University of Nebraska State Museum

This is the museum you should spend the night at, if you ever win a really bizarre contest. I've always thought Africa has the modt interesting animals. Anazingly, the ancestors of almost every single one of them used to live in Nebraska! Part zoo (dead animals plus present day ones) part awesome, dinosaur stuffed natural history museum, this is the most overwhelming museum I've been to so far in my quest to hit as many dinosaur museums in the American west as I can.The history of the state is packed with lots of displays besides just the ones I seek out; This is absolutely a world class museum, for the measly entrance fee of $8. Make sure ypu buy your tickets ahead of time, online. I didnt realize this, but they let me in anyway. I think they are called 'timed tickets' or something, there is not a word about this on Google maps, so now you know. It is spacious enough, with 4 floors and dozens of large exhibits on each floor, that you can easily avoid absolutely every single screaming kid and massive family group also roaming the exhibits. A detailed Charles Darwin section is the most complete one I've seen, covering his entire life, as well as his discoveries.The gift shop is full of interesting little trinkets for not very much money as well.All in all, a museum definitely worth the trip!

Staff was wonderful. Had trouble finding parking specifically for the museum. But one phone call fixed that and I found the parking spots. Make sure you know you license plate of your vehicle. The interactive exhibits were aweome and fun. I was just geeking out the whole time.