Season

September 13, 2026 -
September 27, 2026

FREE

Open Hours

Sunday: 10 AM - 4 PM
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10 AM - 5 PM
Wednesday: 10 AM - 5 PM
Thursday: 10 AM - 7 PM
Friday: 10 AM - 7 PM
Saturday: 10 AM - 7 PM


Presented by The Holland Foundation, The Sensory Yard invites visitors into an immersive world where curiosity, movement, rest, and imagination unfold at their own pace. Blending sensory architecture, participatory art, and immersive storytelling, this interactive installation encourages exploration without expectation. Every path is self-directed, every experience optional, creating an environment where wonder and nervous system regulation exist side by side.

Journey through a series of thoughtfully designed sensory spaces, each offering a unique invitation to engage. Find grounding in The Commons, move freely in The Motion Room, wander through the responsive beauty of The Light Forest, retreat into the quiet comfort of The Cocoon, dive into imaginative worlds in the Aquarium, and leave your mark in The Workshop Room, where the environment evolves through collective creativity.

Rather than asking visitors to perform or observe, The Sensory Yard offers permission—to pause, play, create, connect, or simply be. Designed with accessibility, emotional safety, and sensory inclusion at its core, the installation celebrates the many ways people experience the world and invites every visitor to discover what they need in the moment.

No tickets needed – this experience is free to the community during open hours.

The exhibition will be open Sunday, September 13, 2026 through Sunday, September 27, 2026


Common Senses Festival (Founder and Director, Kate Noble Weitz) returns to Omaha September 13–27, 2026, with a robust lineup of multi-sensory programming that explores and celebrates the uniqueness and commonalities of all of humanity, with a focus on arts, science, and disability acceptance. Following 2025’s theme of “Voice,” this year’s festival turns to “Move,” a theme carried through a headlining immersive dance installation, a new movement-centered edition of the festival’s sensory theater experience for adults, and a Preferred Interests track devoted to trains. Common Senses 2026 also marks the launch of a new collaboration with Boston’s MASS Design Group to begin imagining a national monument honoring the lives lost at state-run institutions across the country. Full programming is available at commonsensesfestival.org.

Open Hours

Sunday: 10 AM - 4 PM
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10 AM - 5 PM
Wednesday: 10 AM - 5 PM
Thursday: 10 AM - 7 PM
Friday: 10 AM - 7 PM
Saturday: 10 AM - 7 PM

The Exhibition features the following programs: