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2013 Attraction Attendance Counts % 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 1,608,349 34 818,860 37 Lake McConaughy and Lake Ogallala State Recreation Ogallala Areas 1,160,713 Raymond Branched Oak State Recreation Area 1,160,158 Fremont Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area 874,800 Louisville State Park 788,610 782,430 Burwell Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area 598,250 Louisville Louisville Lakes State Recreation Area 564,800 Wahoo Lake Wanahoo State Recreation Area 505,000 Crawford State Park 386,825 Chadron 380,100 Omaha Orpheum Theater 370,000 14 51,000 Lincoln Pawnee State Recreation Area 369,719 Venice Two Rivers State Recreation Area 356,300 Ralston Ralston Arena 300,000 Omaha Omaha Children's Museum 282,287 Crofton State Recreation Area 260,590 Shubert 241,100 Hickman Wagon Train State Recreation Area 238,484 Lincoln Haymarket Park 227,600 Pierce Willow Creek State Recreation Area 211,950 Omaha The Durham Museum 204,787 19 77,223 22 North Platte Lake Maloney State Recreation Area 191,000 Omaha Lauritzen Gardens and Kenefick Park 177,788 30 51,604 35 Minatare Lake Minatare State Recreation Area 147,600 Omaha Joslyn Art Museum 146,380 19 56,812 24 Denton Conestoga State Recreation Area 140,820 Niobrara Lewis and Clark Campsite 130,560 25 68,000 25 Tekamah Summit Lake State Recreation Area 129,671 Lexington Johnson Lake State Recreation Area 124,513 2013 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Counts

Ashland Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari 114,296 64,201 Ashland Eugene T. Mahoney State Park 113,510 Omaha Strategic Air & Space Museum 109,393 40,684

Nebraska City Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum 109,000 Trenton Swanson Reservoir State Recreation Area 99,660 20 61,000 30 Hickman State Recreation Area 91,762 Union Union Orchard 90,000 40 20,000 40 Lincoln State Capitol 85,910 52 20,482 59 Sprague Bluestem State Recreation Area 83,327 Alliance Carhenge 80,000 Kearney State Recreation Area 78,900 University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural Lincoln History and Mueller Planetarium 75,369 19 25,000 33 Loup City Sherman Reservoir State Recreation Area 73,748 Niobrara 73,453 Valentine Niobrara National Scenic River 71,876 Beatrice Homestead National Monument of America 70,420 Grand Island Stuhr Museum of the Pioneer 67,879 Omaha The Rose Theater 62,199

Omaha Center at Historic Winter Quarters 57,726 38 Sutherland Sutherland State Recreation Area 56,550 Enders Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area 54,165 Lincoln Star City Shores 52,307 52,307 Grand Island Mormon Island State Recreation Area 50,150 Omaha Metropolitan Community College Arboretum 50,000 Kearney Archway 49,851 65 28,043 73 Gibbon Windmill State Recreation Area 48,150 Valentine Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area 47,000 Ogallala Front Street and Cowboy Museum 45,307 30 17,860 45 Ranch State Historical Park and State North Platte Recreation Area 45,161 Valentine State Park 40,368 McCook Red Willow State Recreation Area 39,005 Nebraska City Arbor Day Farm 37,546 44 8,121 53 2013 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Counts Kearney Fort Kearny State Historical Park 35,605 Bridgeport Bridgeport State Recreation Area 35,032 Scottsbluff Riverside Discovery Center 32,892 State Historical Park and State Fairbury Recreation Area 28,815 Crofton Lewis and Clark Visitor Center 28,000 25 18,000 40 Lincoln Nebraska History Museum 27,588 7,074 Fort Calhoun State Historical Park 27,585 Crofton CJ's at the Lake 27,300 Gering State Recreation Area 24,926 Cambridge Medicine Creek State Recreation Area 24,197 Alliance Knight Museum and Center 22,696 Raymond James Arthur Vineyards 22,000 30 17,000 30 Anselmo Victoria Springs State Recreation Area 21,800 Beatrice Beatrice Big Blue Water Park 21,521 21,521 Aurora Edgerton Explorit Center 20,150 5 8,375 3 Hemingford Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area 19,950 Brownville The Lyceum 19,000 65 7,000 70 Kramer Olive Creek State Recreation Area 18,621 Kearney Museum of Nebraska Art 18,533 19 4,503 28 Columbus U.S. 30 Speedway 16,700

Schuyler St. Benedict Center and Benedictine Mission House 16,000 20 5,500 20 North Platte Lincoln County Historical Museum 15,025 Manley Lofte Community Theatre 13,000 10 80 5 Lincoln JK's Pumpkin Patch 12,150 5 Lewellen Ash Hollow State Historical Park 11,600 North Platte North Platte Area Children's Museum 11,225 Basin Lewis & Clark Interpretive Trail Nebraska City & Visitor Center 11,069 60 6,354 60 Ogallala Petrified Wood and Art Gallery 10,498 90 7,021 93 Red Cloud Opera House 8,632 60 5,500 60 Gering Legacy of the Plains 8,514 Kearney Trails and Rails Museum 8,042 14 4,171 17 Nebraska City Pumpkin Ridge 8,000 30 4,000 Scribner Dead Timber State Recreation Area 8,000 Ashland Willow Point Gallery and Museum 7,374 22 3,720 2013 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Counts Wahoo Saunders County Historical Society Museum 7,130 4 1,980 6

