% of Total Summer % of Summer Attendance from Attendance Attendance from Out of State (Memorial Day- Out of State City Name of Attraction Total Attendance Visitors Labor Day) Visitors Omaha Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium 2,036,877 Ogallala Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area 1,773,385 Omaha Century Link Center 1,000,000 Fremont Fremont State Recreation Area 932,500 Ponca Ponca State Park 893,030 Ashland Eugene T. Mahoney State Park 791,865 Louisville Louisville State Recreation Area 594,500 Crawford Fort Robinson State Park 570,536 Louisville Platte River State Park 525,883 Papillion Werner Park, home of the Omaha Storm Chasers 404,460 Omaha Orpheum Theater and the Holland Performing Arts Center 380,000 30,000 Omaha TD Ameritrade Park Omaha 357,646 Burwell Calamus State Recreational Area 340,125 Lincoln Pawnee State Recreation Area 327,727 Omaha Omaha Children's Museum 324,078 33.0% 107,771 39.0% Hickman Wagon Train State Recreation Area 303,943 Shubert Indian Cave State Park 287,600 Crofton Lewis and Clark State Recreational Area 274,505 Lincoln Lincoln Children's Zoo 245,012 114,017 Pierce Willow Creek State Recreation Area 231,850 Chadron Chadron State Park 231,739 Omaha Durham Museum 203,145 24.0% 60,440 31.0% North Platte Lake Maloney State Recreation Area 200,500 Omaha Joslyn Art Museum 193,215 20.0% 56,490 47.0% Minatare Lake Minatare State Recreation Area 186,510 Venice Two Rivers State Recreation Area 183,165 Lincoln Haymarket Park 172,372 1.0% 161,127 1.0% Blair DeSoto Chute National Wildlife Refuge 164,488 50.0% 65,622 50.0% Gering Scotts Bluff National Monument 152,560 79.0% 81,753 75.0% Ashland Lee G. Simmons Conservation and Wildlife Safari Park 151,351 Ashland Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum 141,049 71,449 Niobrara Niobrara State Park 136,655 Raymond Branched Oak State Recreation Area 134,749 Beatrice Homestead National Monument of America 123,400 43.0% 78,079 43.0% Bellevue Fontenelle Forest 117,000 13% 26,419 18% Hickman Stagecoach State Recreatin Area 112,912 Lincoln Pioneers Park Nature Center 106,121 32,219 Lincoln State Capitol 99,142 54.0% 27,448 61.0% University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History and Lincoln Mueller Planetarium 98,240 12.0% 35,378 19.0% Martell Bluestem State Recreational Area 95,972 Lexington Johnson Lake State Recreation Area 94,508 Valentine Niobrara National Scenic River Visitors Center 80,806 62,507 Alliance Carhenge 80,728 88.0% 50,000 88.0% Greenwood I-80 Speedway 75,000 Kearney Fort Kearny State Recreation Area 74,100 Grand Island Stuhr Museum of the Praire Pioneer 72,872 37.0% 33,945 42.0% Cambridge Medicince Creek State Recreation Area 68,422 Sutherland Sutherland State Recreation Area 66,150 Papillion Papio Fun Park 65,000 33,570 Omaha The Rose Theater 63,951 10.0% 7,672 8.6% Loup City Sherman State Recreation Area 63,177 McCook Red Willow State Recreation Area 61,100 Doniphan Mormon Island State Recreation Area 59,800 Gibbon Windmill State Recreation Area 59,100 Kearney The Archway 57,592 73.0% 28,642 Aurora Edgerton Explorit Center 55,957 15% 17,989 20.0% Lincoln SchillingBridge Cork & Tap House 55,900 20,950 Omaha Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail 54,000 36,196 Wahoo Lake Wanahoo 53,074 Nebraska City Riverview Marina State Recreation Area 51,000 Columbus Pawnee Plunge Water Park 50,783 35.0% 49,239 35.0% Lincoln Licorice International 