Omaha
Great Plains Black Museum
History of African Americans on the plains
2213 Lake Street
Webster Telephone Exchange Building
Omaha, NE 68110
Phone: +1 402 345 2212
This collection, complete with historical accounts and memorabilia, tells the story of how African Americans helped settle the plains. Displays rare photographs and artifacts. Visitors will also learn about the changes in African American life in the years leading up to, during and after the Civil War. The museum was founded in the mid 1970s. The building itself is remarkable. Designed by prominent Nebraska architect Thomas Kimball, it appears on the National Register of Historic Places.
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