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% of Total Summer % of Summer Attendance from Attendance Attendance Out of State (Memorial Day- from Out of City Name of Attraction Total Attendance Visitors Labor Day) State Visitors Comments Omaha Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium 2,046,171 38.4% 937,569 42.0% Ogallala Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area 1,366,863 1,268,620 Raymond Branched Oak State Recreation Area 1,290,856 Ashland Eugene T. Mahoney State Park 1,226,224 *Fiscal year July 2015- June Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha 1,000,000 2016 Hickman Wagon Train State Recreation Area 952,625 946,513 Fremont Fremont State Recreation Area 891,000 Louisville State Park 846,932 Lincoln Pawnee State Recreation Area 807,065 Louisville Louisville State Recreation Area 619,800 Crawford State Park 503,244 *Fiscal year July 2015- June Omaha TD Ameritrade Park Omaha 454,452 2016 Papillion 399,314 5.0% 257,840 8.0% Venice Two Rivers State Recreation Area 395,789 Shubert 322,600 Burwell Calamus State Recreation Area 314,779 Hickman State Recreation Area 263,160 Lincoln Lincoln Children's Zoo 234,836 Sprague Bluestem State Recreation Area 221,728 Omaha Durham Museum 197,692 19.0% 65,033 28.0% Pierce Willow Creek State Recreation Area 193,750 Minatare Lake Minatare State Recreation Area 185,600 Omaha Joslyn Art Museum 184,911 29.0% 52,703 34.0% Lincoln 169,765 1.0% 161,557 1.0% Chadron 165,544 Blair DeSoto Chute 164,602 59,052 City Arbor Lodge State Historical Park 164,000 Lincoln Lincoln Children's Museum 160,652 6.0% 54,590 7.3% Wahoo Lake Wanahoo State Recreation Area 145,412 Ashland Lee G. Simmons Conservation and Wildlife Safari Park 144,239 Lexington Johnson Lake State Recreation Area 133,947 Niobrara 133,015

% of Total Summer % of Summer Attendance from Attendance Attendance Out of State (Memorial Day- from Out of City Name of Attraction Total Attendance Visitors Labor Day) State Visitors Comments Gering Scotts Bluff National Monument 130,085 64,426 Ashland Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum 123,426 19.0% 49,370 24.0% Denton Conestoga State Recreation Area 116,171 Nebraska City Riverview Marina State Recreation Area 116,000 Crofton Lewis & Clark State Recreation Area 92,096 Lincoln State Capitol 91,422 59.0% 22,632 66.0% Beatrice Homestead National Monument of America 87,754 43.0% 33,586 43.0% Lincoln University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History and Mueller Planetarium 84,495 18.0% 30,000 26.0% Omaha The Rose Theater 77,944 11.5% 12,253 10.8% Kearney State Recreation Area 74,900 Lincoln Pioneers Park Nature Center 74,783 Valentine Niobrara National Scenic River Visitors Center 73,813 55,880 Alliance Carhenge 68,235 77.0% 40,274 80.0% Trenton Swanson State Recreation Area 68,075 Greenwood I-80 Speedway 65,000 Loup City Sherman State Recreation Area 64,676 McCook Red Willow State Recreation Area 62,625 North Platte Lake Maloney State Recreation Area 60,660 Kearney Kearney Area Children's Museum 59,807 3.0% 15,473 5.0% Hastings Hastings Museum 57,948 43.0% 19,286 50.0% Doniphan Mormon Island State Recreation Area 57,400 Enders Enders State Recreation Area 56,800 Gibbon Windmill State Recreation Area 54,300 Kearney The Archway 53,852 73.0% 25,695 73.0% Columbus Pawnee Plunge Water Park 52,749 23.0% 52,749 23.0% Wood River Crane Trust Nature & Visitor Center 50,000 Tekamah Summit State Recreation Area 47,500 Norfolk AquaVenture Water Park 46,400 Aurora Edgerton Explorit Center 45,100 15 18,040 18.0% Lincoln 44,563 12,736 Boys Town Boys Town 43,191 75.0% 13,538 90.0% Omaha Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail 43,003 23,978 Kramer Olive Creek State Recreation Area 42,777 Valentine State Park 42,663 Valentine Merritt State Recreation Area 41,870

