Miss Mie, a historic Japanese friendship ambassador doll, has returned to Nebraska following a year-long journey overseas. The doll is now on display in the new University of Nebraska State Museum exhibit, “Miss Mie: A Japanese Friendship Ambassador Doll Returns to Nebraska.” In July 2009, the 83-year-old friendship doll was escorted to her original home […]

For the first time in more than 20 years, Miss Mie – the 82-year-old Japanese “friendship doll” in the University of Nebraska State Museum’s anthropology collection – has returned to her original home in Japan. On July 31, the historic doll was escorted to Tsu City in Mie Prefecture, south-central Japan to undergo conservation work. […]

Miss Mie Dignitaries from Japan visited Lincoln Sept. 23- 24 to see the Miss Mie Friendship doll now in the University of Nebraska State Museum’s Anthropology collection. Miss Mie was one of 58 dolls originally given to the children of the United States in 1928 by the children of Japan. The Miss Mie doll, one […]