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A young visitor chats with Adam Eakin, assistant director of the NU State Museum, at an animal traces identification activity station during the 2021 Archie’s Party.

NU State Museum caps 150th year with Archie’s Party

June 14, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

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NU State Museum registers all three sites as Blue Star Museums

May 12, 2022

A boy and girl watch excavation work at Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park

Ashfall Fossil Beds opens for 31st season

May 10, 2022

Miss Mie

NU State Museum opening exhibit featuring Japanese friendship doll

April 26, 2022

The newly renovated “Ice Age Mammals” exhibition at Trailside Museum explores the migration of mammoths and Paleo-Indians. It was constructed in a style similar to Morrill Hall’s “Cherish Nebraska” exhibition.

Trailside Museum to celebrate 60th anniversary with Clash Bash

June 29, 2021

Archie’s Party — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 12 at the University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall — will feature two large fossil dig sandboxes, as well as a scavenger hunt, the short film “Carrie Barbour” and a variety of craft stations.

NU State Museum to celebrate 150th anniversary with Archie’s Party

June 7, 2021

Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park near Royal will open to the public May 1. Hours will be 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

Ashfall Fossil Beds to open for 30th season

April 21, 2021

Trailside Museum will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday from April 1 through May 31; Wednesday through Sunday from June 1 through Aug. 31; and Thursday through Sunday from Sept. 1 through Oct. 31.

Trailside Museum to open for 60th anniversary season April 1

March 22, 2021

Science & Technology

Zak Kathol, exhibit fabrication coordinator at the NU State Museum, hangs a branch on a fake tree that will be a centerpiece of the “Poop & Paws” exhibit.

Morrill Hall to feature new interactive exhibit ‘Poop & Paws’

January 20, 2021

Science & Technology

Shane Tucker (right), highway salvage paleontologist with the NU State Museum, directs the museum’s education interns in the process of wet screening for microfossils. The method is one of many used to search for specimens as part of the Highway Paleontology Program.

Fossil Week display celebrates 60-year partnership

October 12, 2020

Science & Technology

Morrill Hall will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays, beginning Aug. 5. A limited number of tickets will be available each hour, with final tickets available starting at 3:30 p.m. each day.

Morrill Hall to reopen to public Aug. 5

July 30, 2020