2013 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Counts
City Omaha Ogallala Raymond Fremont Louisville Ponca Burwell Louisville Wahoo Crawford Chadron Omaha Lincoln Venice Ralston Omaha Crofton Shubert Hickman Lincoln Pierce Omaha North Platte Omaha Minatare Omaha Denton Niobrara Tekamah Lexington
Name of Attraction Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium Lake McConaughy and Lake Ogallala State Recreation Areas Branched Oak State Recreation Area Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area Platte River State Park Ponca State Park Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area Louisville Lakes State Recreation Area Lake Wanahoo State Recreation Area Fort Robinson State Park Chadron State Park Orpheum Theater Pawnee State Recreation Area Two Rivers State Recreation Area Ralston Arena Omaha Children's Museum Lewis and Clark Lake State Recreation Area Indian Cave State Park Wagon Train State Recreation Area Haymarket Park Willow Creek State Recreation Area The Durham Museum Lake Maloney State Recreation Area Lauritzen Gardens and Kenefick Park Lake Minatare State Recreation Area Joslyn Art Museum Conestoga State Recreation Area Lewis and Clark Campsite Summit Lake State Recreation Area Johnson Lake State Recreation Area
% of Total Attendance from Out of State Total Attendance Visitors 1,608,349 34 1,160,713 1,160,158 874,800 788,610 782,430 598,250 564,800 505,000 386,825 380,100 370,000 369,719 356,300 300,000 282,287 260,590 241,100 238,484 227,600 211,950 204,787 191,000 177,788 147,600 146,380 140,820 130,560 129,671 124,513
Summer Attendance (Memorial DayLabor Day) 818,860
% of Summer Attendance from Out of State Visitors 37
14
51,000
19
77,223
22
30
51,604
35
19
56,812
24
25
68,000
25
2013 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Counts Ashland Ashland Omaha
Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari Eugene T. Mahoney State Park Strategic Air & Space Museum
114,296 113,510 109,393
Nebraska City Trenton Hickman Union Lincoln Sprague Alliance Kearney
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum Swanson Reservoir State Recreation Area Stagecoach State Recreation Area Union Orchard State Capitol Bluestem State Recreation Area Carhenge Fort Kearny State Recreation Area University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History and Mueller Planetarium Sherman Reservoir State Recreation Area Niobrara State Park Niobrara National Scenic River Homestead National Monument of America Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer The Rose Theater
109,000 99,660 91,762 90,000 85,910 83,327 80,000 78,900
Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters Sutherland State Recreation Area Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area Star City Shores Mormon Island State Recreation Area Metropolitan Community College Arboretum Great Platte River Road Archway Windmill State Recreation Area Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area Front Street and Cowboy Museum Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park and State Recreation Area Smith Falls State Park Red Willow State Recreation Area Arbor Day Farm
Lincoln Loup City Niobrara Valentine Beatrice Grand Island Omaha Omaha Sutherland Enders Lincoln Grand Island Omaha Kearney Gibbon Valentine Ogallala North Platte Valentine McCook Nebraska City
64,201 40,684
20
61,000
30
40 52
20,000 20,482
40 59
75,369 73,748 73,453 71,876 70,420 67,879 62,199
19
25,000
33
57,726 56,550 54,165 52,307 50,150 50,000 49,851 48,150 47,000 45,307
38
45,161 40,368 39,005 37,546
52,307
65
28,043
73
30
17,860
45
44
8,121
53
Kearney Bridgeport Scottsbluff Fairbury Crofton Lincoln Fort Calhoun Crofton Gering Cambridge Alliance Raymond Anselmo Beatrice Aurora Hemingford Brownville Kramer Kearney Columbus Schuyler North Platte Manley Lincoln Lewellen North Platte Nebraska City Ogallala Red Cloud Gering Kearney Nebraska City Scribner Ashland
2013 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Counts Fort Kearny State Historical Park 35,605 Bridgeport State Recreation Area 35,032 Riverside Discovery Center 32,892 Rock Creek Station State Historical Park and State Recreation Area 28,815 Lewis and Clark Visitor Center 28,000 Nebraska History Museum 27,588 Fort Atkinson State Historical Park 27,585 CJ's at the Lake 27,300 Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area 24,926 Medicine Creek State Recreation Area 24,197 Knight Museum and Sandhills Center 22,696 James Arthur Vineyards 22,000 Victoria Springs State Recreation Area 21,800 Beatrice Big Blue Water Park 21,521 Edgerton Explorit Center 20,150 Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area 19,950 The Lyceum 19,000 Olive Creek State Recreation Area 18,621 Museum of Nebraska Art 18,533 U.S. 30 Speedway 16,700 St. Benedict Center and Benedictine Mission House Lincoln County Historical Museum Lofte Community Theatre JK's Pumpkin Patch Ash Hollow State Historical Park North Platte Area Children's Museum Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Interpretive Trail & Visitor Center Petrified Wood and Art Gallery Red Cloud Opera House Legacy of the Plains Trails and Rails Museum Pumpkin Ridge Dead Timber State Recreation Area Willow Point Gallery and Museum
