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Far North Omaha, near Florence, was home to an almost exclusively Scandinavian immigrant community. With a variety of churches and social clubs, this neighborhood was a cultural center for many of North Omaha's working class and middle class whites. Los of industrial jobs in the late 1950s and 1960s accelerated changes in the neighborhood.
"Omaha Black Heritage Sites" on NorthOmahaHistory.com includes 165 locations, addresses and references in Omaha. Nebraska Black Oral History Project finding aid and digital collection, digitized by Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska at Omaha Libraries; original held by History Nebraska.
The culture of Omaha, Nebraska, has been partially defined by music and college sports, and by local cuisine and community theatre. The city has a long history of improving and expanding on its cultural offerings. In the 1920s, the Omaha Bee newspaper wrote, "The cultural future of Omaha seems as certain of greatness as the commercial future ...
10 really cool things to do in Omaha, Nebraska. Linda Laban. January 5, 2023 at 9:00 AM.
Native Omahan Days is a bi-ennial event in North Omaha, Nebraska celebrating the community's historical and cultural legacies. Held since 1976, the Native Omaha Days include picnics, family reunions, class reunions and a large parade. The event is largely attended by current and former African American residents of the city.
They live in Omaha, and opened a museum called The Kaneko in 2007. [4] Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center opened at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in February 2023. The museum holds over 500 paintings by Lithuanian American artist and Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak. [5]
We Don't Coast is a cultural movement and slogan adopted by Omaha and surrounding communities to observe unity, elevate hard work and acknowledge the region's Midwestern, noncoastal status. [1] [2] [3] “We Don’t Coast” is also the title of an annual Omaha-area print publication featuring artists, entrepreneurs, entertainers and others. [4]
Today the museum highlights the history of Slovaks and Czechs in Omaha. [1] Located at Omaha's only Sokol (est. 1911), the Czechoslovak Museum includes fine hand-cut lead crystal , costumes, photographs, showcases of memorabilia, a Czech/English reference library and a gift shop, which features only items imported from the Czech Republic . [ 2 ]