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Nebraska artist Gary Staab carves the face of a giant bison statue.

Bronze bison coming to Morrill Hall for March 14 celebration

March 4, 2026

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

Color photo of Joy Harjo on a color campus background

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Harjo to give First Peoples of the Plains Lecture

October 23, 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

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

Morrill Hall renovations begin May 1

April 26, 2023

Children work with modeling clay during a previous Dinosaurs and Disasters event at Morrill Hall. The 2023 event is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 4. (NU State Museum)

Dinosaurs and Disasters to feature activity stations, live music, storytime

January 27, 2023

Archie statue in front of Morill Hall

NU State Museum provides free passes to St. Monica’s

November 18, 2022

Society & Culture

Shane Tucker (right), highway paleontologist with the University of Nebraska State Museum, shows visitors how microfossils are sorted during a previous Fossil Night event.

Fossil Day at Morrill Hall will feature ID station, storytime, scavenger hunt

October 7, 2022

A young boy plays with cutouts of fruits and vegetables at the Operation Pollination exhibition.

NU State Museum opens new exhibition on plants, pollinators

August 31, 2022

Archie statue in front of Morill Hall

NU State Museum gives free passes to Lincoln Literacy

July 22, 2022

A family learns more about fossils from one of Ashfall Fossil Beds’ summer interns at the park’s Working Visible Lab.

Ashfall Fossil Beds to host Rockin’ Rhino Bash on June 25

June 22, 2022

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

Society & Culture