City Name of Attraction Total Attendance % of Total Attendance from ...
City
Name of Attraction
Omaha
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Total Attendance 2,046,171
Ogallala
Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area
1,366,863
Raymond
Branched Oak State Recreation Area
1,290,856
Ashland
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park
1,226,224
Omaha
CenturyLink Center Omaha
Hickman
Wagon Train State Recreation Area
952,625
Ponca
Ponca State Park
946,513
Fremont
Fremont State Recreation Area
891,000
Louisville
Platte River State Park
846,932
Lincoln
Pawnee State Recreation Area
807,065
Louisville
Louisville State Recreation Area
619,800
Crawford
Fort Robinson State Park
503,244
% of Total Attendance from Out of State Visitors 38.4%
Summer Attendance (Memorial DayLabor Day) 937,569
% of Summer Attendance from Out of State Visitors
1,268,620
*Fiscal year July 2015- June 2016
1,000,000
Omaha
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
454,452
Papillion
Werner Park
399,314
Venice
Two Rivers State Recreation Area
395,789
Shubert
Indian Cave State Park
322,600
Burwell
Calamus State Recreation Area
314,779
Hickman
Stagecoach State Recreation Area
263,160
Lincoln
Lincoln Children's Zoo
234,836
Sprague
Bluestem State Recreation Area
221,728
Omaha
Durham Museum
197,692
Pierce
Willow Creek State Recreation Area
193,750
Minatare
Lake Minatare State Recreation Area
185,600
Comments
42.0%
*Fiscal year July 2015- June 2016 5.0%
257,840
8.0%
19.0%
65,033
28.0%
Omaha
Joslyn Art Museum
184,911
29.0%
52,703
34.0%
Lincoln
Haymarket Park
169,765
1.0%
161,557
1.0%
Chadron
Chadron State Park
165,544
Blair
DeSoto Chute National Wildlife Refuge
164,602
Nebraska City
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park
164,000
Lincoln
Lincoln Children's Museum
160,652
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
Niobrara State Park
133,015
City
Name of Attraction
Gering
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Total Attendance 130,085
Ashland
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
123,426
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
Beatrice
59,052
6.0%
% of Total Attendance from Out of State Visitors
54,590
Summer Attendance (Memorial DayLabor Day)
7.3%
% of Summer Attendance from Out of State Visitors
64,426 19.0%
49,370
24.0%
91,422
59.0%
22,632
66.0%
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
Fort Kearny State Recreation Area
74,900
Lincoln
Pioneers Park Nature Center
74,783
Valentine
Niobrara National Scenic River Visitors Center
73,813
Alliance
Carhenge
68,235
Trenton
Swanson State Recreation Area
68,075
Greenwood
I-80 Speedway
65,000
55,880 77.0%
40,274
80.0%
Comments
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
Sheldon Museum of Art
44,563
Boys Town
Boys Town
43,191
Omaha
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
43,003
Kramer
Olive Creek State Recreation Area
42,777
Valentine
Smith Falls State Park
42,663
Valentine
Merritt State Recreation Area
41,870
City
Name of Attraction
Sutherland
Sutherland State Recreation Area
Total Attendance 41,700
Papillion
Papio Fun Park
40,000
Fort Calhoun
Fort Atkinson State Historical Park
38,685
Cambridge
Medicine Creek State Recreation Area
38,378
Greenwood
Baker's Candy
36,000
12,736 75.0%
13,538
90.0%
23,978
% of Total Attendance from Out of State Visitors
Summer Attendance (Memorial DayLabor Day)
% of Summer Attendance from Out of State Visitors
22,000 25.0%
18,180
28.0%
10.0%
7,500
15.0%
Comments
Kearney
Fort Kearny State Historical Park
35,475
North Platte
Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center
33,525
Lincoln
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
32,626
Gothenburg
Sod House Museum
30,000
Victoria Springs State Recreation Area
29,698
Hubbard
Danish Alps State Recreation Area
29,675
Lincoln
Nebraska History Museum
Ashland
71.0%
16,048
84.0%
8,971 90.0%
25,000
90.0%
23,875
28.0%
7,217
Cellar 426
23,500
14.0%
8,500
Gretna
Schramm State Recreation Area
21,500
Gothenburg
Pony Express Station Museum
20,835
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
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%
17.0%
15,478
4,738
*Fiscal year July 2015-June 2016
Lincoln
Lux Center for the Arts
14,586
Seward
Nebraska National Guard Museum
13,610
Fairbury
Rock Creek Station 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%
9,729
Ainsworth
Keller State Recreation Area
12,370
Crofton
Corps of Discovery Welcome Center
11,840
Total Attendance
89.0%
% of Total Attendance from Out of State Visitors
7,596
Summer Attendance (Memorial DayLabor Day)
% of Summer Attendance from Out of State Visitors
City
Name of Attraction
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
Waterloo
Tubing & Adventures
8,200
Kearney
Trails and Rails Museum
7,517
Brownville
The Brownville Historical Society Museum
7,500
Beatrice
Community Players
7,435
Omaha
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
7,364
Omaha
BLUEBARN Theatre
7,358
Brownville
The Brownville Village Theatre
7,297
Red Cloud
Willa Cather Foundation
7,223
Scribner
Dead Timber State Recreation Area
7,200
York
