NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF STATE MUSEUM theMammoth NOVMEBER 2011

First Peoples of the Plains Traditions Shaped by Land & Sky

Read more IN THIS ISSUE on pages 6-8. Sunday with a Scientist Sunday with a Scientist

First Peoples of the Plains ...... 6-8 Bayard Meteorite ...... 10 A Walk Through Time ...... 12-14 Fright at the Museum ...... 16-17 NaturePalooza Nebraska ...... 18-19 Visitors learn about solar systems. Sunday with a Scientist ...... 20-21 & MORE! The Mammoth is available in color online. Portrait by Don Doll, S.J. Now open in Morrill Hall A contemporary exhibit celebrating Native American cultures of the Great Plains. friendsofthemuseum.org museum.unl.edu University of Nebraska State Museum Portrait by Don Doll, S.J.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is an equal opportunity educator and employer. MORRILL FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS NEBRASKA HALL Mark A. Brohman, President STATE MUSEUM STAFF CALENDAR Lois Mayo, Vice President EX-OFFICIO David Rowe, Treasurer Priscilla C. Grew Director: Priscilla C. Grew AT A GLANCE Diane Pratt, Secretary Mike Madcharo Associate Director: Mark Harris Karen Amen Marcia Hollestelle ADVISORY COUNCIL Informal Science Education: Judy Diamond, Curator December 18 Michael Leite Judy Diamond Amy Spiegel Sunday with a Scientist Keely Rennie-Tucker Connie Pejsar Lynn Sobotka Norm Smith Education Coordinator: Kathy French “Rocks & Minerals” Diann Sorensen Mike Zeleny Museum Associates: Ann Cusick 1:30-4:30 p.m. Mark Sorensen Cindy Loope Mel Thornton ASHFALL CHAPTER Annie Mumgaard Natasha Vavra Mark Brogie, Ina Van der Veen Art Zygielbaum President February 4 Research Partnerships Coordinator: Brett Ratcliffe Dinosaurs and Disasters! Anthropology: Alan Osborn, Curator 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CONTACT INFORMATION NAGPRA/Collections Assistant: Susan Curtis Nebraska Archaeological Survey: Alan Osborn Director’s Office (402) 472-3779 Museum Information Line (402) 472-2642 Botany: Robert Kaul, Curator School Program Reservations (402) 472-6302 Collection Manager: Thomas Labedz Friends Office (402) 472-3779 Collections Assistant: Linda Rader Mueller Planetarium (402) 472-2641 Nebraska Hall Office (402) 472-2643 Entomology: Brett Ratcliffe, Curator Ashfall Beds (402) 893-2000 Collection Manager: M.J. Paulsen Trailside Museum (308) 665-2929 Geology: R.M. (Matt) Joeckel, Curator Museum Geological Specialist: Karl Baumgarten www.museum.unl.edu Invertebrate : Bob Diffendal, Curator February 24 Friends of the Museum Parasitology: Scott Gardner, Curator Annual Meeting & Dinner CONNECT Collection Manager: Gabor Racz *Invitations will be mailed to current WITH US! Vertebrate Paleontology: Jason Head, Curator Friends members. RSVPs will be required. Ross Secord, Curator MORRILL HALL Collection Manager: R. George Corner Preparators: Gregory Brown South of 14th and Vine Streets (402) 472-2642 Robert Skolnick February 25 University of Nebraska Ellen Stepleton “Minerals & Meteorites” Lincoln, Nebraska Highway Salvage Paleontologist: Shane Tucker Public Exhibit Opening Open Year Around Zoology: Patricia Freeman, Curator Monday-Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Collection Manager: Thomas Labedz Thursdays: 9:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. (Open Late!) Sundays: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Affiliated Courtesy, Adjunct, and Emeritus Faculty: Closed Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Anthropology: Thomas Myers December 24-25, and January 1 Entomology: Mary Liz Jameson Planetarium Closed Mondays & Husker home football Geology: Robert Diffendal, Samuel Treves game Saturdays Invertebrate Paleontology: David Watkins museum.unl.edu Parasitology: John Janovy, Mary Lou Pritchard ASHFALL FOSSIL BEDS Vertebrate Paleontology: Robert Hunt, Jr., for more event details! Michael Voorhies Zoology: Hugh Genoways, Paul Johnsgard 86930 517 Avenue (402) 893-2000 Royal, NE 68773 Ashfall Fossil Beds Superintendent: Rick Otto Located seven miles north of Highway 20 between Museum Specialist: Sandy Mosel Royal and Orchard, Nebraska. Trailside Museum Staff Assistant: Pattie Norman Open Seasonally.

For schedule, visit ashfall.unl.edu Accounting Clerk: Judy Ray Discovery Shop Manager: Marisa Kardell TRAILSIDE MUSEUM Exhibit Design Specialist: Ron Pike Graphics Design Specialist: Joel Nielsen PO Box 462 (308) 665-2929 Mueller Planetarium Supervisor: Jack Dunn Crawford, NE 69339 Public Relations Coordinator, Friends Liaison, Located on Highway 20 at , Nebraska. and Mammoth Newsletter Editor: Dana Ludvik Public Service Associate: Linda Beran Open Seasonally. Research Collections Staff Secretary: Gail Littrell For schedule, visit trailside.unl.edu Scientific Illustrator: Angie Fox 2 T H E M A M M O T H Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum FROM THE DIRECTOR

