The Texas Natural Science Center hosts a variety of public programs throughout the year, including events and lectures that highlight our collections.
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Join Texas Memorial Museum and other parks and natural areas throughout the region for the Central Texas Nature Challenge. |
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July 18-21 Enjoy 25% off all merchandise in The Museum Store, if you bring your own shopping bag, and 20% off if we provide the bag! Save on a new selection of educational toys, books, puzzles, t-shirts, rocks and minerals, jewelry, stationery, and other gifts. |
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Sunday, September 22, 2013, 1-4:45 p.m. Come celebrate everything prehistoric at Texas Memorial Museum! Make discoveries in our fossil dig pit, talk with paleontologists and do a little time-traveling. |
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013, times TBD A celebration organized by the National Park Service to promote public awareness and stewardship of fossils, as well as to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational values. |
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Sunday, October 27, 2013, 1-4:45 p.m. Dress up your little goblins and bring your mummy to celebrate Halloween at Austin's very own dinosaur graveyard! |
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Sunday, January 26, 2014, 1-4:45 p.m. Scientists and experts from all over Central Texas are on hand to look at and identify natural objects (fossils, bones, rocks, etc.) and archaeological materials (arrowheads, points, scrapers, etc.). |
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Sunday, February 9, 2014, 1-4:45 p.m. Join TNSC for Darwin Day—a free, family-friendly event celebrating the anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the publication of On the Origin of Species. |
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Saturday, March 1, 2014, 11 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Join us for Explore UT, a campus-wide event described as the “Biggest Open House in Texas!” |