Wessels Living History Farm
7,111
10.0%
500
Name of Attraction
Omaha
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Total Attendance 2,046,171
Ogallala
Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area
1,366,863
Raymond
Branched Oak State Recreation Area
1,290,856
Ashland
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park
1,226,224
Omaha
CenturyLink Center Omaha
Hickman
Wagon Train State Recreation Area
952,625
Ponca
Ponca State Park
946,513
Fremont
Fremont State Recreation Area
891,000
Louisville
Platte River State Park
846,932
Lincoln
Pawnee State Recreation Area
807,065
Louisville
Louisville State Recreation Area
619,800
Crawford
Fort Robinson State Park
503,244
% of Total Attendance from Out of State Visitors 38.4%
Summer Attendance (Memorial DayLabor Day) 937,569
% of Summer Attendance from Out of State Visitors
1,268,620
*Fiscal year July 2015- June 2016
1,000,000
Omaha
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
454,452
Papillion
Werner Park
399,314
Venice
Two Rivers State Recreation Area
395,789
Shubert
Indian Cave State Park
322,600
Burwell
Calamus State Recreation Area
314,779
Hickman
Stagecoach State Recreation Area
263,160
Lincoln
Lincoln Children's Zoo
234,836
Sprague
Bluestem State Recreation Area
221,728
Omaha
Durham Museum
197,692
Pierce
Willow Creek State Recreation Area
193,750
Minatare
Lake Minatare State Recreation Area
185,600
Comments
42.0%
*Fiscal year July 2015- June 2016 5.0%
257,840
8.0%
19.0%
65,033
28.0%
Omaha
Joslyn Art Museum
184,911
29.0%
52,703
34.0%
Lincoln
Haymarket Park
169,765
1.0%
161,557
1.0%
Chadron
Chadron State Park
165,544
Blair
DeSoto Chute National Wildlife Refuge
164,602
Nebraska City
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park
164,000
Lincoln
Lincoln Children's Museum
160,652
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
Niobrara State Park
133,015
City
Name of Attraction
Gering
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Total Attendance 130,085
Ashland
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
123,426
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
Beatrice
59,052
6.0%
% of Total Attendance from Out of State Visitors
54,590
Summer Attendance (Memorial DayLabor Day)
7.3%
% of Summer Attendance from Out of State Visitors
64,426 19.0%
49,370
24.0%
91,422
59.0%
22,632
66.0%
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
Fort Kearny State Recreation Area
74,900
Lincoln
Pioneers Park Nature Center
74,783
Valentine
Niobrara National Scenic River Visitors Center
73,813
Alliance
Carhenge
68,235
Trenton
Swanson State Recreation Area
68,075
Greenwood
I-80 Speedway
65,000
55,880 77.0%
40,274
80.0%
Comments
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
Sheldon Museum of Art
44,563
Boys Town
Boys Town
43,191
Omaha
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
43,003
Kramer
Olive Creek State Recreation Area
42,777
Valentine
Smith Falls State Park
42,663
Valentine
Merritt State Recreation Area
41,870
City
Name of Attraction
Sutherland
Sutherland State Recreation Area
Total Attendance 41,700
Papillion
Papio Fun Park
40,000
Fort Calhoun
Fort Atkinson State Historical Park
38,685
Cambridge
Medicine Creek State Recreation Area
38,378
Greenwood
Baker's Candy
36,000
12,736 75.0%
13,538
90.0%
23,978
% of Total Attendance from Out of State Visitors
Summer Attendance (Memorial DayLabor Day)
% of Summer Attendance from Out of State Visitors
22,000 25.0%
18,180
28.0%
10.0%
7,500
15.0%
Comments
Kearney
Fort Kearny State Historical Park
35,475
North Platte
Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center
33,525
Lincoln
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
32,626
Gothenburg
Sod House Museum
30,000
Victoria Springs State Recreation Area
29,698
Hubbard
Danish Alps State Recreation Area
29,675
Lincoln
Nebraska History Museum
Ashland
71.0%
16,048
84.0%
8,971 90.0%
25,000
90.0%
23,875
28.0%
7,217
Cellar 426
23,500
14.0%
8,500
Gretna
Schramm State Recreation Area
21,500
Gothenburg
Pony Express Station Museum
20,835
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
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%
17.0%
15,478
4,738
*Fiscal year July 2015-June 2016
Lincoln
Lux Center for the Arts
14,586
Seward
Nebraska National Guard Museum
13,610
Fairbury
Rock Creek Station 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%
9,729
Ainsworth
Keller State Recreation Area
12,370
Crofton
Corps of Discovery Welcome Center
11,840
Total Attendance
89.0%
% of Total Attendance from Out of State Visitors
7,596
Summer Attendance (Memorial DayLabor Day)
% of Summer Attendance from Out of State Visitors
City
Name of Attraction
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
Waterloo
Tubing & Adventures
8,200
Kearney
Trails and Rails Museum
7,517
Brownville
The Brownville Historical Society Museum
7,500
Beatrice
Community Players
7,435
Omaha
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
7,364
Omaha
BLUEBARN Theatre
7,358
Brownville
The Brownville Village Theatre
7,297
Red Cloud
Willa Cather Foundation
7,223
Scribner
Dead Timber State Recreation Area
7,200
York
Wessels Living History Farm
7,111
10.0%
500
