Guidebook for Omaha
Entertainment & Activities
Nebraska’s #1 attended Tourist Attraction
• Top Zoo in the World by TripAdvisor, August 2014
• #1 Zoo by Family Fun Magazine, April 2014
• Chairman of the Omaha Zoo Foundation, Dr. Lee Simmons,
named the 2013 recipient of the Conservation Breeding Specialist
Group (CBSG) Ulysses S. Seal Award, October 2013
• Ranked Top Zoo by Family Fun Magazine, April 2013
• 2012 Ranked #1 Zoo in the country by TripAdvisor
• Largest Zoo in the World by Touropia.com, June 2012
• Voted Best of Omaha 201
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Henry Doorly dýragarður og sjávarheimili í Omaha
3701 S 10th StNebraska’s #1 attended Tourist Attraction
• Top Zoo in the World by TripAdvisor, August 2014
• #1 Zoo by Family Fun Magazine, April 2014
• Chairman of the Omaha Zoo Foundation, Dr. Lee Simmons,
named the 2013 recipient of the Conservation Breeding Specialist
Group (CBSG) Ulysses S. Seal Award, October 2013
• Ranked Top Zoo by Family Fun Magazine, April 2013
• 2012 Ranked #1 Zoo in the country by TripAdvisor
• Largest Zoo in the World by Touropia.com, June 2012
• Voted Best of Omaha 201
TD Ameritrade Park
1200 Mike Fahey StCollege World Series!
Village Pointe
17305 Davenport StShopping center with food, drinks, nightlife, movies and shopping
Most ask, what is an escape room / escape game? Entrap Games is Omaha’s premier escape room experience. This is truly a unique and interactive entertainment activity where you and up to 5 friends or strangers are placed in a room with only 60 minutes to escape or complete the challenge. Using your brain-power, as well as the tools and clues provided to you throughout you must find a way to escape. If you’ve ever dreamed of participating in a heist, solving a murder or stopping a bomb from going off this is exactly what you are looking for!
7905 L Street, Suite 110
Omaha, Nebraska 68127
Entrap Games
7905 L StMost ask, what is an escape room / escape game? Entrap Games is Omaha’s premier escape room experience. This is truly a unique and interactive entertainment activity where you and up to 5 friends or strangers are placed in a room with only 60 minutes to escape or complete the challenge. Using your brain-power, as well as the tools and clues provided to you throughout you must find a way to escape. If you’ve ever dreamed of participating in a heist, solving a murder or stopping a bomb from going off this is exactly what you are looking for!
7905 L Street, Suite 110
Omaha, Nebraska 68127
Arts & Culture
We are a non-profit, tax-exempt gallery, located in Omaha’s historic Old Market area. We strive for personal artistic growth and professionalism in presentation. We are dedicated to exhibiting quality art on a year-round basis.The co-op is an artist run gallery. Artists volunteer time to staff the gallery and operate all aspects of the business. There are no gallery commissions. Sales go directly to the artist. We also offer the unique opportunity for you to actually meet the creator of the art, because the person at the desk is one of the artists.
Artists' Cooperative Gallery
405 S 11th StWe are a non-profit, tax-exempt gallery, located in Omaha’s historic Old Market area. We strive for personal artistic growth and professionalism in presentation. We are dedicated to exhibiting quality art on a year-round basis.The co-op is an artist run gallery. Artists volunteer time to staff the gallery and operate all aspects of the business. There are no gallery commissions. Sales go directly to the artist. We also offer the unique opportunity for you to actually meet the creator of the art, because the person at the desk is one of the artists.
Our Mission
Joslyn Art Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the visual arts of the highest quality, fostering appreciation and enjoyment of art for the benefit of a diverse audience.
The Museum was a gift to the people of Omaha from Sarah Joslyn in memory of her husband, George.
Explore Joslyn's history.
The Museum’s original 1931 building is one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the nation. The Walter and Suzanne Scott Pavilion, a 58,000-square-foot addition built in 1994, was designed by renowned British architect Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, as his first U.S. commission.
