Lincoln, Nebraska is the home of the

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of Nebraska, the University of Nebraska and has history dating back to the mid 1800s. A list of tourist attractions that can be found within the city are as follows. USA ne lincoln capitol

Pinnacle Bank Arena, 2 Sep 2013, 21 of 27

Arboretums/gardens

Alice Abel Arboretum The Alice Abel Arboretum is a 25 acres (10 hectares) arboretum located at 5000 St. Paul Street on the campus of Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska. Exhibits The Arboretum includes over 100 species of trees, shrubs and herbaceou ...

* Hamann Rose Garden * Joshua C. Turner Arboretum *

Maxwell Arboretum The Earl G. Maxwell Arboretum is a arboretum and botanical garden located on the East Campus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska. The arboretum began more than 50 years ago when Earl G. Maxwell began to plant trees on th ...

Sunken Gardens Sunken Gardens may refer to: Gardens United States * Ball Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park, in Indianapolis, Indiana * McCasland Sunken Garden, in the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden * San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden also calle ...

Attractions

* Centennial Mall * Downtown Lincoln * Deer Springs Winery * Governor's Mansion * Historic Haymarket and West Haymarket * Hyde Observatory * James Arthur Vineyards *

Lincoln Children's Zoo The Lincoln Children's Zoo is a children's zoo located in Lincoln, Nebraska. Designed specifically for children to experience interactive, up-close encounters with all of the zoo's animals, Lincoln Children's Zoo has been accredited by the Associ ...

* Lux Center for the Arts * Nebraska State Capitol * P Street District

Event venues/arenas

* John Breslow Ice Hockey Center * Haymarket Park * Ice Box * Lancaster Event Center *Lincoln Community Playhouse * Pinewood Bowl Theater (in Pioneers Park) * Pinnacle Bank Arena

Historic sites

* Fairview, home of William Jennings Bryan * Robber's Cave *

Thomas P. Kennard House The Thomas P. Kennard House, also known as the Nebraska Statehood Memorial, is the oldest remaining building in the original plat of Lincoln, Nebraska. Built in 1869, the Italianate house belonged to Thomas P. Kennard, the first Secretary of Sta ...

Wyuka Cemetery Wyuka Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1890, Lincoln's Bnai Jeshurun Congregation, a Reform congregation, began using a section of Wyuka. History Wyuka Cemetery was established in Lincoln, Nebraska, by an act of the ...

Museums

* American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Museum * Lincoln Children's Museum * Midwestern African Museum of Art, Culture & Resource Center *

Museum of American Speed The Museum of American Speed is a non-profit museum dedicated to preserving and displaying artifacts of American automotive history. The museum is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and is housed in a 135,000 square foot facility. The museum has been i ...

Museum of Nebraska History A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these i ...

* National Museum of Roller Skating (and the offices of USA Roller Sports) * Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

* Bob Devaney Sports Center * Eisentrager Howard Gallery *

Great Plains Art Museum The Great Plains Art Museum is a fine arts museum located in Lincoln, Nebraska that is dedicated to the arts of the Great Plains in the United States. The museum, which opened in 1981 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was founded with the ...

* International Quilt Study Center & Museum * Kawasaki Reading Room * Kimball Recital Hall * The Kruger Collection in the College of Architecture * Lentz Collection for Asian Culture * Lester F. Larsen Tractor Test & Power Museum *

Lied Center for Performing Arts The Lied Center for Performing Arts (frequently shortened to Lied Center) is a multi-venue performing arts facility in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It opened in 1990 on the southwest edge of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's City Campus ...

and Johnny Carson Theater * Love Library *

Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center (MRRMAC) is a two-screen theatre located on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln campus that commonly shows a wide variety of documentaries, independent cinema, and international films in the United States of ...

, a.k.a. The Ross * Memorial Stadium: Home of the

Cornhuskers The Nebraska Cornhuskers (often abbreviated to Huskers) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference, and the Cornhuskers compete in NCAA Divis ...

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team, built in 1923 * The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery * Sheldon Museum of Art: built in the early 1960s, architect Philip Johnson * UNL Botanical Garden & Arboretum (City Campus) * UNL Botanical Garden & Arboretum (East Campus) * UNL Dairy Store * University of Nebraska State Museum (Morrill Hall) and Mueller Planetarium, Nebraska's only fulldome digital planetarium

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