Exhibits
Cherish Nebraska
Explore Nebraska and channel your inner scientist!
Seven galleries celebrate Nebraska’s natural heritage – the diversity of life that has been shaped over millennia by Nebraska’s changing environments. Visitors can journey from Nebraska’s landscapes through time and space and learn how our state’s natural heritage – our birds, plants and animals - is shaped by geological changes and human impacts.
With a variety of digital and mechanical interactives, crawl through spaces and hundreds of specimens and objects visitors can investigate on their own, the new floor provides over 11,000 square feet of exploration.
Visitors can experience the joy and excitement of scientific discovery as they learn about University of Nebraska research, talk with scientists in the Visible Lab, and investigate their own research questions in the Science Exploration Zone.
These exhibits were made possible by the generous donations of the Hubbard Family Foundation, Ruth and Bill Scott Foundation, Nebraska Environmental Trust, and rest of recognition board. Over 50 scientists donated their time to the research needed to create the exhibits designed by Gallagher & Associates, and fabrication led by Pacific Studios. Northern Lights Production designed and created the digital displays, interactive parasite table, and digital globe videos.