DEAR FRIENDS, As the State Museum’s 140th anniversary year draws to a close, I am amazed to think back over the dizzying range of accomplishments of our Museum family this year – so many special events, such a huge range of topics, plus record numbers of visitors and online admirers! We had science programming serving all ages, from participants in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute programs to our littlest fossil diggers in the Marx Discovery Center. The Museum’s first “Fright at the Museum” evenings drew all-time record crowds. Our Entomology Collection Manager, Matt Paulsen, was awarded the Lacordaire Prize from the Coleopterists Society for the best published Ph.D. dissertation in 2010. Jason Head, our new Vertebrate Paleontology Curator, worked on a Smithsonian TV documentary on giant snakes in South America to be broadcast in spring 2012. It’s all breathtaking, and it does go by so fast!! I chose three snapshots for this Director’s page to show you once more why I love the Museum. It gives us all chances to have exciting first-time experiences throughout the year. Here are three of my firsts this fall: --- In September I received my first-ever invitation to a Memorial Stadium skybox on Husker gameday. Friends President Mark Brohman and his wife Anessa and I were guests of the University of Nebraska Foundation when they invited a group of Museum supporters to enjoy the Tennessee-Chattanooga game. As he concludes his term of office, please join me in thanking Mark for his outstanding work as Friends President. --- Second, my first-ever lesson in plant science (under the watchful eye of Archie the Mammoth) at Sunday with a Scientist with the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. ---Third, my first visit to the Pawnee Arts Center in Dannebrog, Nebraska at the invitation of Nebraska author and humorist Roger Welsch, to hear a wonderful talk by Lakota journalist Charles Trimble on “Manifest Destiny.” That’s only three of the multitude of Museum events, and in the rest of this issue you will see all the other Museum doings that won’t fit on my Director’s page. Please join me in remembering Lingling Yuan and Kyla Ronhovde teach Priscilla corn science on September 18, as Archie the your State Museum when you are deciding on your end-of-year charitable contributions to the organizations that are important to Mammoth looks on. you, your family, and your community. — Priscilla C. Grew, Director

(Left to right) Priscilla Grew, Roger Welsch, and Charles Trimble at the Pawnee Arts Center in Friends President Mark Brohman and his wife Anessa joined Priscilla in the NU Foundation Dannebrog, Nebraska on November 13. skybox for the Tennessee-Chattanooga game Sept. 3. November 2011 3 FROM THE PRESIDENT

GREETINGS FRIENDS MEMBERS!

speaker, and new exhibit opening. It will be a very enjoyable I can’t believe my second evening, and I invite all members to join us at Morrill Hall on term of serving as President of the February 24th. Friends of the Museum is coming to a close. I have really enjoyed Happy Holidays! my two terms and look forward to — Mark A. Brohman, Board President continuing to serve on the Board. Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum I want to thank all of the Board members and especially the current officers. The Museum has excellent administrators and staff who have Mark Brohman, Friends President made my service very enjoyable. Hats off to Priscilla, Mark, Dana, SAVE THE DATE! and Kathy who have done such a wonderful job operating the Museum. Karen Amen will be leaving the Board after serving The Friends Annual two terms and I want to thank her for her service and insight. Meeting & Dinner will be I want to encourage all members to attend the Annual Friday, February 24! Meeting to be held on February 24, 2012. We will elect officers and potentially add some new Board members. Two All current Friends members will be invited in February. nominated new members at this time are Gary Gabelhouse More details to come. RSVP will be required. and Kelli Bacon. The business meeting (not mandatory) will be very brief, and then we’ll proceed to have a meal, guest

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BIG For details on corporate sponsorship opportunities, contact Connie Pejsar or Kaye Jesske at the University of Nebraska Foundation (402-458-1100 or Become a Sponsor! 800-432-3216) or Dana Ludvik at the Museum (402-472-3779).

The University of Nebraska State Please consider the following opportunities Museum is the state’s premier to engage your employees, enhance your corporate brand, and demonstrate your museum of natural history. commitment to community enrichment by As a sponsor, your support sponsoring the following: directly benefits one of Nebraska’s • Public Events most beloved institutions, while providing your • Mueller Planetarium Fulldome Shows organization with excellent visibility to our large • Educational Programming and diverse audiences. • New Exhibitions

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MUELLER PLANETARIUM The following schedule will be in effect Dec. 1-Feb. 2. www.spacelaser.com

At the University of Nebraska State Museum From historic Morrill Hall – home to “Archie the Mammoth” on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln campus -- to Ashfall Fossil Beds near Royal and the Trailside Museum at Fort Robinson, the University of Nebraska State Museum Saturdays & Sundays at 2 p.m. enriches the lives of more than 100,000 visitors and students each year, creating lifelong memories and A story of cosmic distances, and humanity’s quest to understand the inspiring a love of science and learning. universe. Take a journey of epic proportions across space and time!

The University of Nebraska is involved in a campaign to raise $1.2 billion to support students, faculty, research and programs. You can choose to help the museum by making a DAWN OF THE SPACE AGE contribution to the Friends of the University of Nebraska and a special Tribute to NASA’s State Museum Fund. Space Shuttle Program To learn more about the museum and the campaign, contact Connie Pejsar, [email protected], Saturdays & Sundays at 3 p.m. 402-458-1190 or 800-432-3216. & Thursdays at 7 p.m.

To give online, go to nufoundation.org/friendsofthestatemuseum “Dawn of the Space Age” traces the history of space exploration. Following the show, there will be a 3-minute feature honoring the Space Shuttle Program. NEW!

