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A rendering of a renovated Elephant Hall at the University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall, with people observing mammoth and mastodon fossils.

Morrill Hall renovation will include major updates to Elephant Hall

April 24, 2026

Science & Technology

Employees from Stephens & Smith Construction pour wheelbarrows of cement around a 3D printed replica of an incomplete Menoceras arikarense fossil – a small, extinct rhinoceros found in Nebraska fossil beds. The replica was printed by Frontier Tech Lab at the Nebraska Innovation Studios and will be part of a new fossil dig in the redesigned Marx Science Discovery Center in Morrill Hall.

Frontier Tech Lab helps bring hands‑on fossil dig to Morrill Hall

April 15, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Ann Spilker, extended learning coordinator at the University of Nebraska State Museum, stands next to the Nebraska prairie display on the fourth floor of Morrill Hall. Talking about prairie roots with young campers made Spilker realize she wanted to be an educator.

Spilker plants seeds of discovery for museum campers

February 17, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Carrie Herbel removing sediment from a fossil in a Nebraska Hall lab.

Herbel helps preserve Nebraska’s legacy, one bone at a time

October 3, 2025

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Bronze woolly mammoth statue with front entrance of Morrill Hall in background

Field Trip Across Lincoln and Beyond program runs through July 31

June 3, 2024

Florida panther with black background

Renowned photographer Sartore brings ‘Photo Ark’ to Morrill Hall

April 17, 2024

Seven electrical workers on ladders hang a lighting track in a first-floor exhibit in Morrill Hall.

Morrill Hall reopening to public March 15

March 5, 2024

Science & Technology

James Schnable, Rebecca Roston and Toshihiro Obata hold young sorghum plants outside of the Bioscience Greenhouses on City Campus.

Husker researchers aim to help crops survive cold snaps

January 26, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Bronze woolly mammoth statue with front entrance of Morrill Hall in background

NU State Museum earns reaccreditation from American Alliance of Museums

November 30, 2023

Bronze woolly mammoth statue with front entrance of Morrill Hall in background

Morrill Hall to close for three months for renovations

September 6, 2023

Campus museums join Field Trip Across Lincoln and Beyond

May 31, 2023

Bronze woolly mammoth statue with front entrance of Morrill Hall in background

Morrill Hall renovations begin May 1

April 26, 2023