Exhibits

Toren Gallery of Ancient Life

Many embedded fossils of marine life that resemble long stemmed flowers.

Explore the Paleozoic Era - a time before dinosaurs - and investigate what lifeforms were roaming Earth.


 

Entrance plate title for the Arms, Armor & Anthropology exhibit next to a woven piece of armor.
A collection of swords on display in the exhibit.
A collection of firearms on display in the exhibit.

The exhibit is made possible with a gift of more than $300,000 to the University of Nebraska Foundation from the museum's longtime benefactor, the Theodore F. and Claire M. Hubbard Family Foundation of Omaha.

"Bizarre Beasts" was previously displayed in leading museums such as the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh and the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, among others.