Brownville Spirit of Brownville Riverboat and River Inn Resort 7,000 50 5,000 50 Red Cloud Willa Cather State Historic Site 7,000 60 4,444 60 Burwell Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park 6,547 Bloom Where You're Planted Farm and Pumpkin Avoca Patch 6,500 400 6 Minden Minden Opera House 6,500 15 Gering Highway 92 Raceway Park 6,000 5 5,500 6 Omaha Blue Barn Theatre 6,000 York Wessels Living History Farm 6,000 Wildwood Historic Center Period House, Barn Art Nebraska City Gallery and Gift Emporium 5,190 Wayne State College Arboretum & Fred G. Dale Wayne Planetarium 5,000 Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge and Cultural Learning Wellfleet Center 4,500 45 3,000 50 Alliance Dobby's Frontier Town 4,000 1,500 Beatrice Nebraska Baseball (Amateur) Hall of Fame 4,000 Nebraska City Mayhew Cabin with John Brown's Cave 4,000 Chadron Dawes County Historical Society Museum 3,047 4 2,987 4 Prairie Loft Center for Outdoor and Agricultural Hastings Learning 2,880 Lincoln Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum 2,750 Scotia Happy Jack Peak and Chalk Mine 2,750 Lincoln Hyde Memorial Observatory 2,600 Grant Meadowlark Gallery 2,500 Kimball Oliver Reservoir State Recreation Area 2,415 Plattsmouth Cass County Historical Society Museum 2,400 8 665 9 Ayr Crystal Lake Recreation Area 2,397 Alliance Carnegie Arts Center 2,395 Tekamah Burt County Museum 2,109 45 1,700 62

Trenton Monument and Visitor Center 2,013 2,013 Grand Island Prairie Winds Art Center 2,000 10 500 10 Gothenburg Gothenburg Historical Museum 1,685 75 1,070 85 Columbus Platte County Historical Society Museum 1,547 5 500 7 2013 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Counts Wymore Welsh Heritage Project 1,380 20 510 6

Fremont Glismann Collection & Lueninghoener Planetarium 1,354 Pawnee City The Pedal Clinic 1,300 50 300 50

Merriman Arthur Bowring Sandhills Ranch State Historical Park 1,280 Clarkson Clarkson Historical Society Museum 1,200 Auburn Nemaha Valley Museum 1,075 Wakefield Graves Library Museum 970 Cambridge Cambridge Museum 910 8 Elm Creek Chevyland U.S.A. Auto Museum 837

Weeping Water Heritage House Museum Complex 804 8 Verdigre Verdigre Heritage Museum 750 40 700 40 Creighton Creighton Historical Center 723 Crawford Crawford Historical Museum 700 St. Paul Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball 700 50 Dredge and Missouri River History Brownville Museum 650 Orchard Rex Theatre and One-Room Country School 650 2 650 2 Morrill WindHarvest Farms 619 62 201 60 Syracuse County Museum of Memories 600 Genoa Genoa Historical Museum 580 Oshkosh Historical Society of Garden County 565 45 565 45 Elmwood Bess Streeter Aldrich House and Museum 550 Odell Old West Trails Center 550 St. Paul Howard County Historical Village 525 Pierce Pierce Historical Society Museum 515 10 515 10 Elm Creek Nebraska Wild Horse and Burro Facility 500 Stamford Pumpkin Corners 500 Lincoln Fairview, the Bryan Museum 498 Ainsworth Sellors Barton Museum 438 Elkhorn Elkhorn Historical Society Museum 434 Tarnov St. Michael Historical Society 400 6 400 6 Winnetoon Boardwalk Back in Time and Winnetoon Mall 400 40 200 40 Ashton Polish Heritage Center, Inc. 368 7 Chappell Sudman-Neumann Heritage House 352 2013 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Counts Bayard Bayard Depot Museum 340 Brownville 1860 Carson House 335 Hartington Cedar County Historical Museum 300 Atkinson Atkinson Mill Race Park 295 Allen Dixon County Museum 250 25 220 20 Bassett Rock County Historical Museum 250 North Platte 20th Century Veterans' Memorial 250 50 150 50 Brownville Schoolhouse Art Gallery 200 200 Clay Center Clay County Museum 200 Atkinson Sturdevant-McKee Museum 192 Ashby CaLinda's Pot Shop & Art Gallery 183 Dewitt A Touch of the Past Museum 175 Pender Heritage Museum of Thurston County 150 25 25 Stratton Little House Museum 127 22 127 22 Ord Valley County Museum 125 Thedford Thomas County Historical Museum 125 37 87 42 Valley Valley Community Historical Museum 125 15 125 15 Niobrara Ponca Tribal Museum 100 25 80 25 Ainsworth Coleman House Museum 89 Clearwater Filsinger Deere Shed 75 Burchard Home of Harold Lloyd 70

Butte Butte Community Historical Center and Museum 60 Strang Strang Museum 9