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FIRST PEOPLES OF THE PLAINS

Over 200 guests celebrated the opening of Morrill Hall’s newly renovated Native American gallery Sept. 30

On September 30, the University of Nebraska State Museum celebrated the grand opening of its renovated Native American gallery, “First Peoples of the Plains: Traditions Shaped by Land & Sky.” The gallery, curated by Dr. Alan Osborn, contains nine new exhibits as well as backlit interpretive panels and video monitors that explore the enduring traditions of Native American cultures of the Great Plains. Contemporary Native American culture is also represented through an introductory narrative, artwork, and poetry. In conjunction with the new exhibit, portraits of Native American children in traditional powwow regalia are on display in the hallway outside the gallery. These striking images are by award-winning photographer Don Doll, S.J. of Creighton University. More than 200 guests, including Friends members and tribal, state, and University dignitaries, attended the private exhibit opening at Morrill Hall. Traditional Native American food with a modern spin was served by Chez Hay Catering. Elegant, nature-inspired table decorations were donated by aBloom Floral. After guests explored the exhibit, they enjoyed the beautiful fall weather as they watched traditional drum and dance performances outside the Museum by the St. Augustine Indian Mission (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska) and “Blackshoulder” (Omaha Tribe of Nebraska). The exhibit and gallery renovation were made possible through generous support from the UNL Class of 1987 Fund, Dr. Anne M. Hubbard, and the Claire M. Hubbard Foundation. Special thanks to Anne Hubbard for making the reception such a wonderful event. These donors have made a significant impact on the Museum for future generations to enjoy. “First Peoples of the Plains” will be on permanent display on the third floor of Morrill Hall. — Dana Ludvik, Public Relations Coordinator

CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP: Visitors stand outside the ‘First Peoples’ gallery; a colorful back-lit panel describes the tradition of powwows; a view from the gallery; Curator Alan Osborn (on the right) visits with a guest.

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TOP ROW (from left): Guests stand outside Morrill Hall to watch the St. Augustine Indian Mission performance; Boys from St. Augustine prepare to dance. MIDDLE (from left): O.C. Earth of Winnebago, Nebraska holds son Osi while striking the Kateri Warrior drum outside Morrill Hall; The group “Blackshoulder” surrounds the ceremonial drum. BOTTOM ROW (from left): Girls from St. Augustine danced to the rhythm of the drum; Priscilla Grew presents a Pendleton blanket to Judi gaiashkibos, Executive Director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs; Anne Hubbard accepts a framed gallery poster as a gift honoring her support of the Museum. November 2011 7 NEWS & INFO

Morrill Hall presented a series of informal programs in conjunction with the opening of “First Peoples of the Plains.” On Oct. 1, artists Renee Geller of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and Irene White Eyes of the Lakota/Omaha Tribes of Nebraska demonstrated beadwork and showed visitors how to make their own Dream Catchers. On Nov. 8, Morrill hosted students from the Sovereign Native Youth Leadership Group and staff of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs. They were given a private tour of the exhibit by Director Priscilla Grew. On Nov. 12, tapestry artist Grete Bodogaard of South Dakota demonstrated the natural dye process used in traditional quillwork by Native Americans of the Great Plains — Dana Ludvik, Public Relations Coordinator

DREAM CATCHER/BEADWORK EVENT SOVEREIGN NATIVE YOUTH LEADERSHIP GROUP & NCIA GALLERY TOUR

NATURAL DYEING EVENT

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MORRILL HALL IN GOOD COMPANY WITH BIG TEN MUSEUMS

From natural history to the latest technology, the Big Ten Conference has great museums for Friends members to explore

Have you thought about taking a quick trip to follow the Huskers and watch them play out of town? And what better to do, than also visit a museum! In honor of the University of Nebraska’s first year in the Big Ten Conference, we wanted to take a quick look at other Big Ten schools’ museums. Our first stop is the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. The Orpheum Children’s Science Museum is located in downtown Champaign, where it is part of the we can enjoy a side trip to Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural community and connects with parents and their children by History— one of the largest natural history museums in the providing an immersive atmosphere of learning. The museum world. The Field Museum is made up of several branches, has multiple exhibits, including the Orpheum Animal Clinic, including Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Paleontology, and Water Works, and Dino Dig. The Water Works exhibit allows Zoology. The museum possesses a collection of rare books, children to work hands-on with the Earth’s water. including the Berthold Laufer collection and the Edward E. Ayer Next is Indiana University. The WonderLab Museum collection. of Science, Health, and Technology is located in Bloomington, Ohio State University and Center of Science and Indiana on the edge of the university. This museum reaches out Industry (COSI) both are located in the state’s capital, to all ages and offers hands-on exhibits. WonderLab’s second Columbus, Ohio. COSI’s newest exhibit for families is Dora floor has live insects, reptiles, amphibians, fish, coral and more. & Diego—Let’s Explore! Parents Magazine named COSI the Parents and children can also explore a simulation tree trunk to number one Science Center in the country. watch a working bee hive. North Museum of Natural History and Science is The University of Iowa’s closest museum is located in located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The museum has many Des Moines, Iowa. The Science Center of Iowa and Blank IMAX collections, including paleontology, birds, and Native American Dome Theater focuses more on how to learn and less on what artifacts. Along with the museum’s collections, they also have to learn. The Science Center of Iowa features the Star Theater, exhibits and planetarium shows that are presented through a which is a 50-foot domed digital planetarium and 6-story Blank state-of-the-art projection system. IMAX Dome Theater that seats audiences of up to 216. West Lafayette, Indiana is home to Purdue University Like Morrill Hall, the University of Michigan’s Exhibit and the Imagination Station. Imagination Station is a museum Museum of Natural History is located on campus in Ann of science, space, and technology. They have a historic fire truck Arbor, Michigan. A large amount of the museum was created ready to explore and an airplane simulator that helps visitors by the donation of their own alumnus, Joseph Beal Steere. And experience what it is like to be pilot. the third floor of the museum is home to the world’s largest Our last museum to explore is the Madison Children’s mastodon trackway on display. Museum in Madison, Wisconsin. The museum has several Michigan State University and Impression 5 Science exhibits, including a log cabin and an art studio. Its age-friendly Center are both located in Lansing, Michigan. Impression 5 has activities are great for the whole family. served nearly three million visitors since it opened in 1972. It As our explorations come to an end, Morrill Hall has many hands-on learning activities for all ages, including the wishes you safe travels. All the museums located within the First Impression Room and the Giant Eye. The Giant Eye hosts a Big Ten Conference are part of the Association of Science – 7-foot tall model of a human eye for visitors to explore. Technology Centers (ASTC) Passport Program, which means The Bell Museum of Natural History is located in Friends members may visit any of these museums with their Minneapolis on University of Minnesota campus. The Bell valid “Friends of the Museum” membership card and take Museum has a variety of special exhibits throughout the year. advantage of reciprocal benefits such as discounts and free Coffee: The World in Your Cup is currently on temporary admission. For a current list of ASTC Passport Program display. The Bell Museum also has many permanent exhibits too. benefits, visit: www.astc.org/members/passlist.htm If we follow the Huskers to Northwestern University, —Tara Behrens, Public Relations Intern November 2011 9 NEWS & INFO

