University of Nebraska State Museum - Morrill Hall

University of Nebraska State Museum - Morrill Hall Nebraska's premier museum of natural history, focused on promoting discovery in natural science. linktr.ee/morrillhallunl
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Visit Morrill Hall, featuring the Mueller Planetarium, the Marx Discovery Center, and our 4th floor Cherish Nebraska exhibit, renovated and opened in February, 2019. Don't forget to visit our other locations at Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park near Royal, NE, and Trailside Museum, located at Fort Robinson State Park.

Happy ! This week we have exciting news that Curious Curator Cafe will have free cookies and drink specials at Archie's...
06/04/2026

Happy ! This week we have exciting news that Curious Curator Cafe will have free cookies and drink specials at Archie's Party. Make sure to stop by the cafe and grab these goodies while you're celebrating with Archie this Saturday!

The Food Bank of Lincoln will also be accepting donations at Archie's Party. Don't forget to bring food and toiletry donations for a chance to win prizes!

Check out a list of the Food Bank's most needed items here: https://museum.unl.edu/archiesparty/

This week, parking will be temporarily unavailable on the east side of Morrill Hall due to UNL Parking and Transit Servi...
06/03/2026

This week, parking will be temporarily unavailable on the east side of Morrill Hall due to UNL Parking and Transit Services repairing parts of the lot. Parking will be available for museum guests in the main lot in front of Morrill Hall. Please provide your license plate number to the front desk staff as usual.

The east lot will remain closed through Friday, June 5.

This we are spotlighting one of the Entomology department's awesome interns, Reghan Cline! Recently, Reghan has been w...
06/03/2026

This we are spotlighting one of the Entomology department's awesome interns, Reghan Cline! Recently, Reghan has been working on organizing and labeling specimens in a donated collection, while also creating a personal collection of insects from Nebraska and Oregon. Reghan has loved working hands-on and examining the insects up close in this internship.

Reghan's favorite entomology fact is that stick bug eggs mimic seeds so that ants bring them into their colony. Once they hatch, they mimic an ant and live amongst them until they are ready to leave the colony! 🐜

Drop your favorite ento fun fact in the comments!

Exciting news! Our new temporary exhibit, In Search of Earth's Secrets, is now open! In this exhibit you can explore the...
06/02/2026

Exciting news! Our new temporary exhibit, In Search of Earth's Secrets, is now open!

In this exhibit you can explore the wonders beneath the seafloor and use interactive activities to visit the place humans are just beginning to explore. Learn about the life that lives deep in the ocean and how Earth's plates shape the seafloor.

The perfect time to explore this new addition is during Archie's Party this Saturday! This exhibit is included with admission.

06/02/2026

Archie will take your picture...but he will also add his party to your calendar! 🗓️🎉

Archie's Party is June 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and he would love to see you there. Don't miss out on seeing the Nebraska Swordfighters Guild, crafts and hands-on activities, and an Archie meet and greet. We are also partnering with the Food Bank of Lincoln, who will be taking boxed/canned goods donations.

Thank you to our media sponsors B107.3 and Broadcast House Media.

Add it to your calendar, and check out more info here: https://museum.unl.edu/archiesparty/

We want to give a BIG thank you to everyone who donated through Give to Lincoln Day this year. We also want to thank Fri...
05/31/2026

We want to give a BIG thank you to everyone who donated through Give to Lincoln Day this year. We also want to thank Friends of the State Museum for supporting Morrill Hall's education programming and science endeavors.

Thanks to support from our community and FOSM, we are able to encourage a love for science and natural history in generations of Nebraskans to come. Thank you! ❤️

Keep an eye out for the blue moon this Sunday! The moon will peak in Lincoln at 3:45 a.m. on May 31. This is the second ...
05/30/2026

Keep an eye out for the blue moon this Sunday! The moon will peak in Lincoln at 3:45 a.m. on May 31. This is the second full moon of the month making it a calendar blue moon, which will not occur again until New Year's Eve in 2028. This is truly a once in a blue moon occurrence. 🌕

If you can't get enough of celestial events like this, there are still a handful of spots open in our Mission Control Discovery Day Camp! During this space expedition, campers will learn about mission control facilities and how to carry out a space mission of their own!

Register here: https://museum.unl.edu/camps/

Happy ! This week, some of our new summer camp staff took a gallery tour of the Paleozoic Era and fossils of Nebraska. ...
05/30/2026

Happy ! This week, some of our new summer camp staff took a gallery tour of the Paleozoic Era and fossils of Nebraska. On this tour, they learned the process of fossilization and why something becomes fossilized. They also got a close look at some modern specimens and fossilized coral.

If you want to learn more about this era of Nebraska under the sea, visit Morrill Hall and explore the Paleozoic Gallery!

Happy ! One of the masks we recently unboxed is beautifully constructed of multiple materials. The face of the mask is ...
05/29/2026

Happy ! One of the masks we recently unboxed is beautifully constructed of multiple materials. The face of the mask is metal, the sides and top are made of woven fabric, and it is beaded all over with shells and glass beads. We believe the mask is from the Kuba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is similar in style to Kuba bwoom masks, but lacks the typical enlarged forehead.

Give to Lincoln Day is coming to an end, but there is still time to support natural history and education in Nebraska. F...
05/28/2026

Give to Lincoln Day is coming to an end, but there is still time to support natural history and education in Nebraska.

Friends of the State Museum supports our museums' exhibits, technology, research, and educational programming and opportunities. By making a donation, you can help the University of Nebraska State Museums continue to be a resource for science in the community.

🎁Donate and learn more here: https://givetolincoln.com/nonpro fits/friends-of-the-university-of-nebraska-state-museum-morrill-hall

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645 North 14th Street/UNL City Campus
Lincoln, NE
68588

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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(402) 472-2637

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