The Jefferson County Historical Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and passing on the history and culture of Jefferson County, NE. It operates a number of historical sites, including historic Steele City, where visitors can see a working blacksmith shop, a livery barn, a school, a turn-of-the-century bank, and an 1880s stone church as well as an antique farm machinery display; the 1869 District 10 School; the 1872 W.C. Smith House and Lime Kiln, which features exhibits explaining the lime industry, as well as period furniture; the Rock Island Depot Railroad Museum, which displays rail history exhibits; and the 1883 Diller Bank Building Museum, which displays artifacts from the history of Diller, NE.

The sites offer tours and exhibits; the society offers occasional recreational and educational events.

The Lincoln Fire Department Museum presents the history of Lincoln, Nebraska's firefighting department, founded in 1886. Collections include historic firefighting equipment, photographs, and other related artifacts. Highlights include a fire trumpet, period uniforms, and a 1911 American LaFrance motorized fire engine.

The museum offers exhibits.

Visitors to this site can sift through the story of milling in Nebraska and tour a mill with its original 1880s equipment still intact. The Neligh Mill is a surviving reminder of the grist mills that once dotted Nebraska's landscape. Visitors can explore the mill, restored mill office, reconstructed flume and penstock, and the remains of the mill dam. Museum displays explain the history of the Neligh Mill and provide information about other water-powered mills once located throughout Nebraska and the Midwest.

The site offers exhibits and tours.

The Nebraska State Historical Society collects, preserves, and opens to all the history of the state.

The society offers lectures, educational programs, and occasional recreational and educational programs.

The National Museum of Roller Skating contains the largest collection of historical roller skates, dating to 1819, in the world. It also contains patents, medals, trophies, photographs, artwork, films and videotapes, costumes, library and archival materials, and roller skating memorabilia. The museum holds approximately 1,500 volumes of roller skating books and periodicals, including over 125 titles (American and foreign) in its periodical collection. The archives also includes over 8,000 photographs; personal papers of individuals prominent in roller skating from 1800 to the present; programs and archival material for local, regional, national, and international roller skating competitions; and miscellaneous articles and images related to roller skating.

The museum offers exhibits and films.

Chimney Rock has become one of the most famous landmarks in the American West. This unique formation—the most noted on the Oregon Trail—has come to symbolize the greatest voluntary migration in the history of mankind. The Visitor Center features museum exhibits explaining the westward migration of the 19th century and the significant role Chimney Rock had in the memories of those who traveled the trails west.

The site offers a short film, exhibits, tours, and occasional recreational and educational events.

The Buffalo County Historical Society was founded in 1972. Within a couple of years, the society began publishing a newsletter entitled "Buffalo Tales," which chronicled historical events and people in Buffalo County. The society has expanded since, and now operates the Trials and Rails museum and archives.

The site offers information regarding the museum and archives as well as complete archives of the Buffalo Tales newsletter.

The Museum houses displays covering the 10,000 years of Nebraska's past, exploring the many peoples and cultures that have inhabited the land that now makes up the state.

The museum offers exhibits, tours, and educational programs.

Construction of this house began in 1886 and was completed in 1889. George William Frank, also called George, Jr. was the architect. The Franks lived in the house from 1890 to 1900. After the Franks, the house was owned by Dr. Grothan who ran a private sanitarium in the house. The house sold to the state in 1907 when it was accessioned to be part of the Nebraska Tuberculosis hospital. The house was used as quarters for the TB hospital staff until the hospital closed in 1971.

The house offers exhibits, tours, and occasional recreational and educational events.

Exhibits at the Society's museum display mammoth bones; the McCabe Aeroplane, or "Baby Biplane"; and artifacts from local pioneer history, railroad and highway building, military history, and daily life throughout the county's existence.

The site offers exhibits and research library access.