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Vegetarian
Vegetable by Andy Warhol, Sheldon Art Gallery, Lincoln
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Lincoln
For
something a little different, try The
National Museum of Roller Skating,
which holds the world's largest collection of roller
skates and memorabilia depicting the sport and industry from
its past to the present. Interactive exhibits include "How
to Build a Roller Skate" and the "Evolution of the
Wheel." Other exhibits include: "Inline Skates,"
"Roller Derby," "Roller Funnies" and many
others. www.rollerskatingmuseum.com
Sheldon
Memorial Art Gallery features one of the nation's
finest collections of 20th century American art, including paintings,
sculpture, graphics, photography and decorative arts. Special
temporary exhibitions are shown as well as the permanent collections.
Sheldon's 5-acre Sculpture Garden displays more than 30 key
examples of sculpture by artists of international reputation.
sheldon.unl.edu
The
University of Nebraska State Museum, a natural history
museum, is the world's premier collection of fossil elephants,
interactive paleontology and wildlife exhibits. It has many
American Indian exhibits, wildlife dioramas a planetarium and
much more. www-museum.unl.edu
Omaha
The world-famous Henry Doorly Zoo
features the world's largest indoor rain forest, North America's
largest big cat complex, the giant walk-through salt water aquarium
and IMAX theater. It's been named the nation's #1 family attraction
by Disney's FamilyFun magazine for good reason. www.omahazoo.com
The
Joslyn Art Museum is renowned
for its Western American Collection and is Nebraska's largest
and most distinguished art museum. It houses an extensive collection
of paintings and sculpture from antiquity to the present, with
a special emphasis on pieces from the 19th and 20th century,
Europe and America. The museum also houses the extensive Bodmer
collection of American West. www.joslyn.org
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