Every gallery and museum.

The Joslyn reopened in September 2024 following a transformative two-year expansion. The new Rhonda & Howard Hawks Pavilion — designed by Snøhetta — adds 42,000 square feet, earning recognition as one of the world's seven most beautiful museum openings by Prix Versailles. Originally a gift to the city from Sarah Joslyn in memory of her husband George, the museum has grown from a single Art Deco landmark into a three-building campus where centuries of art and architecture converge.

Omaha's preeminent fine art gallery since 1980. Over 40 years promoting regional and national visual artists. Sculpture, photography, blown glass, jewelry, and pottery.

Internationally recognized artist residency and contemporary art space in a converted warehouse. Founded in 1981. Features experimental exhibitions, sound art program, and LOW END live music venue.

The first Latino art and history museum in the Midwest, founded in 1993. Housed in the historic Polish Home Building in South Omaha. Permanent and rotating exhibitions on pre-Columbian to contemporary Latino art, plus dance and music programming.

Non-profit gallery in an 1883 livery stable with soaring ceilings, exposed brick, and an Olson Kundig facade. No commission — 100% of sales go to artists.

Tucked inside the Old Market Passageway, this intimate gallery and sculpture garden showcases local, regional, and international artists. Outdoor garden features Eva Aeppli zodiac sculptures.

A living museum in a 92,000 sq ft former mattress factory. 100+ artists across 50+ studios — glassblowing, bronze casting, blacksmithing, pottery. Watch artists work in real time.

A Scottish Baronial-style castle built in 1903 by George and Sarah Joslyn — newspaper magnates whose endowment also created the Joslyn Art Museum. 35 rooms across 19,360 sq ft of stained glass, hand-carved wood, and gilded ceilings. The grounds host weddings, concerts, and seasonal tours.

The Kiewit Luminarium is Omaha's first dedicated science center — a $101 million, privately funded institution that opened April 15, 2023, at Lewis & Clark Landing on the Missouri Riverfront. It's part workshop, part museum, part playground. Co-created with San Francisco's Exploratorium — one of the nation's premier science museums — and designed by HDR as a contemporary 'machine shed' container, the building lifts off the ground toward downtown and anchors into the riverfront boardwalk, with vertical shading fins that animate the facade as pedestrians pass.

What began as a vision in the 1980s — and a former limestone quarry — opened in 1994 as the Omaha Botanical Gardens. Renamed for the Lauritzen family in 2001, the garden has grown into a 100-acre botanical institution on rolling bluffs overlooking the Missouri River, just northeast of the Henry Doorly Zoo. With the 32,000 sq ft Visitor & Education Center (2001), the Marjorie K. Daugherty Conservatory (2014), and the brand-new Sofia's Play Garden (2025), Lauritzen Gardens attracts over 250,000 visitors a year and is ranked among the world's most outstanding botanical gardens.

One of Omaha's most established contemporary fine art galleries, representing regional and national artists. Paintings, sculptures, photography, and textiles.

Omaha's primary hands-on children's museum since 1976. Interactive exhibits designed to inspire learning through play — science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Features the Creative Arts Center, Imagination Playground, Charlie Campbell Science Center, carousel, and train.

Consistently ranked the #1 zoo in the world by USA Today and TripAdvisor. Spanning 160 acres with 17,000+ animals across 962 species, Henry Doorly Zoo is home to the world's largest indoor desert, largest nocturnal exhibit, and one of North America's largest indoor rainforests. Seven acres of climate-controlled indoor exhibits ensure a world-class experience year-round.

Artist co-op in the Old Market Passageway with fine art, handmade jewelry, and local crafts. Diverse styles in an intimate, walkable setting.

Community gallery in the heart of Benson, showcasing emerging local artists with monthly rotating exhibitions. Anchor for Benson First Friday art walks.

40 historic aircraft and spacecraft housed in two massive hangars between Omaha and Lincoln. The Strategic Air Command's flagship museum tells the Cold War story through icons like the SR-71 Blackbird, B-52 Stratofortress, and B-1B Lancer. Walk underneath them and stand in their shadows.

Built in 1931 by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood for the Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha's Union Station was the showpiece of a city at the crossroads of a continent. At its peak, over a million passengers a year passed through its doors. When passenger rail declined, the station closed in 1971. Reborn in 1975 as the Western Heritage Museum — and later renamed for philanthropists Charles and Margre Durham — it now houses the region's premier history museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate with ties to the Library of Congress, National Archives, and Field Museum.

Community-powered arts center in the heart of North Omaha's historic 24th & Lake corridor. Connects art with social change through exhibitions, co-op studios, artist fellowships, and Camp Union for youth.