Museum Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Visitor's Center

Welcome to the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Center. The three-story, 12,000 square foot, Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center sits on a scenic 79-acre wooded bluff overlooking the Missouri River. An unobstructed view of the river gives today’s audience a sense of what greeted the captains 200 years ago.

Education through time-honored methods of observation and discovery is the central mission of this interactive center and adjoining hiking trails. The flora and fauna (178 new plants and 122 new animals) and scientific discoveries recorded by the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1804-1806) are the focus of the Center. This theme is exciting and unique because no other museum or interpretive center in the nation, existing or planned, focuses on the captains’ amazing scientific discoveries. People of all ages will learn through interactive participation and you-are-there experiences. The exhibits and displays were designed with the expert advice of the University of Nebraska’s distinguished professor, Dr. Gary Moulton, the nation’s definitive scholar on the Lewis & Clark Journals, who served as the Center’s first In-Resident Scholar.