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University of Nebraska State Museum

Three posters from the Vaccinate Exhibit

'Vaccinate' art exhibition opening April 18 at Capitol

April 8, 2022

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.

NU State Museum giving free passes to after-school program

April 6, 2022

Field Trip Across Lincoln and Beyond encourages families to explore art, nature and history by visiting local museums and outdoor spaces.

Museums, centers partner on Field Trip Across Lincoln and Beyond

March 7, 2022

Museum fossils with prehistoric landscape in background

New virtual museum allows visitors to travel back to prehistoric Nebraska

January 21, 2022

Science & Technology

UNL's travel policy change mirrors recommendations set forth by federal, state and local public health agencies.

NU State Museum gives free passes to People’s City Mission

January 19, 2022

Nebraska's Margaret Huettl (right) is one of three experts selected to help Gameloft with an update to the Oregon Trail video game.

Huettl's Oregon Trail work featured in Science Café series

November 23, 2021

Society & Culture

The Genoa Indian School in 1911

Genoa Indian boarding school is topic of Nov. 11 panel talk

November 1, 2021

Society & Culture

The University of Nebraska State Museum exhibits team prepares one square meter of prairie plants for each of the four seasons. “Hidden Prairie” opens Oct. 16 and runs through May 2022.

Morrill Hall to celebrate birthday Nov. 4 with free admission, activities

October 28, 2021

UNL's travel policy change mirrors recommendations set forth by federal, state and local public health agencies.

NU State Museum gives free passes to Friendship Home

October 27, 2021

A long-horned milkweed beetle is seen on a Maximilian sunflower at Lincoln Creek Prairie near Aurora. The University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall’s new exhibition, “Hidden Prairie,” explores the diversity of life that can be found in a square meter of prairie.

NU State Museum opens new exhibition on prairie diversity

October 11, 2021

Visitors enjoy a preview visit to the new Cherish Nebraska exhibit in February 2019.

150 years on, NU museum keeps growing, changing

September 15, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Visitors stand in awe of the mammoth skeleton in Elephant Hall in 2018.

From mammoths to mini mammals, Morrill Hall has it all

September 15, 2021

Science & Technology