Fremont Dinner Train 8,742 2,384   7,650 2,528
Fremont Fremont Historic Visitors Center 1,650 1,400 864   400 200
Fremont Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area 827,000   827,000   840,000 756,000
Fremont Gallery 92 West      
Fremont Glismann Collection & Lueninghoener Planetarium 1,500 1,000 2,104 150 1,000  
Fremont Louis E. May Historical Museum 8,864 4,274 9,251 5,739 8,500 4,800
Fremont Midland Lutheran College Heritage Arboretum 2,000 1,200 950 95 1,250 1,250
Fremont Nebraska Railroad Museum & Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad 3,000 1,500 3,700 2,500 3,000 2,700
Geneva Geneva Auditorium 525      
Geneva Geneva City Park   20  
Geneva George W. Smith House 120   250    
Geneva J.M. Burk House 176      
Geneva Rialto II Theatre   2,000 463  
Genoa Genoa Historical Museum 950 528 1,060 1,091  
Genoa Genoa Indian School Museum 2,255 1,670 1,757   1,596 1,203
Gering Buffalo Creek Recreation Area     5,000  
Gering Farm and Ranch Museum 4,476 4,203   8,000 5,400
Gering Five Rocks Amphitheater 7,250 7,250   5,000 5,000
Gering Highway 92 Raceway Park   5,100 1,630 6,300 500
Gering North Platte Valley Museum and Western History Archive 4,423 1,331 5,000    
Gering Robidoux Pass and Robidoux Trading Post   2,000   2,500  
Gering Scotts Bluff National Monument 99,565 69,829 98,352 48,276 111,891 55,014
Gering Wildcat Hills Nature Center 20,077 15,079 7,188 4,315 26,036 15,173
Gering Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area 11,347 7,847 14,271 8,562 26,036 15,173
Gering Wildlife World Wyobraska Natural History Museum 2,598 1,389   3,000  
Gibbon George Spencer Vineyard & Wine Tasting Room 20,000 7,000 14,000 7,000  
Gibbon Gibbon Heritage Center 321 191 325  
Gibbon Rowe Sanctuary and Iain Nicolson Audubon Center 18,500 375 17,000 25,200  
Gibbon Windmill State Recreation Area 51,500 26,400 51,450   53,150 34,000
Glenvil Country Harvest Pumpkin Patch LLC 7,000   6,000   5,800  
Goehner Seward County Historical Society Museum   300  
Gordon Scamahorn Museum   300   300 300
Gordon Sheridan Gallery   697 400  
Gordon Tri-State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum   697   10,000 10,000
Gothenburg Lake Helen   15,825  
Gothenburg Gothenburg Historical Museum     898 800
Gothenburg Pony Express Station 23,467 17,833 23,411 20,000 25,492 21,398
Gothenburg Sod House Museum 25,000 20,000 25,000   30,000 20,000
Gothenburg Swedish Crosses Cemetery      
Grand Island Fonner Park   140,000   100,000  
Grand Island Heartland Public Shooting Park 15,892 13,752    
Grand Island Island Oasis Water Park 86,194 86,194 85,000 85,000 74,862 74,862
Grand Island Mid-Nebraska Speedway 26,000 15,000 12,000 8,000 20,000  
Grand Island Mormon Island State Recreation Area 170,050 120,000 59,750 34,000 5,900 38,000
Grand Island Sandhill Crane Spring Migration      
Grand Island Stolley Park      
Grand Island Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer 65,500 22,000 65,815 22,185 59,882 29,552
Grand Island The Chicken Coop      
Grand Island Townsley-Murdock Immigrant Trail Site      
Grand Island Veterans Park & Memorial Wall   78