People take in the Pershing Mural at Wyuka Cemtery on Thursday. Workers placed the final tiles on Thursday, closing the book on the massive relocation project.
Pershing Mural Historic Preservation Project committee chair Liz Shea-McCoy speaks on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in a climate-controlled warehouse at 2820 West P Circle in a Lincoln. In the summer of 2024, 763,000 one‑inch tiles were removed from the Pershing mural after seven decades of weather exposure. The pieces were moved to a donated warehouse on the west side of Lincoln, where a small restoration team cleaned, buffed, repaired, and reorganized each tile, panel by panel, over many months.
Photos: Pershing Center mural
Pershing Center mural
Detail of the mosaic mural depicting circus trapeze artists on the facade of the Pershing Center.
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Pershing Center mural
Detail of the mosaic mural depicting ballet and basketball on the facade of the Pershing Center.
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Pershing Center mural
Detail of the mosaic mural depicting circus performers on the facade of the Pershing Center.
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Pershing Center mural
Detail of the mosaic mural depicting rodeo and ballroom dancers on the facade of the Pershing Center.
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Pershing Center mural
Detail of the mosaic mural depicting hockey players on the facade of the Pershing Center.
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Pershing Center mural
Detail of the mosaic mural depicting boxing on the facade of the Pershing Center.
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Pershing Center mural
Detail of the mosaic mural on the facade of the Pershing Center.
FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star
Pershing Center mural
Detail of the mosaic mural depicting wrestlers on the facade of the Pershing Center.
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Pershing Center mural
Detail of the mosaic mural depicting musicians on the facade of the Pershing Center.
People take in the Pershing Mural at Wyuka Cemtery on Thursday. Workers placed the final tiles on Thursday, closing the book on the massive relocation project.
