The University of Nebraska State Museum, also known as Elephant Hall, is a natural history museum dedicated to the biodiversity, paleontology, and cultural diversity of Nebraska. Founded in 1871, the University of Nebraska State Museum features the world's most impressive collection of fossil elephants, along with other displays of ancient weapons, minerals and meteorites, bizarre beasts, monsters of the ancient seas, dinosaurs, and African and Native American cultures. The museum also features interactive wildlife dioramas, the hands-on Marx Science Discovery Center, a rock shop, and a gift shop selling a variety of museum-related items.

Morrill Hall, 645 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, Phone: 402-472-2642

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