BAYARD STONY METEORITE MAKES ITS WAY TO MORRILL HALL

On temporary loan, this amazing specimen will be featured in Morrill Hall’s upcoming “Minerals & Meteorites” exhibit

The famous Bayard stony meteorite will be the centerpiece of the Museum’s new “Minerals & Meteorites” exhibit, which is set to open February 24 in Morrill Hall’s Cooper Gallery. Meteorites are rare fragments of planetary objects that have landed on Earth. They can be further classified as irons, stones, or stony irons depending on their ratio of iron to silicate (stony) material. Although the Bayard is a stony meteorite composed mostly of silicate minerals, it does contain sufficient nickel-iron metal to be magnetic, and small, shiny metal fragments are visible on its surface. When meteorites fall, there is usually a trail of light in the sky. Most meteorites burn up between 50-30 miles above land. If you’re lucky, you may discover one in your own backyard. The 165-pound Bayard meteorite was discovered in 1982 by the late Dr. Arthur Struempler in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. At the time, Dr. Stuempler was a chemistry professor at Chadron State College. Mrs. Jo Struempler, wife of Arthur Struempler, and her son Michael Struempler, have graciously agreed to lend this well- known stony meteorite to the Museum for public exhibit. This summer, Associate Director Mark Harris traveled to Dr. Arthur Struempler poses with the meteorite he discovered in Scotts Bluff County in Colorado to pick up the prized object. 1982. (Photo taken at Chadron State College in 1986.) “This is one of the most important meteorite finds in the region,” said Harris. “It’s been a pleasure working with Jo and Mike in arranging for this loan. Their meteorite perfectly fits our exhibit. It’s fascinating, unique, and dwarfs anything we have around here that fell from space.” If you think you may have found a meteorite, contact the Museum at (402) 472-3779 to be in touch with a geologist and have it identified. Be sure to check out the Bayard meteorite and the other impressive rocks, minerals, and meteorites in the exhibit when it is unveiled next year! — Dana Ludvik, Public Relations Coordinator

This temporary exhibit will open February 25! Associate Director Mark Harris (right), and mover, pack the 165-pound Bayard meteorite Morrill Hall, Cooper Gallery for transport from Colorado.

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Museum Years of Memories Discovery! 1871 l 2011

4In honor of the State Museum’s 140th anniversary, 1we asked YOU to share some0 of your fondest memories of Morrill Hall, Ashfall, and Trailside.

I first went to the Museum when I was a little girl. I lived in Omaha, but my favorite aunt and uncle lived in Lincoln. My uncle was a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (James Ludwickson) and he liked to take me places where I would be entertained and learn at the same time. Later on when I was a student at UNL, I took a class in Morrill Hall. Just walking to my class brought back fond memories of the times I visited there as a child. After graduation, I moved to Wichita, Kansas with my husband Dan and son Jeff. We would go back to Omaha frequently to see our parents. On one occasion, we stopped in Lincoln and took Jeff, our daughter Lindsay, and my mom, Frances Meyer, to see the Museum. As you can see in the pictures, Jeff had a great time! Dan and Carol’s son, the late Jeff Dillon, stands by the space capsule that used to reside in front of Someday, we will be taking our grandchildren there. Morrill Hall, 1983. — Carol Dillon, Wichita, Kansas

Our son Jeff died in an auto accident in September of 1993. These photos of him were taken in 1983 when he was 6 years old. He had such a great time at the Museum. It wasn’t easy convincing him to go home that day! — Dan Dillon, Wichita, Kansas

SHARE YOUR MUSEUM MEMORIES If you would like one of your Museum memories to be considered for a future issue of The Mammoth, please send write-ups and JPEG photos to [email protected]. Jeff Dillon learns about beetles in what used to be called the Morrill Hall “Encounter Center,” 1983. November 2011 11 NEWS & INFO

