University of Nebraska State Museum
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University of Nebraska State Museum is a museum in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 357 m. The nearest named place is Archie, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The University of Nebraska State Museum (the NU State Museum) is a natural history museum housed in Morrill Hall on the campus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska. Founded in 1871, it features biodiversity, paleontology, and cultural diversity from across the Great Plains. It became a Smithsonian Affiliate in 2013. The State Museum comprises four floors with ten permanent exhibits. Among these are Elephant Hall, which houses the world's largest articulated fossil mammoth among its collection of fossil elephants, and Mueller Planetarium, an interactive science center. Other exhibits feature paleontology, ancient life and evolution, wildlife, gems and minerals, and American Indian and African artifacts.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1871.
Wikidata Q4121358, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Archie: 0.0 mi
- Greenpoint: 0.1 mi
- Breach: 0.1 mi
- Prismatic Flake Geometric: 0.1 mi
- Ouranos: 0.1 mi
- Donald and Lorena Meier Commons: 0.1 mi
- Trago Spray Park: 0.6 mi
- Lintel Park: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln Mall: 0.8 mi
- McWilliams Park: 0.9 mi
- Nebraska State Historical Society Building: 0.2 mi
- Great Plains Art Museum: 0.3 mi
- Lincoln Children's Museum: 0.3 mi
- Museum of Nebraska History: 0.4 mi
- Lincoln Fire & Rescue Museum: 0.5 mi
- Enright Garden: 0.0 mi
- Andrews Garden: 0.0 mi
- Donaldson Garden: 0.1 mi
- Burnett Garden: 0.1 mi
- Cather Garden: 0.1 mi
- Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame: 0.1 mi
- National Champions: 0.1 mi
- University of Nebraska Historical Marker: 0.2 mi
- Chief Standing Bear: 0.3 mi
- Lincolns Founding Block Historical Marker: 0.4 mi
- Hands-On Prairie: 5.0 mi
- Harrington Prairie: 5.0 mi
- Hilltop Prairie: 5.1 mi
- Verley Prairie: 5.7 mi
- Prairie Pines Nature Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Detroit-Lincoln-Denver Highway Marker: 1.0 mi
- Nebraska Copy of Liberty Bell: 2.1 mi
- Robber's Cave Tours: 2.8 mi
- Roca Berry Farm: 11.9 mi
- Elk Prairie: 24.8 mi
- Master Tables: 4.6 mi
- Blue River Rest Area Eastbound: 18.8 mi
- shoreline to reservoir: 22.8 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:03 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:21 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:19 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 67 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4615882385
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