Museums and Exhibits

Databases Available to Nebraskans

• Wilson OmniFile
• eLibrary (Not licensed for use in K12 schools)
• ArticleFirst
• ECO

Websites Selected by Librarians Museum Metasites:

• Museum Directories

Individual Museums:

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
• Arbor Day Farm Nebraska City, NE
• Art Institute of Chicago
• Artificial Anatomy: Papier-mache Anatomical Models This web site highlights the National Museum of American History's varied collection of papier-mache anatomical models and provides additional in-depth information not included in the original three-dimensional exhibition
• Black Inventor Museum Online Achievements by Black inventors can be seen as far back as ancient Africa
• Cather Foundation and Bibliography of Cather's Works
• Chinese Ceramics from the Pacific Asia Museum
• Chocolate an exhibit at the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago) looks at the history of chocolate, the cacao tree and cacao farming, chocolate processing, eating chocolate, and related topics. Includes recipes, a bibliography, activities for children (including a recipe for chocolate modeling clay), and classroom resources
• Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York City
• Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame honors and documents the lives of women who have distinguished themselves while exemplifying the pioneer spirit of the American West. Fort Worth, TX
• Durham Western Heritage Museum Omaha, NE
• Edgerton Explorit Center Aurora, NE
• El Museo Latino Established in 1993 as the first Latino art &history museum &cultural center in the Midwest. Located in Omaha, NE
• Fort Robinson Museum Crawford, NE
• Frank H Wood Telephone Pioneer Association Telephone Museum Lincoln, NE
• Great Platte River Road Kearney, NE
• Greeting Card Museum a history of postcards and greeting cards from Victorian times to the 20th century
• Guggenheim Museum
• Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History Hastings, NE
• Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles
• Hermitage Museum Put together throughout two centuries and a half, the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, collections of works of art (over 3,000,000 items) present the development of the world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century
• Homestead National Monument of America Beatrice, NE
• Institute of Contemporary Art
• International Museum of Women San Francisco
• International Olympic Museum
• International Quilt Study Center University of Nebraska Lincoln
• International Spy Museum Washington DC
• Jello-O Museum Celebrating the history of "America's most famous dessert," this site features an illustrated history of Jell-O, historic Jell-O recipes, trivia, and photos from the LeRoy, New York, Jell-O Gallery
• Joslyn Art Museum Omaha, NE
• Lentz Center for Asian Culture Lincoln, NE
• Library of Congress - American Treasures This online version of the exhibition will provide a cumulative record of many items that have been on display in Washington
• Library of Congress - Exhibitions from the collections of the Library of Congress
• Lincoln Children's Museum Lincoln, NE
• Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City
• Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) the world's only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms
• Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston
• Museum of Modern Art New York City
• Museum of Nebraska Art University of Nebraska Kearney
• Museum of Nebraska History Lincoln, NE
• Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball St. Paul, NE
• Museum of Online Museums
• Museum of the African Diaspora Slave Narratives with a powerful narration by Dr. Maya Angelou
• Music Museum Vermillion, SD
• National Atomic Museum the nation's only congressionally chartered museum of nuclear science and history. The museum was established in 1969 as an intriguing place to learn the story of the Atomic Age, from early research of nuclear development through today's peaceful uses of nuclear technology
• National Cartoon Museum located in San Francisco, CA
• National Gallery of Art Washington D.C.
• National Museum of American Illustration visitors can view a sampling of works by artists such as N.C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, Norman Rockwell, and Elizabeth Shippen Green
• National Museum of American Jewish History
• National Museum of Roller Skating located in Lincoln, NE
• National Museum of the American Indian from the Smithsonian Institution
• Nebraska Humanities Council Speakers Bureau Catalog
• Nobel Foundation: the Official Website of the Nobel Foundation offers information on all the 758 Prize Winners to date, the Nobel Organization, Alfred Nobel, Nobel events, as well as educational materials and games. Nobel e-Museum consists of more than 9,000 static documents, several databases and a number of multimedia productions that are based on the Nobel Prizes
• Pioneer Village Minden, NE
• Plainsman Museum Aurora, NE
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum
• Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden Lincoln, NE
• Strategic Air and Space Museum Ashland, NE
• Stuhr Museum Grand Island, NE
• Swinging Through Time The Graystone Museum and the story of Detroit Jazz
• University of Nebraska State Museum
• Vatican Museums Online
• Vivarium digitized manuscripts, art, rare books, photographs, audio, video, and other resources from two Benedictine monastic and educational communities in central Minnesota
• Walker Art Museum Minneapolis
• Wessel's Living History Farm