A WALK THROUGH TIME Compiled by George Corner and Shane Tucker Since its founding in 1871, the Museum has captured the imagination of those who have entered its hallways. Dynamic exhibits, events, and people have shaped it into what it is today. Here are selected activities from the past 140 years. September 1968 KOLN/KGIN-TV aired a thirty-minute video 1869 The cornerstone of University Hall was laid. One- highlighting fossil discoveries made by the Museum and thousand mineral specimens, the first museum objects, were Highway Paleontology Program during the summer housed in this building. The Museum occupied a portion of field season. this building until 1888 when it moved into "Old" Nebraska Hall. University Hall was located near the Woods Art 1971 The Museum partnered with the State Historical Building on UNL's city campus and razed in 1948. Society and Sheldon Art Museum to host the 18th Annual Mountain Plains Museums Conference. 1891 E.H. Barbour, a graduate of Yale University who studied under paleontologist O.C. Marsh, came to the 1974 The Chancellor's list of priorities for the Capital University of Nebraska and became Chair of the Geology Gift Funds Campaign included a new Museum Department and Museum Director. building. 1925 E.H. Barbour and Ellery Davis visited the Denver 1986 The Don and Velma Lentz Center for Asian Museum to develop plans for Morrill Hall. Barbour and Culture opened on 3rd floor of Morrill Hall. In 2000, Charles Morrill made an earlier trip to several natural the gallery moved to Hewit Place at 12th and Q history museums in Europe. Streets. 1928 Marjorie Shanafelt, Curator of Visual Education, wrote a letter to the Committee on World Friendship Among Children applying for one of the Friendship Dolls. Miss Mie was shipped to Lincoln after exhibition in Minneapolis. 1936 T. Mylan Stout, Museum research associate, was bitten by a black widow spider during a field trip to South Dakota. He was sick for several days but suffered no lasting effects. 1995 A newly renovated Mesozoic Gallery opened on 1933 Several stolen museum the second floor of Morrill Hall. The project was specimens including several quartz partially funded with a National Science Foundation crystals were recovered after an grant. T. M. Stout arrest of a Lincoln man. 1998 The Museum's website debuted online. More than 1962 Fifty-six tons of unopened field jackets were 2 million people have visited the website since its moved from several buildings on UNL's city campus to inception. the University's Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead. This arrangement forced Museum staff to make a 100-mile round trip to get specimens for preparation in Nebraska Hall. Specimens were moved back to campus in 1989. 1962 The Sandhill crane, coyote, and passenger pigeon dioramas were added to the Hall of Nebraska Wildlife on the first floor of Morrill Hall. The crane is depicted along the Platte River, coyote near Toadstool Park, and pigeon within the Valley in Cherry County. 2005 A new permanent exhibit, Explore Evolution, 1962 The Museum was featured in a new series on opened on the third floor of Morrill Hall. The KUON-TV entitled "Science Museum Explorers Series". exhibits were funded with a $2.8M National Science Nineteen different programs aired between September Foundation grant and were installed at six and January of the following year. midwestern partner institutions. 12 T H E M A M M O T H Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum NEWS & INFO

October 1886 A group of advanced botany students organized a secret 1999 society, Sem. Bot., to assist with their department's Herbarium. By 1899, this collection contained more than 90,000 mounted plant specimens. In 1948, Botany became an official division of the Museum. 1904 Museum director, E.H. Barbour, was the superintendent of Nebraska exhibits for the World's Fair in St. Louis. In addition to the exhibits, he created a silent movie focusing on the state's agricultural industry and the city of Omaha. The motion picture attracted more than 2,000 people daily requiring additional seating and showings to accommodate the crowds. The state was Photo courtesy Craig Lind awarded one of the fair's ten grand prizes for its theater 1960 The Highway Salvage Paleontology Program was and gold medals for several exhibits. established. This cooperative effort between the Nebraska Department of Roads and University of Nebraska State Museum has recovered more than 200,000 specimens in its 50-year history.

1961 A shrunken head of pre-1900 vintage was stolen from a display case in the stairwell between the first and second floors of Morrill Hall. The case included ethnographic materials of the forest- 1945 The Museum announced plans for a "Hall of dwelling Jivaro Indians Nebraska Birds and " on the first floor of from Ecuador and Peru. Morrill Hall. Sixteen dioramas would feature wildlife The thief removed several throughout the state in their native habitats. screws from the case to gain access to the head. 1949 A tornado hit the home of Museum director C.B. Schultz tearing off its roof and destroying several walls. It was his third tornado encounter in 20 years. 1969 The entomology research collection was moved into Nebraska Hall from UNL's east campus. 1956 The first installment of the "Museum Notes" series was published. 1986 Fourth-graders from across the state donated $4,262 toward renovations at Morrill Hall. 1990 Matt Joeckel, Museum graduate student and future Curator of Geology, received the Romer Prize for best student research paper at the annual Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting.

1998 The Museum hosted a first day of issue ceremony for a new Space Station stamp. 2006 A gift from the Hubbard Family Foundation provided funding for a new Rhino Barn at Ashfall Fossil Beds. The building was dedicated in June 2009. 1957 Ralph Mueller donated skeletal mounts of a cat chasing a mouse to the Museum. These specimens are 2009 The "Weapons Throughout Time" exhibit opened incorporated into the Barnyard Animals exhibit on the in the Cooper Gallery on the third floor of Morrill Hall. second floor of Morrill Hall. In 2011, it was moved to its current location.

