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By plane
Eppley Airfield Airport . Eppley Airfield is a domestic airport and is less than five minutes from downtown by car. The terminal has on-site rental car services at the baggage claims, free high-speed wireless internet access, and is currently served by main line and feeder services for multiple airlines including:
- American Airlines
- Continental Airlines
- Delta Air Lines
- Express Jet
- Frontier Airlines
- Midwest Airlines
- Southwest Airlines
- United Airlines
- US Airways
The airport is also served by two FBOs for General Aviation services, at least two charter operations, and a local air freight operator besides UPS and FedEx.
Secondary GA airports serving the area include Millard Airport (MLE) in West Omaha, Plattsmouth Municipal Airport (PMV) south, and Council Bluffs, Iowa Municipal Airport (CBF) across the Missouri River east.
By train
Amtrak serves Omaha with the California Zephyr which runs daily between Emeryville (in the San Francisco Bay Area) and Chicago. It has several stops along the way, with connections throughout America. Omaha once had a large Union Station like Chicago, but it is now retired as a museum. The Amtrak station can be found behind.
By bus
Greyhound has daily service to nearby major cities including Denver, Kansas City, Minneapolis and Chicago.
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Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha has an expansive museum scene. Joslyn Art Museum has works by El Greco, Degas, Monet and Renoir and an extensive ancient Greek pottery display. The Joslyn also has works by the famed Dale Chihuly. Other art galleries include the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts which consists of three separate galleries in a warehouse-style studio. In addition to the latter, many other art galleries can be found throughout the Old Market.
Strategic Air and Space Museum is a large, indoor museum with warplanes from America's past and and often has traveling exhibits relating to aerospace and technology on display. For the younger ones,
Omaha Children's Museum which has an art center, science center, and a mock grocery store.
Durham Western Heritage Museum is a renovated art deco-style train station and is believed to be the best example of art deco in the country with exhibits such as the Byron Reed Coin and Document Collection, The Trans-Mississippi Exposition Gallery, restored train cars, a teepee, an earth lodge,
Union Pacific Museum details the beginnings of the Union Pacific Railroad and the role it played in westward expansion and has artifacts dating back to the 1860s.
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