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The University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall is providing virtual summer day camps in July for kids entering first through sixth grades.

Morrill Hall offering virtual summer camps

July 2, 2020

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The Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, beginning July 1. To prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, public health measures will be in place.

Ashfall Fossil Beds to reopen to public on July 1

June 24, 2020

Annie Mumgaard, virtual learning coordinator for the University of Nebraska State Museum, gives a virtual tour to more than 120 young students April 14. She discussed various types of rocks.

Morrill Hall expands online content to meet pandemic challenge

April 22, 2020

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Annie Mumgaard, virtual learning coordinator at the University of Nebraska State Museum, leads a virtual field trip about mammoths and elephants for an elementary classroom. The public can register for a virtual field trip at 10 a.m., noon or 2 p.m. each Tuesday in April.

NU State Museum launches free online learning activities

April 7, 2020

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Dinosaurs and Disasters is 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at the University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall.

Morrill Hall to host Dinosaurs and Disasters on Feb. 8

February 5, 2020

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The University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall is participating in the Blue Star Museum program, offering free admission to active military duty personnel and families.

Morrill Hall joins Museums for All, offers $1 admission for low-income families

January 23, 2020

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Erwin Barbour (in suit) provides instruction on the placement of "Archie," Nebraska's iconic mammoth skeleton, while preparatory Henry Reider inspects metal framework supporting the ribs.

Nebraska Lecture to focus on state’s history of paleontology

January 21, 2020

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Tiffany Messer, assistant professor of biological systems engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, tests water in Lincoln’s Holmes Lake in May 2018. Messer’s research is included in the new traveling exhibition “H2O Today,” which opens Jan. 26 at the University of Nebraska State Museum at Morrill Hall.

Traveling exhibition at Morrill Hall to examine role, challenges of water

January 14, 2020

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Daniel R. Brooks

Lecture to examine connections between climate change, emerging disease crisis

October 11, 2019

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Bird Runningwater

Hubbard Lecture to focus on indigenous filmmaking

October 1, 2019

A family participants in the Sunday with a Scientist “Fossil Family Trees” event Sept. 22 at the University of Nebraska State Museum at Morrill Hall. Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park near Royal will host Saturday with a Scientist, “Fossil Family Trees,” from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 5.

Ashfall Fossil Beds to host ‘Fossil Family Trees’ event Oct. 5

September 25, 2019

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The University of Nebraska State Museum at Morrill Hall will host a special edition of Sunday with a Scientist, “Fossil Family Trees,” in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 22.

Morrill Hall to host ‘Fossil Family Trees’ event Sept. 22

September 12, 2019

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