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From the Field

1928 Paleontological field work involves a sharp eye and 1986 Museum gentler touch. A young student worker wrote back to paleontologists and more Lincoln saying he wasn't having much success in the field than 20 volunteers and asking what sort of material to send back. E.H. performed an Barbour's secretary replied with the following ". . . use underwater dig at Lake your own brains about some of the things but on the McConaughy. The scuba whole you should send everything in. That is what you are team dove in 16 feet of out for and you will find that if you return without having water to excavate a 9 sent in a lot of material that you will not be as cordially million-year-old received as you expected." The intern logged the following carnivore den site. The entry in his field journal three weeks later. "We got 40 group collected more sticks of dynamite from the State road men. We returned than 50 specimens over a to ------Canyon and blasted all day. We had a little better period of four days. luck but most of the bones seemed to be fragmentary." Their finds included , rhinoceros, three- toed , four-tusked Photo courtesy Ken Bouc/Nebraskaland Magazine elephant, saber-toothed cat, and wolf-sized bone-crushing dog remains. Many of the bones had puncture holes and gnawed ends made by carnivores. This site was unusual because they recovered a high percentage of carnivore remains. At most sites, there is one meat-eater for every 100 plant-eaters however at the Lake McConaughy locality the ratio of carnivores to herbivores was 1 to10.

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1962 1962 In early June, Ben Ferguson and George McMillan were surveying for a possible dam site when they discovered a femur and pelvis eroding out of a bank near the badlands northwest of Crawford. They reported their finds to staff at Trailside Museum who identified the remains as mammoth. Three student interns, including emeritus Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Michael Voorhies, were stationed at Fort Robinson State Park with the task of collecting 34 million-year-old from Toadstool Park over the summer. Ben and George's finds 1999 Highway construction on Nebraska Highway 71 south were originally believed to be from a single skeleton so the of Gering, Nebraska uncovered a 20-23 million-year-old student workers continued collecting at Toadstool during river channel. Highway paleontologist Bruce Bailey and the day and spent their free time working on the museum staff excavated these fossiliferous sands as mammoth. After uncovering the initial skeleton, they contractors worked around them. They collected 600 discovered a second skull with its tusks intertwined with specimens over a period of six weeks including several the first one. The crew finished excavating these species that were rare or completely unknown from interlocked behemoths shortly before the fall semester Nebraska deposits. Sixty species were recovered including a began with the assistance of local residents. These 12,000 new species of beaver, three species of three-toed horse, year old bull mammoths fought to the death for mating saber-toothed "deer", tapir, anthracothere (hippo-like rights during the musth, an annual period of heightened ), sling-shot horned "deer", and a six-foot tall aggression in elephants. The Crawford Mammoths are the flightless bird. The Highway Paleontology Program only known occurrence of large extinct mammals found reopened the site after construction and worked it through locked in combat. 2005.

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ENTOMOLOGY DIVISION HAD ANOTHER BUSY FIELD SEASON

The field season brings opportunities to augment the species. Historically important collections like the NHM UNSM insect collection, and this summer was no exception. hold huge amounts of irreplaceable material, such as the Entomology Collection Manager M.J. Paulsen conducted field beetles collected by Charles Darwin during the Beagle research in southern Japan for three weeks in May. The trip voyage, which often require some detective work to locate. was made possible through overseas collaborators who were The chance to work in such an historic collection was a great looking for specific beetles for their research. The first collecting privilege and a tremendous opportunity that will also benefit localities were the southernmost islands of Japan, Iriomote Dr. Paulsen’s research. — M.J. Paulsen, Collection Manager and Ishigaki, which are subtropical. Additional collecting was done on Okinawa and on Kyushu, the southernmost main island. Numerous species of insects were collected that were PAULSEN WINS NATIONAL ENTOMOLOGY AWARD not previously in the Museum’s holdings. Twenty-five genera M.J. Paulsen, Division of of scarab beetles, one the division’s primary areas of emphasis, Entomology Collections Manager, were collected on the trip. Highlights include scarab beetles of received the 2010 Lacordaire the rarely collected genus Odochilus, which were sifted from Prize from the Coleopterists beach sand on the southern islands, and the stag beetle Nigidius, Society at their annual meeting which was chopped from rotting logs on Okinawa. There are in Reno, Nevada, on 15 November many biogeographical links between the insects of Japan and 2011. The Lacordaire Prize is of North America, and the material collected is important for given for the best published morphological and molecular research. monograph on beetles that Curator Brett Ratcliffe conducted research in Guatemala was the product of a PhD in June, and his report will appear in a future Mammoth. dissertation. The selection was Entomology Collection Manager M.J. Paulsen was made by a society committee of invited and funded by the Natural History Museum, London, renowned beetle specialist. M.J.’s UK to visit and work in the collection for three weeks in August monograph was entitled “The and September. The Natural History Museum boasts one of Stag Beetles of Southern South the world’s best collections of stag beetles, Dr. Paulsen’s primary America (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)” group of expertise. He assisted the NHM with the curation of and was published in the Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. M.J. their stag and scarab beetles, identifying over 2500 specimens to completed his degree with the supervision of Brett Ratcliffe, Curator of Entomology. For further information, visit: www.unl.edu/museum/research/entomology/ SSAMLucanidae.html

BOTANY VOLUNTEER NEEDED The Bessey Herbarium of the Division of Botany is seeking a short-term volunteer to assist in scientific mounting of botanical specimens for the research collections. Recent field season acquisitions indicate a need for assistance at least one day per week, mornings only, to process specimens in a timely manner. No experience is necessary but very careful attention to detail and willingness to learn varying processes are essential. If interested, please contact Collections Manager Thomas Labedz at [email protected] or call (402) 472-1607 for more information.

