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The Joslyn Art Museum is a fine arts museum in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It opened in 1931 at the initiative of Sarah H. Joslyn, in memory of her husband, businessman George A. Joslyn. [1] [2] [3] Since its opening there have been multiple building expansions to house the museum's growing collection. [4] [5] [2] It is the only museum in ...
Great Plains Black History Museum General Crook House Museum Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo Joslyn Castle Rose Theatre Orpheum Theatre Omaha Community Playhouse Art. The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, just south of Omaha's Old Market Historic District, was founded in the early 1980s and plays host to artists from all over the world. It is one of ...
1899. Status. Open all year. Hanscom Park is a historic neighborhood in Midtown Omaha, Nebraska. Its namesake public park is one of the oldest parks in Omaha, donated to the City in 1872. [1] U.S. President Gerald R. Ford was born in a house in the Hanscom Park neighborhood. [2] Its boundaries are Woolworth Street on the north, South 32nd on ...
0835483 [3] Website. cityofomaha.org. Omaha ( / ˈoʊməhɑː / OH-mə-hah) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. [5] It is in located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River.
Gilbert Hitchcock. 18 September 1859. 3 February 1934. Owner/editor of Omaha World-Herald, Nebraska politician. Alfred D. Jones. 1814. 1902. Lawyer, surveyor. An attendee at the Omaha City founding picnic in 1854; the first mayor in Omaha; and platted the city in June 1854.
A state seal in gold on an azure field. The flag of the state of Nebraska is a blue rectangular cloth charged with a variation of the Nebraskan state seal. The current design was commissioned in 1925, when the Nebraska legislature passed a bill stating that the flag would consist of the state seal in gold and silver on a field of blue.
Old Gold Coast. Coordinates: 41°14′44″N 95°55′46″W. Old Gold Coast is the name of a historic district in south Omaha, Nebraska. With South 10th Street as the central artery, the area was home to neighborhoods such as Little Italy and Forest Hill. The area is referred to as "old" because it was replaced in prominence in the late 19th ...
Holland Performing Arts Center. Holland Performing Arts Center along Dodge Street in Downtown Omaha. / 41.259151; -95.932424. The Holland Performing Arts Center is a performing arts facility located on 13th and Douglas Streets in downtown Downtown Omaha, Nebraska in the United States; it opened in October 2005.