Donate your Kool-Aid Jammer packets and we'll make a "kool" purse out of them like this...

Color-changing "I'm in the 'MOOD' for Kool-Aid®!" tumblers with lids are now available in The Museum Store. Choose for Blue, Orange, Red, Pink or Purple or get one of each!

Over 30 bird mobiles from the fourth grade class at Longfellow Elementary in Hastings are on display in the Serial Bird Collection on the upper level through April 19.

As the sandhill cranes return to Nebraska, so to do the Longfellow Bird Mobiles.

Adding the paddles is tedious work.

Circling its prey!

To wrangle this beast, you need all the help you can get. You even need to lasso its tail.

It’s a long way down!

Now he can breathe easily. That’s right, he has lungs and has to go to the surface to breathe air.

The Tylosaurus returns to more familiar surroundings.

Gary Staab, creator of the Tylosaurus sculpture, winds up… I mean tightens the tail to the body.

Now it’s time for the tail!

Here’s the first look at his face. Don’t miss the second row of teeth on the upper jaw.

Slowly the protective layers are pulled back and the Sea Monster is revealed.

Protected in layers of packing blankets and plastic wrap, the Tylosaurus is hoisted onto the lift.

Like great royalty of the past, Tylosaurus, the king of the Cretaceous Sea, is carried into his new home.

We're going to give Stuhr a run for it's money but we still need your help! Donate by Dec 31. http://bit.ly/6D3zRw

Preparing the Tylosaurus new home!