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FRIGHT AT THE MUSEUM A HIT WITH LINCOLN FAMILIES

3,400 visitors attended the first-ever Morrill Hall-o-ween event Oct. 26-27

The Museum’s first-ever “Fright at the Museum” event was held Oct. 26 and 27 at Morrill Hall. Over the two days, a record number of visitors came to be scared silly on the Museum’s “Three Tiers of Terror.” Over 3,400 children and their parents explored spook-tacular activities on each floor, including hands-on games, live creatures, candy giveaways, scary science, music, and more. The “Super Fun” first floor provided hands-on activities for young children including bean bag toss, ladder ball toss, and a “Treat Trail” in the Hall of Nebraska Wildlife. There were also live (and dead) creatures to investigate. Members of the UNL Biology Club had “scary science” on display with tarantulas and snakes. The students also showed visitors how to dissect creatures like mice and frogs. The UNL Entomology Club brought insects for children to touch, including beetles, cockroaches, and a giant millipede. The Museum’s Division of Parasitology also had a table with tapeworms and other fascinating parasites in jars. After getting their fill of creepy crawlies, the children boogied down and hula-hooped it up in the “Dino Disco.” The “Franken-Critter” art station was also a highlight. The second floor was for all ages and included spooky fun with a Candy Catapult, Black Light Room, Candy Cascade, Mesozoic Monster Room, Tornado Alley, and the “Sea Monsters” planetarium show. Finally, brave visitors went through the “Seriously Scary” third floor where zombies and other scary surprises awaited them. — Dana Ludvik, Public Relations Coordinator

We would like to thank the following groups for making Fright at the Museum a wildly successful event: The Museum Enhancement Committee, the Friends of the Museum, Channel 10/11, State Troopers Association of Nebraska, UNL Biology Club, UNL Department of Entomology, Safe Kids Lincoln-Lancaster County, Oriental Trading Company, Hy-Vee, Lincoln Zombie Walk, Spirit Halloween, Party America, and ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS!

Thank you to our Fossil Funders!

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Photos by Dana Ludvik

November 2011 17 EDUCATION

WHAT IS NATUREPALOOZA?

Over 600 visitors attended the 2nd annual event about Nebraska’s natural resources Nov. 6

If you Google NaturePalooza for a definition, you will read the following: “an all-out crazy party; partying at one place with a ton of people like there’s no tomorrow.” You will also find many references to Morrill Hall! Well, you were not partying like there’s no tomorrow. They were still may be a little confused and still be asking, what IS this learning science! Younger folks were creating their own NaturePalooza all about? invasive species and busy making bracelets as they learned On Sunday, November 6th, the UNL School of about sand bars and piping plovers. Older visitors were Natural Resources was well represented in the Museum taking quizzes about drought on the big screen with clickers hallways. You could touch snakes and fish, view weather data as well as answering questions about Nebraska’s water. Some in ‘real’ time, ‘mess around’ with stream and water flows were trying to carry water like many in Africa do – on their in both natural and manmade landscapes. There were 17 heads! There were stations to learn about animals that call stations, with SNR faculty, staff, and students showcasing Nebraska home by touching pelts, mounts, skulls, and track some of Nebraska’s wonderful natural resources. This was ways. It was a HUGE success and a wonderful way to bring a fun, family science event for all ages, and it was the 2nd many treasures of Nebraska to so many in one afternoon– a year held at Morrill Hall. You could say that the over 600 REAL NaturePalooza! attendance WAS a ton of people all at one time, but they — Kathy French, Education Coordinator

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Pumping water through a ground water model; Visitors discover what happens to the runoff water in their neighborhoods; Two corn snakes. One is an albino; Investigating today’s weather at a functioning station; Making sense of geography through puzzles and Google Earth. OPPOSITE PAGE: Vistiors get up close and personal with Nebraska fish.

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Frank Rack (left) talks about the ANDRILL Program. Visitors made necklaces from plant material. On August 21, visitors learned about climate change. The program, “Drilling for Cold Facts,” was led by Professor On September18, visitors explored plant science with David Harwood and Associate Professor Frank Rack in the researchers from the UNL Center for Plant Science Innovation UNL Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and U.S. (CPSI). The program, “Feeding the World in the 21st Century,” ANDRILL (ANtarctic geological DRILLing) Program. was led by scientists Ed Cahoon, Tom Clemente, Gilles Basset, The ANDRILL Program is comprised of an and David Holding. international team of scientists who study Antarctic geology in Visitors explored the different methods scientists use order to understand past and future climate change. to find solutions to the problem of addressing the world’s food Visitors learned how scientists conduct deep drilling demands, such as improving plant quality and crop yield. They through the continent’s ice and bedrock to recover cores that also learned about genetically modified crops and how they yield important clues about climate history. move from the laboratory to the kitchen table. 20 T H E M A M M O T H Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum EDUCATION

FOSSILS Photos by Priscilla Grew and Tara Behrens OCTOBER

Rob Skolnick talks about fossils and birds.

Shane Tucker holds a microfossil for visitors to see.

George Corner explains how to identify fossils.

Gregory Brown unveils a fossil cast.

