Through a new exhibit in the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon, visitors can explore the rich and detailed history of the lesbian community in Eugene and the state of Oregon.

'Outliers and Outlaws' offers stories from the Eugene Lesbian History Project

The Coos Bay Public Library has been invaded by dinosaurs from the Museum of Natural and Cultural History to teach children, and adults if you’re interested, about the majestic beasts that once roamed the world.

On the Channel Islands, archaeologists draw lessons in sustainability from historic Chumash fishing practices.

The Museums for All access program is expanding in Eugene. Participating arts and cultural sites offer discounted or free entry to individuals and families with an Oregon Trail card.

Ancient hunters used a rock-shelter in the Oregon desert to butcher camels, bison, mountain sheep, and horses during the Ice Age.

Featuring 13 high-quality images of the outskirts of the Milky Way galaxy, the exhibit showcases images taken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s James Webb Space Telescope. "This is truly just like Hubble (telescope) 25 years ago," said UO professor of astronomy Scott Fisher, who curated the exhibit. "We are at the beginning of a brand new kind of era of astronomy."

Historically, museums across the U.S. have taken a detached, scholarly, and archaic view of Native Americans. But over the past decade especially, there’s been a push by Native advocates and their supporters to “decolonize” – or alternately, “Indigenize” – these institutions, including in Oregon.

On Thursday, April 4, the University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History Education Manager Mia Jackson unpacked the Native Innovation Museum Adventures traveling exhibit at its first stop in Grand Ronde.

Roughly 13,000 years ago, Ice Age animals such as saber-toothed cats, the American lion and mammoths started going extinct in the Los Angeles basin, about a thousand years before their extinction in other parts of North America.