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MUSEUM CLOSED
The University of Nebraska State Museum Ashfall Fossil Beds is closed to the public ​per directed health guidance from the North Central Health District to follow CDC recommendations regarding group sizes and social distancing. We are taking these measures to focus on the health and well-being of our visitors, staff, students and the community. Once an opening date is set or if other changes occur, we will notify the public.

 

  • See the latest fossils to be unearthed by student paleontologists.

  • Ashfall Fossil Beds is a working research site that is unique and invaluable to science.

  • Watch as artist Gary Staab creates the bronze rhino and tortoise sculptures that grace the landscape at Ashfall Fossil Beds.

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Inside the Rhino Barn