The program on October 16 allowed visitors to interact with the paleontologists from the State Museum’s Division of Vertebrate Paleontology. Visitors learned about Nebraska fossils through demonstrations and hands-on activities. They also learned how scientists identify, prepare, and study fossils. Children sorted gravel for microfossils and investigate them through a microscope. This event was held in conjunction with the American Geological Institute’s National Earth Science Week (Oct. 9-15) and National Fossil Day (Oct. 12).

— Dana Ludvik, Public Relations Coordinator Ellen Stepleton gives visitors a close-up look fossils. November 2011 21 EDCUCATION

CAMP ACROSS LINCOLN ‘ORIGINS’ ART EXHIBIT

Children visit Morrill Hall as part of the week-long summer camp New student art exhibit draws from science of bats

Five days, five places, one camp! The Museum On Nov. 11, a new art exhibit opened at Morrill partnered with some of Lincoln’s favorite family destinations Hall that highlights the artistic side of the Museum’s research this summer to provide day campers with fun and educational collections. “Origins” is a collection of ten paintings by UNL Master of Fine Arts student Audrey Stommes. The activities across the city July 25-29. series depicts bats in the Museum’s Division of Zoology, Morrill Hall, Lincoln Children’s Museum, Lux Center interweaving postmodern artistic expression with elements of for the Arts, Lincoln Children’s Zoo, and Pioneer Park Nature scientific research. It will be on display through January. Center combined forces to create a week of hands-on fun for “Origins” reflects the transitional state of ambiguity campers ages 6-9. They explored everything from art activities, between humans and animals. to learning about animals, to mucking in the water. “I wanted the pieces to explore the idea of humans as animals, and the similarities we have,” said Stommes. “Bats The Morrill Hall day found this group boarding a have the same bone structure as humans except for their skull time machine and going back in time. They cruised through and wings. By painting them slightly off, and making their geologic time as paleontologists, searching for clues, trying to origins less recognizable, I tried to push the question of ‘what make sense out of fossils and the stories they tell us about life is it?’” in the past. We also were out of this world, investigating the Stommes began sketching specimens in the Zoology moon and learning about the moon’s phases. preparation lab in 2010. Over time, her interest in the collections grew into the “Origins” exhibit. If this sounds like a week of fun, mark your 2012 “Working in the Zoology collections has been an calendars at the end of July. It’s five times the fun wrapped up amazing opportunity. With my work, I not only want to enjoy in one camping experience. See you next year! my paintings and get something from the experience— but I — Kathy French, Education Coordinator also hope to raise awareness of this amazing part of campus that is not commonly known,” said Stommes. The collaboration has been rewarding for the Museum researchers as well. “Audrey’s art offers a fresh, creative, and respectful interpretation of the scientific research collections from the perspective of fine art,” said collections manager Thomas Labedz. “Her work in Zoology has helped us adopt a more artistic eye towards what we see daily in the care and research of museum collections.” — Dana Ludvik, Public Relations Coordinator

Audrey Stommes paints a goose from the Museum’s Division of Zoology. Camp Across Lincoln attendees explored the “time machine.”

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*Ashfall Fossil Beds re-opens May 1, 2012 ASHFALL FOSSIL BED’S NEW RHINO REPLICA *The Trailside Museum re-opens in April 2012 The cast, known as “Sandy,” helps Ashfall visitors understand skeletons in the Hubbard Rhino Barn

Giant rhinos found at Ashfall? No, it’s all just a matter of perspective! Mike Voorhies, Curator Emeritus for Vertebrate Paleontology, examines this season’s new excavations next to the large molded replica of a rhino (Teleoceras major) dubbed “Sandy.” In June, the labeled replica was installed near the walkway to help visitors better understand skeletons. — Gregory Brown, Preparator for Vertebrate Paleontology

Photo by Gregory Brown

THE TRAILSIDE MUSEUM WINDS DOWN FOR WINTER

The second half of the season has gone by quickly, Era. Although there are several ranches that allow people to and with the changing colors of Fort Robinson’s cottonwood fossil hunt, the groups struggle to find places to hunt. The trees, it reminds us that it is almost time to close the Trailside Rock Shop is doing well and has become a popular place to Museum for the season. This fall brings with it the usual battle spend time toward the end of their tour through the Museum. with wasps and boxelder bugs, but this year to our delight Paleontologists Olga Potapova, Collections Curator/ hundreds of ladybugs joined the menagerie of fall insects. Manager of The Hot Springs Mammoth Site and her colleague, Labor Day weekend was a record weekend at Trailside. Dr. Evgeny Mashchenko, from the Moscow Institute of Visitors came from all areas of Nebraska, Wyoming, and Paleontology, spent five days at the museum in September Colorado and as far away as New York and Florida. The month measuring the Trailside Mammoths. Dr. Mashchenko and of September brought several groups of equestrians to Fort Dr. Larry Agenbroad are doing a comparative study of two Robinson each weekend. The American Paint Association, mammoth species, Columbian and Wooly. It was interesting Arabian Horse Association, Rocky Mountain Fox Trotters and for the staff and guests to watch the two work. Hags on Nags, as well as local groups brought their to This year, the Trailside Museum was the only museum ride the beautiful Fort Robinson area. The groups visited the open in October at Fort Robinson. The State Historical Museum in the late afternoons and on poor weather days. Society Fort Robinson Museum closed seasonally at the end Several groups of fossil hunters came to the museum in August of September and will no longer be open year round. Fall is and September. The groups enjoyed the Museum and found a quiet time to reflect on the past year and to start looking the exhibits informative, especially the mural of the Cenozoic forward to the 2012 season. — Pattie Norman, Museum Assistant November 2011 23 CURRENT FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP

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