% of Total Summer % of Summer Attendance from Attendance Attendance Out of State (Memorial Day- from Out of City Name of Attraction Total Attendance Visitors Labor Day) State Visitors Comments Sutherland Sutherland State Recreation Area 41,700 Papillion Papio Fun Park 40,000 22,000 Fort Calhoun State Historical Park 38,685 25.0% 18,180 28.0% Cambridge Medicine Creek State Recreation Area 38,378 Greenwood Baker's Candy 36,000 10.0% 7,500 15.0% Kearney Fort Kearny State Historical Park 35,475 North Platte Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center 33,525 71.0% 16,048 84.0% Lincoln Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center 32,626 8,971 Gothenburg Sod House Museum 30,000 90.0% 25,000 90.0% Victoria Springs State Recreation Area 29,698 Hubbard Danish Alps State Recreation Area 29,675 Lincoln Nebraska History Museum 23,875 28.0% 7,217 Ashland Cellar 426 23,500 14.0% 8,500 17.0% Gretna Schramm State Recreation Area 21,500 Gothenburg Station Museum 20,835 15,478 Nehawka Slattery Vintage Estates Vineyard & Tasting Room 20,000 20.0% Kearney Museum of Nebraska Art 18,712 20.7% 6,542 8.1% Beatrice Rockford State Recreation Area 17,848 Schuyler St. Benedict Center and Benedictine Mission House 17,500 20.0% 7,000 25.0% North Platte Buffalo Bill State Historical Park 17,480 Omaha Artists Cooperative Gallery 16,234 4,738 Lewellen Ash Hollow State Historical Park 16,200 Lincoln NE Game and Parks Shooting Range 15,883 Lincoln International Quilt Study Center and Museum 15,719 25.0% 4,231 25.0% Harrison Agate Fossil Beds National Monument 15,557 25.0% 9,005 25.0% *Fiscal year July 2015-June Lincoln Lux Center for the Arts 14,586 2016 Seward Nebraska National Guard Museum 13,610 9,729 Fairbury State Historical Park 13,563 Fairbury Rock Creek Station State Recreation Area 13,522 Kimball High Point Welcome Center of Western Nebraska 13,404 80.0% 8,203 85.0% Gering Legacy of the Plains Museum 13,104 15.9% 7,824 21.6% Norfolk Norfolk Arts Center 12,870 5.0% 1,300 7.2% Ainsworth Keller State Recreation Area 12,370 Crofton Corps of Discovery Welcome Center 11,840 89.0% 7,596

% of Total Summer % of Summer Attendance from Attendance Attendance Out of State (Memorial Day- from Out of City Name of Attraction Total Attendance Visitors Labor Day) State Visitors Comments Bellevue Historic Sites of Bellevue 11,700 Wahoo Saunders County Historical Society & Museum 10,883 3.0% 2,355 7.0% Hastings The Lark 10,500 10.0% 2,000 10.0% Kearney Classic Car Collection 10,331 80.0% 4,462 94.0% Hastings Prairie Loft Center for Outdoor & Agricultural Learning 10,240 30.0% 6,800 30.0% Crawford Trailside Museum of Natural History 10,186 40.0% 8,665 40.0% Ogallala Petrified Wood & Art Gallery 10,004 80.0% 5,804 85.0% Lincoln Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed 10,000 Burwell Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park 9,273 Long Pine Long Pine 9,130 North Platte Prairie Arts Center 8,955 1.0% 2,899 3.0% Alexandria Alexandria State Recreation Area 8,933 Avoca Bloom Where You're Planted Farm and Pumpkin Patch 8,800 10.0% 500 <10% Waterloo Tubing & Adventures 8,200 8,200 Kearney Trails and Rails Museum 7,517 9.0% 45% 15.0% Brownville The Brownville Historical Society Museum 7,500 Beatrice Community Players 7,435 2.0% 2,062 Omaha Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts 7,364 2,619 Omaha BLUEBARN Theatre 7,358 Brownville The Brownville Village Theatre 7,297 Willa Cather Foundation 7,223 50.0% 3,138 51.3% Scribner Dead Timber State Recreation Area 7,200 York Wessels Living History Farm 7,111 10.7% 3,908 10.2% Verdon Verdon State Recreation Area 7,000 Chadron Museum of the 6,936 4,836 Wood River State Recreation Area 6,850 *Opened on Elkhorn Main Street Studios & Gallery 6,000 September 16th Lewellen The Most Unlikely Place 6,000 40.0% 3,500 50.0% Brownville The Whiskey Creek Winery 5,829 Norfolk Elkhorn Valley Museum 5,500 30.0% 3,000 32.0% Gering Robidoux Trading Post & Historic Landmark 5,400 61.0% 4,000 80.0% Alliance Dobby Frontier Town 5,200 35.0% 5,135 35.0% Columbus Andrew Jackson Higgins Memorial 5,150 30.0% 3,375 35.0% Broken Bow Custer County Historical Museum 5,000 Grand Island Grand Island Little Threater 5,000 1,625

