Art is cultivated all around Omaha. The Joslyn Art Museum, Nebraska’s largest and most prestigious art museum, features art from the antiquties of Greece and Egypt to contemporary American paintings and offers a wide range of exhibits and educational programs. The Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, operated by member artists, offers a diverse sampling of all types of fine art. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts hosts an international Artist-in-Residency program. Not to be missed, Hot Shops Art Center is a cool place to turnup the heat with 92,000 square feet of art studios and showrooms catering to glowing metal, molten glass and ceramic firing art forms. And, not to be overlooked, numerous private art galleries such as, Louis Art Gallery, Michael Phillips Gallery, and Talent Tree Galleries, offer tempting art treasures for art afficionados.

Performing arts are also an important part of the Omaha scene. The Holland Performing Arts Center is a new state-of-the-art performance facility with a 2,000 seat concert hall. Guests enjoy local, national and international performing arts. National touring companies also bring the best of Broadway to Omaha’s Orpheum Theater and local live live theater companies offer a wide range of performances.