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About the Texas Natural Science Center
The Texas Natural Science Center is the home of the Texas Memorial Museum, the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, the Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory and the Texas Natural History Collections.
- Announcements
- New Teacher Training Workshops
Registration is now open for two FREE day-long teacher training workshops entitled Getting into the Swim—Evolution of Aquatic Adaptations in Mammals and Reptiles.
- Waller Creek Cleanup
Volunteers are needed on Saturday, November 14, to help clean Waller Creek, an urban watershed that runs from North Austin through the city and campus into Lady Bird Lake downtown. Register now!
- Identification Day
Found a fossil or other intriguing natural object? Then come to our next Identification Day at the Texas Memorial Museum on Sunday, January 31st, from 1–5 pm. Identification Day is a chance for you to speak with TNSC scientists and other local experts and obtain informal identifications of natural objects such as fossils, bones, rocks and archeological materials (arrowheads, points, scrapers, etc.).
- Texas Memorial Museum
The Museum won Best Museum in Austin for Children in Nickelodeon's Parents' Picks Awards! Thank you for your support!
- Winged Wonders
Visit the Center’s newest exhibit to explore how flight and color have played key roles in the success of the most dominant group of animals on the planet: insects.
- TNSC Herpetologists in the News
TNSC scientist works with local students to take their classroom outdoors, implanting radio transmitters and following snakes to learn about their habits and habitat.
TNSC herpetologists are joining the search for a Texas lizard disappearing from much of its former habitat. 60 year-old locality records for lizard specimens cataloged in the Texas Natural History Collection help form the framework for the new search.
- Windows on Nature
The Center’s newest exhibit features the photographic art of Austinite John Ingram and includes brilliant color close-ups of native Texas wildlife.
- Be a Citizen Scientist!
Everybody loves dragonflies! Take your own fascination with them to the next level by posting your observations online at OdonataCentral.com. You will get credit for your find on the website. OdonataCentral.com is the worldwide distribution hub for information on dragonflies and damselflies, with information on species size, characteristics, distributions, habitats, and flight seasons.
- Become a Member of Texas Natural Science Center
Membership entitles you to special benefits, and by joining, you directly support the many research and education efforts of the Center. Join today!
- Dinosaur Trackways Update
- Tour TMM Using Your Cell Phone or Listening to Podcasts!—Sponsored by Tokyo Electron America
Use your cell phone or listen to podcasts to create your personal tour of the Texas Memorial Museum! The cell phone tour system is sponsored by Tokyo Electron America.
Access information on 29 exhibit highlights,plus general information about the Texas Natural Science Center. And don't forget to record your comments!
- Paleo Lab
The Paleo Lab is a unique working laboratory where visitors are encouraged to interact with and ask questions of a paleontologist while seeing first-hand how fossils are properly prepared, catalogued, and studied. Several “touch specimens,” real fossils that may be handled by visitors, are available. Paleo Lab paleontologists also provide the public with the opportunity of having their personal fossil finds identified. The Paleo Lab is staffed during regular Museum hours, including special event days.
- Read Articles About TMM
Tim Taliaferro. “Dino Tracks in Trouble.” (2008, March/April). The Alcalde, 36. *PDF version (286KB).
Avrel Seale. “Texas Memorial Museum Evolves.” (2008, January/February). The Alcalde, 19–21. *PDF version (510KB).
Ben Rehder. “Bringing Bones to Life.” (2008, January). Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine, 46–49. On-line version.
- Thank You
Texas Natural Science Center thanks the following individuals, corporations and foundations for their exceptional financial support in helping us achieve excellence in our educational programs, exhibits and research:
Austin Community Foundation
Sarah and Ernest Butler
Marcia and Harvey Frye
KGSR 107.1
The Kodosky Foundation
Magnolia Charitable Trust
Peterson Charitable Lead Trust
Marika and Jonathan Schoolar
National Science Foundation
Temple-Inland Foundation
Texas Army National Guard
Texas Commission on the Arts
Tokyo Electron America
The Webber Family Foundation
The Winkler Family Foundation
More Donors...
- TNSC Advisory Council
The purpose of the advisory council is to foster excellence in the collection-based research, education and outreach of the Texas Natural Science Center. Council members work to: advise and assist the director in the areas of marketing, fundraising and education; encourage financial support for exhibits, preservation of collections and a wide range of educational and research programs; and, identify and facilitate relationships with community leaders to the benefit of the Texas Natural Science Center.
Nancy Humphries – Chair
Sandy Ball
Jess Butler
Ron Carter
Angela G. Collins
Anne Donovan
Robert Durkee
Drake Fason
Priscilla Pond Flawn (honorary)
Harvey Frye
Bill Graber
Mack Ray Hernandez
John Jones (honorary)
Sidney Jones
Phil Kohlhaas (ex-officio)
Cappy Manly
Karen Ostlund
Nancy Roser (ex-officio)
Marika Schoolar
Doyle Simons
Tina Stockton
Melodie Summersett
Steve Vandegrift
Pam Welborn
Vanessa Westbrook (honorary)
Steve Wilson
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The Texas Memorial Museum is the
exhibit hall of the Texas Natural Science Center. It is located at 2400 Trinity Street, on The University of Texas at Austin campus, in Austin, Texas.
The Museum won Best Museum in Austin for Children in Nickelodeon's Parents' Picks Awards! Thank you for your support!
Museum Holiday Schedule
The Museum will be closed on the following days: November 26th, Thanksgiving Day; December 24th and 25th, Christmas Eve and Day; and December 31st and January 1st, New Year's Eve and Day.
Museum Hours
Monday- Friday: 9 am-5 pm; Saturday: 10 am-5 pm; Sunday: 1-5 pm. Admission is FREE!
Closed on major holidays: Easter Sunday; Independence Day (July 4); Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November); Christmas Eve and Day (December 24 and 25); and for New Year's (December 31 and January 1).
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