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Joslyn Listasafn
2200 Dodge StOur Mission
Joslyn Art Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the visual arts of the highest quality, fostering appreciation and enjoyment of art for the benefit of a diverse audience.
The Museum was a gift to the people of Omaha from Sarah Joslyn in memory of her husband, George.
Explore Joslyn's history.
The Museum’s original 1931 building is one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the nation. The Walter and Suzanne Scott Pavilion, a 58,000-square-foot addition built in 1994, was designed by renowned British architect Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, as his first U.S. commission.
In 1903, George and Sarah Joslyn completed one of Nebraska’s greatest homes—a 35-room Scottish Baronial mansion atop a hill on Omaha’s outskirts.
The four-story house was completed at a cost of $250,000—about $7 million in 21st century dollars. The pace of construction—11 months—was amazing, given the rich use of carved wood, stained glass, chiseled stone, mosaic tiles, and wrought iron.
The Castle and the carriage house were built of Kansas silverdale limestone. The Castle includes a reception hall, music room, ballroom, a library and gold drawing room. The basement at one time housed a bowling alley. With the addition of a music room in 1906, the house totaled 19,360 square feet.
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Joslyn Castle
In 1903, George and Sarah Joslyn completed one of Nebraska’s greatest homes—a 35-room Scottish Baronial mansion atop a hill on Omaha’s outskirts.
The four-story house was completed at a cost of $250,000—about $7 million in 21st century dollars. The pace of construction—11 months—was amazing, given the rich use of carved wood, stained glass, chiseled stone, mosaic tiles, and wrought iron.
The Castle and the carriage house were built of Kansas silverdale limestone. The Castle includes a reception hall, music room, ballroom, a library and gold drawing room. The basement at one time housed a bowling alley. With the addition of a music room in 1906, the house totaled 19,360 square feet.
Food Scene
THE OLD MARKET is Omaha's most historic, most entertaining neighborhood. The cobblestone streets are home to a diverse mix of shopping, galleries, restaurants, taverns and people-watching.
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The Old Market
THE OLD MARKET is Omaha's most historic, most entertaining neighborhood. The cobblestone streets are home to a diverse mix of shopping, galleries, restaurants, taverns and people-watching.
Parks & Nature
Lauritzen Gardens
100 Bancroft StLocated at South 21st Street and 9th Avenue This 56-foot golden concrete spike was erected in 1939 with the premiere of the film "Union Pacific." It commemorates the junction of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific rail lines at the Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869. This spot commemorates “Mile Marker Zero” as the Eastern Terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Golden Spike Monument
2073 9th AveLocated at South 21st Street and 9th Avenue This 56-foot golden concrete spike was erected in 1939 with the premiere of the film "Union Pacific." It commemorates the junction of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific rail lines at the Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869. This spot commemorates “Mile Marker Zero” as the Eastern Terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad.
This site, north of Big Lake Park, was dedicated in 1936 to honor the expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804 and their historic meeting with Otoe and Missouri Indians. Renovations were completed in mid-2002, and the bicentennial celebration will lead into 2004.
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Lewis and Clark Park
19962 Monument RdThis site, north of Big Lake Park, was dedicated in 1936 to honor the expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804 and their historic meeting with Otoe and Missouri Indians. Renovations were completed in mid-2002, and the bicentennial celebration will lead into 2004.
This impressive pylon was erected in July, 1911 and commemorates Abraham Lincoln's visit to the site in 1859. From this site, Lincoln viewed and selected the Eastern Terminus of the first transcontinental railroad built on the United States.
Lincoln Monument is located just west of Fairview Cemetery on Lafayette Avenue.
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Lincoln Monument
Lafayette AvenueThis impressive pylon was erected in July, 1911 and commemorates Abraham Lincoln's visit to the site in 1859. From this site, Lincoln viewed and selected the Eastern Terminus of the first transcontinental railroad built on the United States.
Lincoln Monument is located just west of Fairview Cemetery on Lafayette Avenue.