Morrill Hall will close at 3:30pm on Friday, October 3 due to Homecoming Activities on campus. The Curious Curator Cafe will close at 3:00pm. 
There will be no museum parking at Morrill Hall on Saturday, October 4 due to the Nebraska home football game. ADA spots will be open, but subject to UNL Parking and Transit game day fee. Morrill Hall and the Curious Curator Cafe will operate normal hours. Thank you, and Go Big Red.

Collections & Research

Research at the Museum

Our Work

  • At the University of Nebraska State Museum (UNSM), the curatorial research faculty members are widely recognized authorities in their fields. They win major grants and publish regularly in journals.

University of Nebraska State Museum researchers are actively engaged in field and onsite research.

Research Collections

Where life on Earth is preserved and made accessible for present and future study. We have been Nebraska's biodiversity repository for nearly 150 years with over 13 million specimens and artifacts from around the world.