25
18,000 7,074
40
30
17,000
30
5
21,521 8,375
3
65
7,000
70
19
4,503
28
16,000 15,025 13,000 12,150 11,600 11,225
20
5,500
20
10 5
80
5
11,069 10,498 8,632 8,514 8,042 8,000 8,000 7,374
60 90 60
6,354 7,021 5,500
60 93 60
14 30
4,171 4,000
17
22
3,720
Wahoo Brownville Red Cloud Burwell
2013 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Counts Saunders County Historical Society Museum 7,130 7,000 7,000 6,547
Hastings Lincoln Scotia Lincoln Grant Kimball Plattsmouth Ayr Alliance Tekamah
Spirit of Brownville Riverboat and River Inn Resort Willa Cather State Historic Site Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park Bloom Where You're Planted Farm and Pumpkin Patch Minden Opera House Highway 92 Raceway Park Blue Barn Theatre Wessels Living History Farm Wildwood Historic Center Period House, Barn Art Gallery and Gift Emporium Wayne State College Arboretum & Fred G. Dale Planetarium Dancing Leaf Earth Lodge and Cultural Learning Center Dobby's Frontier Town Nebraska Baseball (Amateur) Hall of Fame Mayhew Cabin with John Brown's Cave Dawes County Historical Society Museum Prairie Loft Center for Outdoor and Agricultural Learning Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum Happy Jack Peak and Chalk Mine Hyde Memorial Observatory Meadowlark Gallery Oliver Reservoir State Recreation Area Cass County Historical Society Museum Crystal Lake Recreation Area Carnegie Arts Center Burt County Museum
Trenton Grand Island Gothenburg Columbus
Massacre Canyon Monument and Visitor Center Prairie Winds Art Center Gothenburg Historical Museum Platte County Historical Society Museum
2,013 2,000 1,685 1,547
Avoca Minden Gering Omaha York Nebraska City Wayne Wellfleet Alliance Beatrice Nebraska City Chadron
6,500 6,500 6,000 6,000 6,000
4
1,980
6
50 60
5,000 4,444
50 60
400
6
5,500
6
45
3,000 1,500
50
4
2,987
4
8
665
9
45
1,700
62
10 75 5
2,013 500 1,070 500
10 85 7
15 5
5,190 5,000 4,500 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,047 2,880 2,750 2,750 2,600 2,500 2,415 2,400 2,397 2,395 2,109
2013 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Counts 1,380
Wymore
Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project
Fremont Pawnee City
Glismann Collection & Lueninghoener Planetarium The Pedal Clinic
1,354 1,300
Merriman Clarkson Auburn Wakefield Cambridge Elm Creek
Arthur Bowring Sandhills Ranch State Historical Park Clarkson Historical Society Museum Nemaha Valley Museum Graves Library Museum Cambridge Museum Chevyland U.S.A. Auto Museum
1,280 1,200 1,075 970 910 837
Weeping Water Verdigre Creighton Crawford St. Paul
Heritage House Museum Complex Verdigre Heritage Museum Creighton Historical Center Crawford Historical Museum Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball Meriwether Lewis Dredge and Missouri River History Museum Rex Theatre and One-Room Country School WindHarvest Farms Otoe County Museum of Memories Genoa Historical Museum Historical Society of Garden County Bess Streeter Aldrich House and Museum Old West Trails Center Howard County Historical Village Pierce Historical Society Museum Nebraska Wild Horse and Burro Facility Pumpkin Corners Fairview, the Bryan Museum Sellors Barton Museum Elkhorn Historical Society Museum St. Michael Historical Society Boardwalk Back in Time and Winnetoon Mall Polish Heritage Center, Inc. Sudman-Neumann Heritage House
804 750 723 700 700
Brownville Orchard Morrill Syracuse Genoa Oshkosh Elmwood Odell St. Paul Pierce Elm Creek Stamford Lincoln Ainsworth Elkhorn Tarnov Winnetoon Ashton Chappell
650 650 619 600 580 565 550 550 525 515 500 500 498 438 434 400 400 368 352
20
510
6
50
300
50
700
40
2 62
650 201
2 60
45
565
45
10
515
10
6 40 7
400 200
6 40
8
8 40
50
2013 Nebraska Attraction Attendance Counts 340 335 300 295 250 250 250 200 200 192 183 175 150 127 125 125 125 100 89 75 70
Bayard Brownville Hartington Atkinson Allen Bassett North Platte Brownville Clay Center Atkinson Ashby Dewitt Pender Stratton Ord Thedford Valley Niobrara Ainsworth Clearwater Burchard
Bayard Depot Museum 1860 Carson House Cedar County Historical Museum Atkinson Mill Race Park Dixon County Museum Rock County Historical Museum 20th Century Veterans' Memorial Schoolhouse Art Gallery Clay County Museum Sturdevant-McKee Museum CaLinda's Pot Shop & Art Gallery A Touch of the Past Museum Heritage Museum of Thurston County Little House Museum Valley County Museum Thomas County Historical Museum Valley Community Historical Museum Ponca Tribal Museum Coleman House Museum Filsinger Deere Shed Home of Harold Lloyd
Butte Strang
Butte Community Historical Center and Museum Strang Museum
60 9
25
220
20
50
150 200
50
25 22
127
25 22
37 15 25
87 125 80
42 15 25