First Friday ArtWalks are held on the first Friday of every month at galleries and businesses in downtown Lincoln. While the opening and closing times vary depending on the curator, typically the first receptions begin at 5:00 pm, with the last ones winding down by 10:00 pm. The largest network of art galleries is in downtown Lincoln from 7th to 17th Streets East to West and the UNL Campus to the State Capitol North to South. https://downtownlincoln.org/explore/first-friday
Trails for walking, running, biking and to enjoy. Lincoln has183 miles of trails. With over 144 miles of hard surface and crushed rock trails, almost 27 miles of paved park trails, and Wilderness Park's unpaved 39 miles you can get about anywhere you want to go using both on and off-street routes. There are also several miles of hiker/biker trails within our parks, making our system top-notch. https://www.lincoln.ne.gov/City/Departments/Parks-and-Recreation/Parks-Facilities/Trails
With over 6,000 acres of parks and natural land within 166 parks, 183 miles of trails, nine public pools, six recreation centers, five city golf courses, and Pioneers Park Nature Center, Parks and Recreation really is FUNdamental to our quality of life in Lincoln. https://www.lincoln.ne.gov/City/Departments/Parks-and-Recreation/Parks-Facilities
UNL Dairy Store - We are proud to offer premium handmade dairy products as part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 1917. Our products include delicious ice creams, cheeses, and meats, handmade by UNL students in our on-site plant. Ice Cream for pick up and Husker gift boxes featuring our premium quality meats and cheeses can be purchased from the UNL Marketplace and at the East Campus Dairy Store.
Morrill Hall - known for its paleontological collections, especially its iconic Elephant Hall, where visitors will see the world's largest articulated fossil Columbian mammoth alongside a unique collection of Nebraskan fossil elephants. Also featured are interactive paleontology exhibits including a Jurassic dinosaur gallery. In addition to these iconic paleontology exhibits, the recently renovated fourth floor includes a Smithsonian-inspired Visible Lab, hands-on Science Exploration Zone, and Sustainable Earth gallery with a 5-foot diameter digital globe. The onsite Mueller Planetarium provides visitors with additional opportunities to explore our Universe and our place in it. In addition to the permanent galleries, the museum hosts temporary exhibits on diverse topics. https://museum.unl.edu/ https://museum.unl.edu/planetarium/available-shows.html
Sheldon Museum of Art's - landmark Philip Johnson–designed building houses the collections of the Sheldon Art Association, founded in 1888, and the University of Nebraska. Together, the collections include 13,000 artworks in diverse media. The museum's comprehensive collection of American art includes prominent holdings of 19th-century landscape and still life, American impressionism, early modernism, geometric abstraction, abstract expressionism, pop, minimalism, and contemporary art. https://sheldonartmuseum.org/
Great Plains Museum - Founded in 1976, the Center for Great Plains Studies, with its Great Plains Art Museum, is an interdisciplinary educational and cultural hub that cultivates awareness of and engagement with the diverse people, cultures, and natural environments of the Great Plains. The region invites inquiry into the relationships between its natural environment and the cultures brought by its inhabitants, as scholars and residents work to preserve healthy eco-systems and build thriving human communities.
The International Quilt Museum's - mission is to build a global collection and audience that celebrate the cultural and artistic significance of quilts. The International Quilt Museum is on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus at 33rd and Holdrege streets. The museum has the world's largest publicly held quilt collection, dating from the early 1700s to the present and representing more than 60 countries. Diversity and inclusion are central to the University’s and the IQM’s mission and pursuit of excellence. Each person has something to gain from and offer to our community of learning, discovery, and outreach. All are welcome here. We are accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and hold a membership with the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries. We enjoy a partnership with the North American Reciprocal Museum Association (NARM) and Blue Star Museums, honoring active members of our military and their families with free admission between Memorial Day and Labor Day. https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/
History Nebraska was founded in 1878 as the Nebraska State Historical Society by citizens who recognized Nebraska was going through great changes and they sought to record the stories of both indigenous and immigrant peoples. It was designated a state institution and began receiving funds from the legislature in 1883. Legislation in 1994 changed History Nebraska from a state institution to a state agency. https://history.nebraska.gov/museum/
The Nebraska State Capitol, the product of a nationwide design competition won by New York Architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in 1920, is described as the nation’s first truly vernacular State Capitol. The present building, the third to be erected on this site, was the nation’s first statehouse design to radically depart from the prototypical form of the nation's Capital and to use an office tower. Constructed in four phases over ten years from 1922-1932, the building, with furnishings and landscaping, was completed at a cost just under the $10 million budget and was paid for when finished. To decorate the building, Bertram Goodhue selected Lee Lawrie, sculptor; Hildreth Meiere, tile and mosaic designer; and Hartley B. Alexander, thematic consultant for inscription and symbolism. https://capitol.nebraska.gov/
https://downtownlincoln.org/explore
Public Transportation information: Get bus pass here plus other services available on campus: https://parking.unl.edu/bus-riders-user-guide
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