Join the museum and friends as we dive into our local ecology! Discover how different species of flora and fauna live, grow, and work together around us every day. From towering trees to tiny insects, explore the hidden connections that make our environment thrive. Don’t miss this fun and engaging look at the world just outside our door.

Join UNSM educators and our education interns to explore time. What is it? How do we perceive it? And how does it affect our lives. Hands on activities included with museum admission.

Blast off into a fun whirlwind of space exploration. Campers will get a behind-the-scenes understanding of what it takes for astronauts to take a journey to the moon, examine the differences between other planets in the solar system and our own, and get to experience our state-of-the-art Mueller Planetarium. This camp is only offered during the morning and is best suited for ages 6 - 8.

Did you know Elephants used to live in Nebraska? Rhinos too? Nebraska and the organisms that used to call it home have changed a lot in the last 14 million years. With the help of our resident paleontologists, Campers will get to explore ancient life throughout the Museum and will complete their own fossil dig. This camp is best suited for ages 9 - 11.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to put a museum exhibit together behind the scenes? Campers will explore several unique aspects of our museum from invertebrate fossils, the solar system, natural landscapes, and art in science, all while exploring how these exhibits were created. Curators and staff in our exhibit team and collections will get to meet with campers and show them the exiting things they work on at the museum. Campers will also get to imagine and create their own exhibit idea. This camp is best suited for ages 9 - 11.

As our camp coordinator likes to say, “Naturalists know a little about a lot of different things” (Ann). Campers will get to explore Nebraska’s wildlife and landscapes through exploration and hands-on experiences. Campers will get experience using tools real naturalists use in citizen science projects. Some topics include plants, wetlands, mammals, birds, geology, insects, reptiles, astronomy, and much more! This camp is best suited for ages 9 - 11.