Explore Evolution is a major new partnership forged between science museums and 4-H organizations to bring current research on evolution to the public. The project features the work of scientists who are making leading discoveries about the evolution of life. From rapidly evolving HIV to whales that walked, the public is invited to explore evolution in organisms ranging from the very smallest to the largest. The University of Nebraska State Museum project was established in June 2003 with a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Informal Science Education Program. The grant supports the creation of permanent exhibit galleries at six partner museums, learning research on how visitors understand evolution, a Web site, and inquiry-based activities for middle-school children. The Explore Evolution exhibits are on display at the following museums:

		Exhibit Museum of Natural History University of Michigan Exhibit opened January 14, 2006 www.exhibits.lsa.umich.edu
		Kansas Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center University of Kansas Exhibit opened November 1, 2005 www.nhm.ku.edu
		The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History University of Oklahoma Exhibit opened August 27, 2005 www.snomnh.ou.edu
		Science Museum of Minnesota Exhibit was on display between October 15, 2005 and February 5, 2006 www.smm.org
		Texas Memorial Museum University of Texas at Austin Exhibit opens October 1, 2007 www.utexas.edu/tmm/
		University of Nebraska State Museum University of Nebraska–Lincoln Exhibit opened September 9, 2005 www.museum.unl.edu

A consortium of six museums in the Midwest and South are working together with five statewide 4-H programs to make evolution accessible to young people and the general public. Our 4-H partners include the statewide youth development programs in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas, and Wyoming.