Spring Family Fun Guide – Exciting Things to Do this Spring!

Best March Events

• Enjoy many family-friendly events, including these Best March Events in the Omaha Area! 

Visit Current Exhibits

Through Apr 14th – Millions of Miles at Omaha Children’s Museum – Included with regular admission

• Explore the world of freight travel and the many awesome jobs behind it, with areas focusing on the seas, the roads, the sky, and even the future of travel right here in Omaha!
• Location: Omaha Children’s Museum – 500 S. 20th St., Omaha, NE.

Through May 5th – Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion at SAC Aerospace Museum – Included with regular admission

• Leonardo da Vinci is celebrated as a painter, sculptor, musician, architect, engineer and anatomist.  Most enduring to his legacy are his inventions and designs. Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion presents full-scale machines that were built after in-depth study of Leonardo da Vinci’s designs by a group of scientists and skilled craftsmen in Florence, Italy.  Its uniqueness lies in the fact that many of the mechanisms are life-sized and fully operational. Visitors may touch and set them in motion, combining a fascinating hands-on experience with an exploration of the principles he employed to create each machine.
• Location: SAC Aerospace Museum – 28210 W. Park Hwy., Ashland, NE.

Through May 12th – BRICKLIVE Brickosaurs at Lauritzen Gardens – January 29 – May 8, Included with regular admission 

• On display for the first time in the United States, experience BRICKLIVE Brickosaurs, an adventure of Jurassic scale at Omaha’s Lauritzen Gardens. Starting January 13, 2024, marvel at 30 iconic dinosaur sculptures made from more than 1.5 million bricks and witness firsthand what it would have been like to come face-to-face with a herd of incredible reptiles, while discovering prehistoric plants in the garden’s collection. This dino-mite brick sculpture exhibit is included with garden admission and is FREE for garden members.
• Location: Lauritzen Gardens – 100 Bancroft St., Omaha, NE.

Through May 24th – Ocean Bound at Omaha Children’s Museum – Included with regular admission

• Embark on a journey through watersheds to see how everyone’s actions on land affect our ocean. Ocean Bound presents watershed science in four themed exhibit clusters.
• Location: Omaha Children’s Museum – 500 S. 20th St., Omaha, NE.

Mar 9th-May 26th – Toytopia at The Durham Museum – Included with regular admission 

• What was your childhood passion? Jump roping? Star Wars® collectibles? Baking in an Easy Bake Oven? Whatever was your favorite toy then and now, you’re sure to find it in the TOYTOPIA exhibit, developed by Stage 9 Exhibits. TOYTOPIA will rekindle the wonder and delight of your favorite childhood moments as you can play all day in a world of big toys. Featuring the World’s Largest Etch A Sketch, a life-size Monopoly car and game board, a retro arcade area and a life-size dollhouse, visitors of all ages will be transported into a world of nostalgia, where they can discover the origins of their favorite toys, who made them, and why they continue to be beloved.
• Location: Durham Museum, 801 S. 10th St., Omaha, NE.

Omaha Zoo and Aquarium

• Enjoy this spring with this Omaha Favorite! Regular admission applies.
• Location: Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, 3701 S. 10th St., Omaha, NE.

Kiewit Luminarium

• See the world in a new light.  The Kiewit Luminarium is a place for everone to explore the astonishing phenomena that shape our world, our communities, and ourselves.
• Location: Kiewit Luminarium – 345 Riverfront Dr, Omaha, NE 68102

Wildlife Safari Park

• Start your adventure behind the wheel, but don’t forget to stretch your legs on the trails. Hike to one of many overlooks, where you can spot bison, elk, bears, wolves, pelicans and waterfowl. Visit the Eagle Aviary, home to bald eagles and whooping cranes or come on down to Prairie Dog Town adjacent to the Visitor Center, which is home in close proximity to our small mammal and birds exhibits
• Location: Wildlife Safari Park – 16406 292nd St, Ashland, NE 68003