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Events Calendar

The Texas Natural Science Center hosts a variety of public programs throughout the year, including events and lectures that highlight our collections.

Upcoming Events Details

Central Texas Nature Challenge

Join Texas Memorial Museum and other parks and natural areas throughout the region for the Central Texas Nature Challenge.

Texas Memorial Museum's July Shopping Event

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.

Family Fossil Fun Day

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.

National Fossil Day

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.

Fright at the Museum

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!

Identification Day

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.).

Darwin Day

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.

Explore UT

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!”