Three floors of excitement keep kids of all ages breathing fast with anticipation at this downtown museum. Fire engines, a moon lander, a prairie dog town, crazy water experiments and a whole lot more mix learning with heaps of fun.
Lincoln Children's Museum
Nebraska
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Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
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Follows the Cornhusker State's story, starting with the large First Nebraskans room. Compare the pioneer sod house to the Pawnee earth lodge.
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University of Nebraska State Museum
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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International Quilt Study Center & Museum
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Follows the Cornhusker State's story, starting with the large First Nebraskans room. Compare the pioneer sod house to the Pawnee earth lodge.
2. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
0.17 MILES
The university has its main campus in the middle of town. The complex is as practical as a farmer and lacks highlights, but is an interesting stroll. When…
3. University of Nebraska State Museum
0.34 MILES
See what the university's own legions of Indiana Jones's have been up to at the campus museum, where archeological and academic discoveries are displayed…
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From the outside, Nebraska's remarkable 1932 400ft-high state capitol represents the apex of phallic architecture (like many tall buildings in the Plains,…
5. International Quilt Study Center & Museum
1.77 MILES
This special-interest museum's motto says it all: 'celebrate the cultural and artistic significance of quilts'. Inside you'll be amazed at all the…
6. Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
24.39 MILES
After WWII Omaha's Offutt Air Force Base was home to the US Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC), the nuclear force detailed in Stanley Kubrick's Dr…