City: Omaha, NE
Category: Tours & Attractions
47. Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
City: Omaha, NE
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (402) 472-5353
Address: 313 N. 13th St.
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Description: The art of film is at the heart of all the programming at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln campus. The theater shows a mix of American independent work, experimental film, classic foreign cinema, and documentaries. Invited scholars and visiting lecturers augment that content, and an on-site research library is open to students and film scholars. The two screens at the Ross have a regularly rotating slate of movies—check its website for the most up-to-date content—and the space is also home to the Van Brundt welcome center and the university’s Film and New Media program. Classroom labs and editing suites are full of state-of-the-art technology used by UNL students.
48. The Bourbon Theatre
City: Omaha, NE
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (402) 477-4776
Address: 1415 O St.
Description: The recently renovated Bourbon Theater is poised to be Lincoln’s brightest venue for live music. Not far from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln campus and nestled in between tons of popular bars and restaurants, the Bourbon has events almost every night of the week: one or two bands a night, movies, talks, and other special events.Each fall, the Bourbon is the main venue for the Lincoln Calling music festival, which continues to grow and include more bands, more venues, and more people checking out the music. For information on the event, visit http://lincolncalling.com.
City: Omaha, NE
Category: Tours & Attractions
City: Omaha, NE
Category: Tours & Attractions
City: Omaha, NE
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 2601 N. 48th St.
52. Ager Play Center
City: Omaha, NE
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (402) 441-6792
Address: 1300 S. 27th St.
Description: Little kids will find an exciting day of play at the Ager Play Center, a facility designed exclusively for small kids and toddlers. Ager restricts entry to kids smaller than 48 inches tall or under 3 years old. Two levels of play areas include a maze of tunnels, lots of slides, three pools full of balls, and a number of outdoor activities. A toddler area for kids younger than 2 is enclosed and gated for safety, and includes a smaller-scale ball pool, play equipment, and toys built the right size for toddler hands and bodies. Outside food is not allowed in the center, and kids are required to wear socks during play. Ager offers classes on arts and crafts, music, and for special needs children; visit the center’s website for cost information and a full schedule.
53. Champion’S Fun Center
City: Omaha, NE
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (402) 434-7066
Address: 1555 Yolande Ave.
Description: Champion’s Fun Center is Lincoln’s answer to an amusement park. The family-owned business has all the rides and attractions one would expect, on a scale that can easily fill a whole day. Miniature golf, batting cages, go-karts, more than 75 arcade games, and regular and cosmic bowling are all there. The four-story free fall ride is singular to Champion’s, as is the water wars game, where dueling teams use a giant boomerang to shoot a water balloon at the opposing team’s target.
54. Lincoln Children’S Museum
City: Omaha, NE
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (402) 477-4000
Address: 1420 P St.
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Description: Ranked in the top 20 children’s museums in the nation by Parents magazine, the Lincoln Children’s Museum is all about hands-on exhibits and encouraging a child to imagine. Exhibits let kids pretend to be a firefighter, police officer, or other public servant; climb a three-story tall apple tree; perform on a real stage with costumes and lights; or fly a full-size Cessna airplane located inside the museum. A prairie dog town that lets kids crawl around and a section devoted to tiny Nebraska Cornhuskers fans remind visitors they’re in Nebraska. The hands-on water exhibit has a number of boats, a turning water wheel, and a kid-size dock.