University of Nebraska State Museum

Nebraska


See what the university's own legions of Indiana Jones's have been up to at the campus museum, where archeological and academic discoveries are displayed. Areas include the Jurassic Dinosaur Gallery, the First Peoples of the Plains Gallery and the Hall of Nebraska Wildlife. (Fear not, the displays are much more interesting than the stodgy academic names.)


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