50,000 20.0% 13,000 Lincoln Sheldon Museum of Art 49,138 11,407 Tekamah Summit State Recreation Area 49,100 Omaha Thunderhead Brewing Company 49,000 15.0% 13,500 20.0% Enders Enders State Recreation Area 46,650 Blair DeSoto Visitors Center and Steamboat Bertrand Museum 46,041 50.0% 16,161 50.0% Fort Calhoun Fort Atkinson State Historical Park 40,280 Valentine Smith Falls State Park 39,337 North Platte Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center 34,531 70.0% 18,769 90.0% Kearney Fort Kearny State Historical Park 34,305 45.0% 22,300 45.0% Valentine Merritt State Recreation Area 31,674 Hubbard Danish Alps State Recreation Area 31,659 Denton Conestoga State Recreation Area 29,386 Trenton Swanson State Recreation Area 29,000 Gibbon Rowe Sanctuary and Iain Nicolson Audubon Center 28,349 70.0% 2,088 Columbus Columbus Exposition and Racing 28,000 2.0% 22,000 10.0% Anselmo Victoria Springs State Recreation Area 25,848 Alliance Knight Museum and Sandhills Center 23,975 77.0% 11,980 68.0% Lewellen Ash Hollow State Historical Park 23,200 Verdon Verdon State Recreation Area 20,200 Gretna Schramm State Recreation Area 19,750 Kramer Olive Creek State Recration Area 17,762 Kearney Museum of Nebraska Art 17,512 11% 6,168 4% North Platte Buffalo Bill State Historical Park 16,723 Lincoln Attendance at Lincoln Community Playhouse 16,250 1.0% 3,200 1.0% Gering Legacy of the Plains Museum 14,734 29.8% 10,285 37.0% Norfolk Norfolk Arts Center 13,661 3.5% 4,729 5.0% Lincoln Lux Center for the Arts 13,035 10.0% 5,132 10.0% Ogallala Petrified Wood & Art Gallery 12,854 80.0% 6,893 75.0% Kearney Trails and Rails Museum 12,534 5.0% 7670% 5.0% Hastings Prairie Loft Center for Outdoor & Agricultural Learning 11,631 30.0% 6,950 30.0% Bellevue Historic Sites of Bellevue 11,350 4.0% 9,000 4.0% Beatrice Rockford Lake State Recreation Area 11,241 Wahoo Saunders County Historical Society & Museum 11,138 3.0% 2,311 7.0% Red Cloud National Willa Cather Center 10,875 53.0% 6,852 53.0% Gering Wildcat Hills Nature Center & State Recreation Area 10,610 Gering Five Rocks Amphitheater 10,466 46.8% Fairbury Rock Creek Station State Recreation Area 10,322 Bridgeport Bridgeport State Recreation Area 10,188 Burwell Fort Hartsuff Historical Park 10,155 Fairbury Frontier Fun Park 10,000 70.0% 10,000 70.0% Holdrege The Tassel - Performing Arts Center 9,900 10.0% 2,500 1.0% Kearney Merryman Performing Arts Center 9,634 1,239 10.0% Kearney Crane River Theater 9,421 11.2% 7,987 10.8% Brownville The Brownville Historical Society Museum 8,505 Valley The Gallery & Loft by Wendy Deane 8,000 10.0% 6,000 10.0% Alexandria Alexandria State Recreation Area 7,826 Fairbury Rock Creek Station State Historical Park 7,770 Scottsbluff West Nebraska Arts Center 6,790 20.0% 3,829 50.0% Wood River Cheyenne State Recreation Area 6,700 Hastings Motorsport Park Hastings 6,600 60.0% 3,000 75.0% Scribner Dead Timber State Recreation Area 6,500 Omaha Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts 6,380 2,219 Gering Robidoux Trading Post & Historic Landmark 6,359 68.0% 4,688 71.0% Avoca Bloom Where You're Planted Farm and Pumpkin Patch 5,575 10.0% 300 10.0% Columbus Andrew Jackson Higgins Memorial 5,100 35.0% 3,250 40.0% Shelton War Axe State Recreation Area 4,850 Merriman Bowring Ranch 4,606 Bellevue Bellevue Little Theatre 4,458 35.0% 120 5.0% Aurora Plainsman Museum 4,200 6.4% 944 49.0% Lexington Dawson County Historical Society Museum 4,092 10.0% 410 