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Midwest Regional Conference 9 Lincoln, Nebraska • July 2006 University of Nebraska State Museum 307 Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; (402)472 -2642. Open 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday; 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sunday. <http://www.museum.unl.edu/> The University of Nebraska State Museum was established in 1871 and has steadily grown into one of the leading university- associated research and educational science museums in the nation. The Museum collects and interprets the natural, geological and anthropological history Nebraska and the Great Plains. Lentz Center for Asian Culture University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Hewit Place, Lower Level; (402)472 -5841. Open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday; 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Sunday. <http://www.unl.edu/lentz/index.html> An all Asian art collection of everything from musical instruments to Asian ceramics. Boys Town V i I lage A short drive from Lincoln, this National Historic Landmark and National Head- quarters for Girls and Boys Town is the site where Father Flanagan began his im- portant work helping needy children. The Village features a museum that includes Spencer Tracy's Academy Award from the 1933 movie Boys Town. Directions from Lincoln: I -80 East to 1 -680 North. Take the Dodge Street Exit head- ing west. Exit at the Boys Town exit. Turn left at bottom of the hill. Take the first left on campus to reach the Visitors' Center. Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters 3215 State Street, Omaha; (402)453 -9372. Open 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., daily. <http://www.placetovisit.lds.org> More than three thousand Mormon pioneers used this site in Omaha for winter lodging in 1846. Just one of many sites commemorating the Morman Trail. From anthropology to zoology and parasitology, the University of Nebraska State Museum has a little something for everyone with a mind for science.