Help us celebrate our 150th birthday!

Saturday, June 12, 2021 - 9:00am-5:00pm


Included with admission; Members get in FREE
FREE parking available in the large parking lot in front of Morrill Hall

Morrill Hall will maintain hourly capacities at this event to allow smoother exploration and participation in activities. Advance ticket purchase is encouraged to guarantee entrance at desired time. 

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PARTY DAY ACTIVITIES


UNIQUE FUN & PLAY

  • Get your free scoop of UNL Dairy Store ice cream (we recommend the mammoth tracks). 
  • Join KFRX/KX96.9 as they live stream from Morrill Hall's main floor. 
  • Take a scavenger hunt through time, exploring the museum to reveal fun new facts and
  • Collect puzzle pieces as you visit stations and galleries around the museum to complete your own puzzle of Archie. 
  • In lieu of a membership lounge, UNSM member families can stop by the membership table to pick up a special party favor bag for each member of their group.
  • Stop by the Discovery Gift Shop. Every person who makes a purchase will receive an extra gift from Archie as a thank you for supporting the museum.

LEARN

  • Stop by the Visible Lab on 4th floor and chat with UNSM paleontologist Jeremy McMullin. Check out the 10 million-year-old fossil of a 4 tusker mammoth he'll be working on as well as some other neat fossil specimens. 
  • Join UNSM and Lincoln City Libraries for a special Pop In Storytime, streamed via Facebook Live (11am) or read books in the reading nook. 
  • Watch the 4-minute documentary Carrie Barbour, courtesy of Nebraska Public Media and PaleoSleuths.org. Learn about one of the world's first female paleontologists to be paid for her work and the first woman to hold a curatorial position at UNSM.

CRAFT

  • Elephant-themed craft station - Make fun elephant masks and other creations
  • "Spacecraft" - make your own mini rocket craft and see how far it launches. Can you reach the moon?
  • Flat Archie - color your own Archie to send to friends and see how far he travels. Or take him exploring with you this summer as you visit different places.

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