25.0% Ayr Crystal Lake Recreation Area 4,005 5.0% 2,511 5.0% Fairbury Rock Creek Lake State Recreation Area 4,000 Norfolk Elkhorn Valley Museum 3,957 40.0% 1,213 40.0% Brownville The Brownville Village Theatre 3,351 3,137 Kearney Nebraska Firefighters Museum & Education Center 3,348 40.0% 1,659 35.0% Hemingford Box Butte State Recreation Area 3,309 Lincoln Larsen Tractor Test & Power Museum 3,234 35.8% 1,404 37.0% Merriman Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area 3,200 Lincoln Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center 3,162 734 Nebraska City Wildwood Barn Art Gallery & Gift Shop 2,932 1,266 Brownville Gov. Furnas House Arboretum 2,866 40.0% 2,666 Red Cloud Red Cloud Opera House 2,832 5% 1,009 5% Gering Buffalo Creek Wildlife Management Area 2,800 28% 2,100 23% Repbulican City Harlan County Lake ATV 2,660 Tekamah Burt County Museum 2,561 30.0% 627 30.0% Plattsmouth Cass County Historical Society Museum 2,500 8.0% 1,100 15.0% Crawford Hudson-Meng Education and Research Center 2,300 49.0% 2,130 49.0% Kearney Kearney Concert Association 2,200 2.0% Lincoln National Museum of Roller Skating 2,028 53.0% 1,238 54.0% Brownville Brownville Concert Hall 1,938 40.0% 978 Ogallala Bald Eagle Viewing Center 1,755 19.9% Alliance Carnegie Arts Center 1,702 8.0% 664 23.0% Arnold Arnold Golf Course 1,700 7.0% 1,500 7.0% Ainsworth Keller Park State Recreation Area 1,569 Brownville The School House Art Gallery and Lecture Series 1,516 40.0% 1,416 Kearney Kearney Community Theatre 1,462 10.0% 190 0.0% Ashton Polish Heritage Center Inc. 1,434 3.5% 1,338 0.0% Elmwood Bess Streeter Aldrich House and Museum 1,228 5.0% 329 6.0% Long Pine Long Pine State Recreation Area 1,194 Deshler Spring Creek Model Trains 1,190 24.0% 993 19.0% Nebraska City Wildwood Victorian Historic House 1,178 446 Genoa Genoa Indian School Interpretive Center 1,122 11.7% 636 12.7% Lincoln American Historical Society of Germans from Russia 1,100 32.0% 340 52.0% Columbus Platte County Historical Society Museum 1,061 7.0% 502 6.0% Alliance Sallows Military Museum 1,055 30.0% 765 55.0% Pawnee City Pawnee City Historical Society Museum 1050 35.0% 700 35.0% Niobrara Niobrara Museum 951 22.0% 561 23.0% Beatrice Gage County Historical Society 919 6.5% 598 29.0% North Loup Main Street Gallery 850 18.0% 400 0.0% Elm Creek Chevyland USA Auto Museum 832 80.0% 446 80.0% Omaha Restoration Exchange Walking Tours 600 10.0% 300 10.0% Lincoln Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery 595 16.0% 201 22.0% Ainsworth Sellors-Barton Museum 512 18.0% Fairmont Fillmore County Museum 468 33.0% 426 36.0% Nebraska City Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts 452 28.0% 147 38.0% Atkinson Atkinson Mill Race Park 407 14.0% 124 30.0% Pierce Pierce Historical Society Museum 400 8.0% 379 8.0% Lincoln Lincoln Convention and Visitors Bureau 400 53 Falls City John Philip Falter Museum 358 45.0% 216 35.0% Wahoo Hanson House 354 5.0% 122 15.5% Brownville Gov. Furnas House Museum 300 40.0% 300 Falls City Itha T. Krumme Memorial Arboretum 255 65.0% 175 75.0% Allen Dixon County Museum 200 35.0% 175 20.0% Ashby CaLina's Pot Shop & Art Gallery 190 28.0% 125 37.0% Pender Heritage Museum of Thurston County 180 4.0% 162 5.0% Ainsworth Brown County Society's Coleman House Museum 130 6.9% Blue Springs Johnson Cabin Museum (Open summer only) 120 10.0% Fullerton Fullerton Museum 108 27.0% 82 36.0% Minden Harold Warp Pioneer Village 62.0% 70.0%