Historic Attractions

EXPLORE OMAHA’S RICH AND DIVERSE HISTORY THROUGH A MIX OF HISTORIC SIGHTS AND ONE-OF-A-KIND MUSEUMS

El Museo Latino

World-renowned Boys Town, a National Historic Landmark District, features chapels, statues and gardens, Hall of History museum, Father Flanagan’s House*, and the visitors center – home to the world’s largest ball of stamps. Take the QR code tour using your smartphone for instant access to info and media of top attractions throughout the campus. Free admission.

The Hustler, an Intruder and a Peacemaker are all included in a collection of prized and rarely displayed military aircraft at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum. The Smithsonian affiliate is home to the nation’s largest collection of Cold War aircraft and artifacts. Visitors will find 300,000 sq. ft. featuring missiles, an impressive collection of iconic aircraft, and spacecraft such as the Apollo Command Space module. Kids especially will enjoy the flight simulator and Children’s Learning Center. The museum is a rare opportunity to get up close to military machines that have helped shape our nation’s history.

Boys Town

As one of the first Latino art and history museums in the Midwest, El Museo Latino* is located in the history-rich, culturally diverse South Omaha. With fewer than 20 Latino museums in the country, this intimate gallery offers temporary and permanent exhibits along with educational programming and a tradition of visual and performing arts.

Mormon Trail Center

Experience what it was like to live in a makeshift cabin, pull a handcart, and “travel” by covered wagon like families did during the great Mormon exodus of the 1800s at

Mormon Trail Center

at Winter Quarters. Optional guided tours; free admission.

General Crook House Museum

Get a glimpse into 19th century life at

General Crook House

Museum*. View period costumes, furnishings and decorative arts. Guests are welcome to stroll the heirloom garden with more than 110 varieties of flowers and plants. Visit in November and December when this living history museum is decked out for the holidays. Audio tours available.

Ford Birthsite

Malcolm X Birthsite

Union Pacific Railroad Museum Gerald R. Ford Birthsite

and Gardens features presidential mementos, an informational kiosk and a rose garden complete with a colonnade in honor of former First Lady Betty Ford.

Another notable Omaha birthsite is that of human rights activist Malcolm X*. The 14-acre developing memorial features an educational site and plaza with a historical marker commemorating where Malcolm X first lived with his family.

Head to nearby Council Bluffs for hands-on fun at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum*. Learn about the development of the transcontinental railroad and see a collection of artifacts from Abraham Lincoln’s life and death. Little ones especially will enjoy a passenger train experience, the locomotive simulator and more. Free admission.