Celebrate Father’s Day weekend with an unforgettable experience at our Father’s Day Car Show. From classic cars to modern builds, this one-of-a-kind event brings together horsepower and history inside our aircraft-filled hangars.
NASA Glenn Research Center in Omaha
NASA Glenn Research Center – the only NASA center based in the Midwest – is coming to Omaha to celebrate the city’s diamond anniversary as the host city for the NCAA College World Series! NASA will have a presence at the Kiewit Luminarium RiverFront with space-themed exhibits for the whole family to enjoy, a 53-foot interactive traveling exhibit with games and activations, as well as giveaways. The fun will go from Thursday June 12 – Sunday June 15 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
NASA flight director and Omaha-native Brandon Lloyd will be present to engage with attendees at the NASA tent area, inspire visitors about STEM, and share about his career leading flight control teams.
Father’s Day Brunch Bingo
This Father’s Day, celebrate the legend in your life with brunch, brews, and some good ol’ fashioned spingo.
Date: Sunday, June 15 | Bingo: 10 AM – 12 PM
Brunch Served: 9 AM – 2 PM
Win Prizes & 
Dad-Approved DrinksWe’ve got the bacon and the spingo. You bring the dad.
Father’s Day Flop at Fun-Plex
Celebrate Father’s Day at Fun-Plex with the Father’s Day Flop Competition on Sunday, June 15th at the Motion Ocean Wave Pool! Watch daring dads belly flop for a chance to win 4 season passes and epic bragging rights. Plus, all dads get $15 off a regular all-day ticket—no flop required!
TCBY Free Ice Cream for Father’s Day
Free 6oz TCBY for Dad’s
Daddy Daughter Date Night
Join for a very special Daddy-Daughter Date Night! Grab a spot today! It is going to be a night to remember!
They have three time slots available: 5-5:45pm, 6:15-7:00pm, and 7:30-8:15pm. There will be fun activities, CFA Swag and delicious food. SO many fun memories will be made this night. We will even have a visit from a princess!
REGISTER H-E-R-E tinyurl.com/cfa76daddydaughter
Animation Academy: From Pencils to Pixels
Step into your favorite Saturday-morning cartoons and explore the remarkable world of storytelling through animation. Our much-anticipated summer exhibition, The Animation Academy: From Pencils to Pixels, invites visitors of all ages to leap into the fascinating realm of the cartoon genre. This unique exhibit provides a rare glimpse into the magic behind some of the most beloved animated films and characters, and offers a comprehensive exploration of the art, science, technology and history of animation.
Venture through the animation process, from concept and character creation to storyboarding, rendering and final production. Explore original storyboards, scripts and narrative techniques used in classic animation before putting your own stop-motion movie skills to the test!
Interactive stations and photo-ops add to the experience. Watch mesmerizing illusions in the world’s largest 3D zoetrope. Snap a photo in The Simpsons living room, strike a pose with Po from Kung Fu Panda or meet Gumby, the beloved, green, clay humanoid and his sidekick Pokey.
- The world’s largest 3D zoetrope
- 2D and 3D stop-motion interactives and tracing stations
- Animation university experience
- “The Simpsons” set photo-op
- Shrek KEVA castle interactive
- Magnetic storyboard, RFID animation process and spin browser interactives
- Chuck Jones Studio interactive
- Guest artist workshop experience
- Gumby workshop/studio interactive
- Exclusive 60-year history of Gumby timeline with original puppets
- Exclusive Clokey Studios original character puppets and dioramas
- Ray Harryhausen original Tortoise and the Hare set interactive
- Saturday-morning cartoons experience
- Original Shrek prototype maquettes
- Electronic watercolor wall interactive
- Chromakey social media station
Animation Academy: From Pencils to Pixels®, produced by Stage 9 Exhibits and distributed by Exhibits Development Group, provides BIG fun for all visitors. LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements provided by the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity and are TM and © Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved. GUMBY and all related characters and elements TM and © Clokey Enterprises.
Animation Academy: From Pencils to Pixels
Step into your favorite Saturday-morning cartoons and explore the remarkable world of storytelling through animation. Our much-anticipated summer exhibition, The Animation Academy: From Pencils to Pixels, invites visitors of all ages to leap into the fascinating realm of the cartoon genre. This unique exhibit provides a rare glimpse into the magic behind some of the most beloved animated films and characters, and offers a comprehensive exploration of the art, science, technology and history of animation.
Venture through the animation process, from concept and character creation to storyboarding, rendering and final production. Explore original storyboards, scripts and narrative techniques used in classic animation before putting your own stop-motion movie skills to the test!
Interactive stations and photo-ops add to the experience. Watch mesmerizing illusions in the world’s largest 3D zoetrope. Snap a photo in The Simpsons living room, strike a pose with Po from Kung Fu Panda or meet Gumby, the beloved, green, clay humanoid and his sidekick Pokey.
- The world’s largest 3D zoetrope
- 2D and 3D stop-motion interactives and tracing stations
- Animation university experience
- “The Simpsons” set photo-op
- Shrek KEVA castle interactive
- Magnetic storyboard, RFID animation process and spin browser interactives
- Chuck Jones Studio interactive
- Guest artist workshop experience
- Gumby workshop/studio interactive
- Exclusive 60-year history of Gumby timeline with original puppets
- Exclusive Clokey Studios original character puppets and dioramas
- Ray Harryhausen original Tortoise and the Hare set interactive
- Saturday-morning cartoons experience
- Original Shrek prototype maquettes
- Electronic watercolor wall interactive
- Chromakey social media station
Animation Academy: From Pencils to Pixels®, produced by Stage 9 Exhibits and distributed by Exhibits Development Group, provides BIG fun for all visitors. LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements provided by the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity and are TM and © Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved. GUMBY and all related characters and elements TM and © Clokey Enterprises.
NASA Glenn Research Center in Omaha
NASA Glenn Research Center – the only NASA center based in the Midwest – is coming to Omaha to celebrate the city’s diamond anniversary as the host city for the NCAA College World Series! NASA will have a presence at the Kiewit Luminarium RiverFront with space-themed exhibits for the whole family to enjoy, a 53-foot interactive traveling exhibit with games and activations, as well as giveaways. The fun will go from Thursday June 12 – Sunday June 15 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
NASA flight director and Omaha-native Brandon Lloyd will be present to engage with attendees at the NASA tent area, inspire visitors about STEM, and share about his career leading flight control teams.
Make a Father’s Day Mug
Dad’s love a good cup o’ joe!! What better way to celebrate those special daddio’s in our lives than a special hand decorated mug by his favorite kiddos! A gift he can cherish for a lifetime!! This is a FREE all ages event!! First come, first serve while supplies last!
