Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park

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Saturday with a Scientist on October 5 »

12:00-4:00pm

Experience the Smithsonian and become a paleontologist for a day! Learn about the family trees of elephants and whales from a variety of fossil-based activities developed with scientists at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Feature Fossil Find »

Student paleontologists were excavating next to the viewing deck again in 2017 when a variety of new finds were unearthed in the Hubbard Rhino Barn. Excavation will resume Memorial Day weekend!

Ashfall Fossil Beds Visitor Guide
Learn about the park’s history, geology and paleontology. Includes illustrations of animals found in the fossil beds. $24.95 plus sales tax & shipping. To order call the park at (402) 893-2000 or email ashfall2@unl.edu.

Hubbard Rhino Barn »

Visitors to Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park can share the same joy and adventure as the paleontologists who discover fossils in the new Hubbard Rhino Barn.

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