Watch award-winning paleo-artist Gary Staab and his staff painstakingly recreate a 65 million year old Xiphactinus fish in this time elapse video. It is simply amazing!
Xiphactinus Comes to Life
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At the Museum
**Museum will be closing at 5 pm on February 17**
Programs
Preschool Playday: Sat, March 9
Up Close: Fri, March 8 & Sat, March. 9
2019 Oscar Nominated Short Films
Thur, Feb. 21:
5:15pm Animated | 7:15 Live Action
Fri, Feb. 22:
5:15pm Animated | 7:15 Live Action
Sat, Feb. 23:
10:15am & 5:15pm Animated | 7:15 Live Action
Sun, Feb. 24:
2pm Live Action | 5:15 Animated
Large-Format Films
Showtimes valid through Feb. 21
Turtle Odyssey 3D
Fri: 1p, 3p
Sat: 3p, 5p
Sun: 1p
Tues: 1p, 3p
Wed: 9:45a, 1p, 3p
Thu: 1p, 3p
America’s Musical Journey 3D
Sat: 6p
America’s Musical Journey 2D
Fri: 2p
Tues-Thu: 2p
Dream Big 2D
Fri-Sun: 4p
Planetarium:
The Sky Tonight
Wed-Sun: 3p
Mayan Archaeoastronomy
Wed-Sun: 2p
To Space & Back
Sat: 6p
Coming Soon:
Superpower Dogs
Opens March 2019
Hours & Directions
Museum Hours
**Museum will be closing at 5 pm on February 17**
Current Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Thursday: 10 a – 4 p
Friday & Saturday: 10 a – 8 p
Sunday: 9 a – 6 p
Museum News
02/15/19 11:38 AM
Sandy Dennis Film Festival
02/14/19 2:40 PM
Hastings Museum Introduces Low Sensory Sundays
02/1/19 10:15 AM
2019 Oscar Nominated Short Films
02/1/19 10:04 AM
Superpower Dogs Coming Soon to the Super Screen
11/9/18 12:58 PM
We the People
On Twitter
- We’re on a field trip to Morrill Hall & Nebraska History Museum! We are talking with other Museum professionals and… https://t.co/3XvP8IEKzt about 6 hours ago
- RT @HastingsCollege: REMINDER: There's a local film premiere tonight at @HastingsMuseum, and the three different short films were produced… 03:53:33 PM February 17, 2019
- Hastings Museum debuts Low Sensory Sunday, Feb. 17, from 9 am to noon, the Museum will lower sounds and lights, and… https://t.co/jnOqZ5lNiu 11:30:21 AM February 16, 2019
- Check out the FREE screening of Chasing Coral today at 1pm. Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprec… https://t.co/3GQ4QzxwiQ 09:25:09 AM February 16, 2019
