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Description of Facilities
Texas Natural History Collections
Our collections building was completed in late 1993, and was occupied by February/March of 1994. It is on the J. J. Pickle Research Campus (PRC), which is located in northwest Austin, about
8 miles north of the main UT campus. The PRC is in the southwest corner of the intersection at Burnet and Braker roads. You will find directions and shuttle information on the Contacts & Directions page.
At the TNHC we have a total of about 9,000 square feet of floor space, with the potential to double that by adding another floor in the ample vertical space inside the building. Offices and labs total slightly less than 3,000 square feet. Alcoholic collections are each housed in separate fire-resistant enclosures. Ventilation of the alcoholic collections spaces is separate from that of offices and labs. Temperatures range within one degree of 70 F, and relative humidity fluctuates between 30% - 70%. Collections housed here are: Ichthyology, Herpetology, Entomology, and Invertebrate Zoology.