% of Total Summer % of Summer Attendance from Attendance Attendance Out of State (Memorial Day- from Out of City Name of Attraction Total Attendance Visitors Labor Day) State Visitors Comments Lincoln Art Museum 4,661 29.5% 1,150 Brownville Spirit of Brownville River Boat Cruises 4,600 Hastings Motorsport Park Hastings 4,500 45.0% 4,500 45.0% Shelton War Axe State Recreation Area 4,350 Brownville Brownville Concert Hall 4,082 42.0% Bridgeport Bridgeport State Recreation Area 3,663 Royal Ashfall State Historical Park 3,575 Aurora Plainsman Museum 3,500 11.0% 1,086 25.0% Minden Minden Opera House 3,400 480 Ayr Crystal Lake Recreation Area 3,268 5.0% 2,042 5.0% Lincoln Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center 3,261 800 Nebraska City Wildwood Barn Art Gallery & Gift Shop 3,090 80.0% 1,325 Lexington Dawson County Historical Society Museum 3,038 40.0% 1,128 60.0% Merriman Bowring Ranch State Historical Park 2,962 Ogallala Mansion on the Hill 2,903 25% Nebraska City Mayhew Cabin 2,558 28.0% 1,028 40% Lincoln Larsen Tractor Test & Power Museum 2,544 33.0% 870 36.0% Crawford Hudson-Meng Education and Research Center 2,500 20.0% 1,990 17.0% Columbus Platte County Historical Society Museum 2,420 1.0% 1,180 2.0% Alliance Carnegie Arts Center 2,386 14.0% 935 10.0% Madison Madison County Museum 2,381 10.0% 662 Henderson Mennonite Heritage Museum and Park 2,380 11.0% 1,763 13.0% Merriman Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area 2,300 Plattsmouth Cass County Historical Society Museum 2,300 15.0% 700 30.0% St. Paul Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball 2,159 0.06% 1,478 0.1% Lincoln National Museum of Roller Skating 2,159 Tekamah Burt County Museum 2,150 12.0% 978 25.0% Hemingford Box Butte State Recreation Area 1,945 Ogallala Boot Hill 1,700 Louisville Platte River Rentals, LLC 1,700 Gering State Recreation Area/Nature Center 1,693 Bancroft John G. Neihardt State Historic Site 1,468 10.2% 796 10.6% Brownville The School House Art Gallery and Lecture Series 1,400 Lincoln American Historical Society of Germans from Russia 1,342 42.3% 915 22.0% Nebraska City Wildwood Historic House 1,245 80.0% 563

% of Total Summer % of Summer Attendance from Attendance Attendance Out of State (Memorial Day- from Out of City Name of Attraction Total Attendance Visitors Labor Day) State Visitors Comments Fort Calhoun Washington County Historical Museum & Frahm House 1,200 10.0% 720 15.0% Falls City John Philip Falter Museum 1,128 20.0% 672 25.0% Ogallala Viewing Center 1,089 27.0% Genoa Genoa Indian School 1,044 9.6% 823 9.0% Wymore Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project 988 8.0% 435 8.9% Brownville Brownville School House Art Gallery & Arboretum 983 15.0% Niobrara Niobrara Museum 953 19.0% 620 21.0% Elm Creek Chevyland USA Auto Museum 935 75.0% 500 60.0% Lincoln Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery 929 8.0% 184 31.0% Sidney Fort Sidney Museum 836 372 Hastings Sachtleben Observatory of Hastings College 800 5.0% 320 5.0% Pawnee City Pawnee City Historical Society 800 25.0% 274 25.0% Norfolk NorthFork Outfitting 720 720 Red Cloud Starke Round Barn Historic Site 693 27.0% 443 28.0% Brownville Flatwater Folk Art Museum 650 Elmwood Bess Streeter Aldrich House and Museum 538 14.0% 98 31.0% Ainsworth Sellors-Barton Museum 504 41.0% Ashton Polish Heritage Center Inc. 465 16.0% 3.0% Pierce Piece Historical Society Museum 461 10.0% 461 10.0% Scottsbluff Blue Stem Shoppe 458 5.0% 400 6.0% Plainview Klown Doll Museum 418 19.9% 353 19.8% Atkinson Atkinson Mill Race Park 368 12.0% 354 3.0% Chappell Chappell Museum Association/Sudman-Neuman Heritage House 275 24.0% Alliance Veterans Cemetary 245 23.7% 152 21.7% Murdock Prairie Country School 244 4.5% 35 Blue Springs Johnson Cabin Museum (Open summer only) 235 235 Mullen Double R Guest Ranch, Inc. 214 35.0% 152 15.0% Pender Heritage Museum of Thurston County 150 10.0% 50 30.0% Thedford Thomas County Historical Museum 111 26.0% 66 33.0% Ainsworth Brown County Society's Coleman House Museum 102 5.0% Blair Bakers Bed and Breakfast 73 66.0% 26 85.0% Peru The Cabin at Honey Creek 30 27.0% 26 15.0% Minden Harold Warp Pioneer Village 65.5% 34.0%