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07/28/2009
Museum's 82-year-old friendship doll to make homecoming visit to Japan
For the first time in over 20 years, Miss Mie, the 82-year-old Japanese "friendship doll" now in the University of Nebraska State Museum's anthropology collection, will return to her original home in Japan. On July 31, the historic and beautifully cr…
12/19/2005
Museum to return world-class battling mammoths fossil to Panhandle
More than 10,000 years ago, a pair of "testosterone-crazed" bull mammoths crossed paths on the ice age high plains in what would one day be western Nebraska. Nearly equal in size and around 40 years old each, the two Columbian mammoths -- one with a …
02/3/2012
Museum postpones 'Dinos and Disasters' to Feb. 11
Due to projected inclement weather, the University of Nebraska State Museum has postponed the Feb. 4 "Dinosaurs and Disasters" event. It has been rescheduled to 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Feb. 11 at Morrill Hall. …
02/11/2012
04/16/2012
Museum celebrates Astronomy Day with astronaut Anderson April 28
Astronomy Day will be celebrated April 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall, south of 14th and Vine streets on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus. The event will feat…
04/28/2012
10/30/2009
Mueller Planetarium's 'Touching the Universe' starts Nov. 8
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will begin showing "Touching the Universe," a new fulldome show featuring beautiful photography from three amateur astrophotographers based in the Midwest. It will be presented Saturdays …
11/8/2009
11/16/2009
Mueller Planetarium's 'Holiday Music Magic' starts Nov. 28
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will begin showing "Holiday Music Magic: The Fulldome Experience," a new show featuring a variety of holiday music classics. It will be presented Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays and Sun…
11/28/2009
09/23/2009
Mueller Planetarium's 'Flight to the Moon' starts Oct. 3
Mueller Planetarium's new fulldome show will be a "big hit" -- for science. Beginning Oct. 3, the planetarium will feature "Flight to the Moon," a show exploring NASA's LCROSS mission. The purpose of the mission is to search for the presence of water…
10/3/2009
07/22/2013
Mueller Planetarium's 'Dinosaurs at Dusk' opens July 23
Mueller Planetarium in the University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History's Morrill Hall has announced its summer fulldome schedule beginning July 23. The schedule includes the new fulldome show, "Dinosaurs at Dusk.' …
07/23/2013
01/18/2013
Mueller Planetarium updates winter fulldome schedule
Mueller Planetarium in the University of Nebraska State Museum's Morrill Hall has announced its updated fulldome schedule starting Feb. 3. The new schedule includes "Dark," a show exploring the nature of…
02/3/2013
01/7/2004
Mueller Planetarium Updates Programs About Mars Rovers
In view of the success of Spirit, the Mars exploration rover, Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will add updates of the latest images and information from Spirit to its Mars planetarium shows this month. The shows will be pres…
01/5/2011
Mueller Planetarium updates January schedule
Mueller Planetarium in the University of Nebraska State Museum's Morrill Hall will update its schedule effective Jan. 6. Audiences can learn about mysterious black holes on Thursdays at 7 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays, audiences can explore new worl…
01/2/2011
11/11/2009
Mueller Planetarium to unveil mural-sized images from NASA
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will take visitors on a journey to the center of our galaxy when it unveils two new mural-sized images of the Milky Way's core, as seen by all three of NASA's Great Observatories: the Hu…
11/15/2009
04/12/2005
Mueller Planetarium to unveil Hubble Telescope images
Visitors will be able to witness a spectacular event at 1 p.m. April 25 at the University of Nebraska State Museum's Mueller Planetarium when two new mural-sized images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will be unveiled to the public. The stunni…
04/25/2005
03/25/2004
Mueller Planetarium to Present Live 'Mars Updates' Through April
Because of the exciting discoveries made by the Mars Exploration Rovers, Ralph Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has modified its Mars shows to become focused as live "Mars Updates" at 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays through A…
05/27/2015
Mueller Planetarium to present Fulldome Festival May 30
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall, 645 N. 14th St., will host a special day of six back-to-back fulldome shows Saturday, May 30. Visitors can get up close and personal to nature's most powerful and extrem…
05/30/2015

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