Nebraska is bordered by South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming. Its capital is Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River.
Indigenous peoples, including Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and the Lakota (Sioux) tribes, lived in the region for thousands of years before European exploration.
American settlement was scarce in Nebraska until the California Gold Rush. In the 1860s, the U.S. government forced the Native American tribes to cede their lands and settle on reservations.
This action opened large tracts of land to agricultural development, and thousands of settlers migrated into Nebraska to claim free land granted by the federal government.
With a growing population, Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War.
Today, Nebraska has a large agriculture industry and is a major producer of beef, pork, corn, soybeans, and sorghum.
Other important economic sectors include transportation, manufacturing, telecommunications, information technology, and insurance.
“Wasatch Mountains” by Bierstadt Albert Nebraska – Great Plains, Nebraska
Museums in Nebraska
- Museum of Nebraska Art – MONA
- Joslyn Art Museum
- University of Nebraska State Museum – Morrill Hall
- The Durham Museum
- Omaha Children’s Museum
- Hastings Museum
- Nebraska History Museum
- International Quilt Museum
- Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
- Stuhr Museum-Prairie Pioneer
- Sheldon Museum of Art
- Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles
- Museum of American Speed
- Plainsman Museum
Omaha, Nebraska, as seen from across the Missouri River
Museums in Nebraska
- State: Nebraska
- Country: United States
- Capital: Lincoln
- Largest city: Omaha
- Population: 1.9 million
- Demonym: Nebraskan
Sunrises over Beaver Lake near Plattsmouth, Nebraska
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Museums in Nebraska – Virtual Tour
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New York Museums – Virtual Tours
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art or MET
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum
- Neue Galerie New York
- The Cloisters
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- American Museum of Natural History
- Museum of the City of New York
- New-York Historical Society
- Frick Collection
- Met Breuer
- Rubin Museum of Art
- Brooklyn Museum
Museums in Nebraska
Washington, D.C. Museums – Virtual Tours
- National Gallery of Art
- National Museum of American History
- National Air and Space Museum
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- National Museum of Natural History
- National Portrait Gallery
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- The Phillips Collection
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- International Spy Museum
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