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Telling the story of Texas’ unique and irreplaceable natural history—from our planet’s formation to today. On the @utaustintx campus.

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October is full of fun activities, including yoga with dinosaurs, bat kites, a movie under the stars, fossil identification and more at Texas Science & Natural History Museum! 🍂

🔭 Fridays, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 3–4 p.m.: See a live, hands-on spectroscopy demonstration during Astronomy Afternoon.

🧘 Oct. 3, 9–9:45 a.m.: Start your Saturday with Fossil Flow, a free yoga class in the Great Hall with the Fitness Institute of Texas.

🦇 Oct. 3, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.: Make a bat-inspired kite with Girlstart and discover the adaptations that help bats fly.

🎬 Oct. 10, 6–9 p.m.: Explore the museum after hours, then settle in for an outdoor screening of Hoppers at Movies Behind the Museum. Tickets: $10 adult, $6 discounted tickets (youth, seniors, UT ID holders). Members get free admission!

🦴 Oct. 14, 10 a.m.–noon and 2–4 p.m.: Celebrate National Fossil Day by bringing your fossil finds for identification by a paleontologist.

🎨 Oct. 18, 2–4 p.m.: Learn to paint realistic fossil casts with fossil preparator Erika Tandy from Texas Vertebrate Paleontology Collections. Space is limited; registration required.

🌿 Oct. 21, 6–8 p.m.: Explore the Biodiversity of the Texas Hill Country with Dr. David Hillis at Titan Talks, sponsored by Huntington Bank. Free; registration required.

🔎 Oct. 25, 1–5 p.m.: Enjoy free museum admission during @heb Free Fourth Sunday!

Find event details, tickets and registration at sciencemuseum.utexas.edu. by @texassciencemuseum

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Happy #WorldSpaceWeek! Come experience the hidden rainbow of light in a short spectroscopy demonstration, 3 to 4 p.m. every Friday this fall. 🔭🌈👀

Included with museum admission (admission is always free for members and anyone with a UT ID!) by @texassciencemuseum

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Got a fossil? Let’s find out! 🔎🦴

Celebrate National Fossil Day™ on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at @texassciencemuseum! Bring something you think might be a fossilized plant or animal, and let our paleontologists help identify your find.

Last year’s finds ranged from Cretaceous oysters and ammonites to Pleistocene mammal fossils—including a mastodon molar and bison teeth and foot bones! Other discoveries included crinoid stems, ancient marine shells and fish bones. What might your find reveal?

Don’t have a fossil? Bring your questions and curiosity!

Identification sessions take place between 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m.

*Fossil identifications are for educational purposes only. Texas Science & Natural History Museum staff do not provide authentications (“Certificates of Authenticity”) or appraisals for monetary (market) value or for legal purposes. taken in Texas Science & Natural History Museum by @texassciencemuseum

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🍂🎥🦖 Beautiful fall weather calls for an outdoor movie night at @texassciencemuseum this Saturday, Oct. 10! Tickets include after-hours access to the museum plus the Disney-Pixar movie “Hoppers” on the big screen.

Museum doors open at 6 p.m.; the film begins at 7:30 p.m. Picnics and snacks are welcome outside (no glass containers); bring blankets for the lawn or camp chairs for the patio.

🎟️ $10 adults
$6 youth ages 5–17, seniors 65+
$6 UT students and staff with ID
Free for museum members and kids ages 4 and under

Get tickets now and make it your weekend plan! sciencemuseum.utexas.edu by @texassciencemuseum

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“Today I explored the Texas Science & Natural History museum for the first time. The exhibits were exciting and informative for all ages! Staff and volunteers were everywhere to offer assistance and share knowledge in a friendly, engaging manner! Such a fun and educational experience! The art deco style of the building is incredible!. Truly a hidden gem in Austin!”

We love hearing feedback from our visitors!

Whether you’ve been coming to the museum for years or planning your first visit, see what’s new at sciencemuseum.utexas.edu by @texassciencemuseum

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Texas Science & Natural History Museum has partnered with the Fitness Institute of Texas to offer a one-of-a-kind yoga class held in the museum’s Great Hall. 🧘🦖

This 45-minute all-levels class is open to everyone — no experience required. Please bring a yoga mat and wear comfortable clothes. After class, enjoy FREE admission to the museum and see millions of years of Texas’s irreplaceable natural history (open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and explore at your own pace.

Cost: $10 by @texassciencemuseum

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We’re making tracks!

You may notice a few changes around the museum starting this week, as construction is beginning on our new Sarah and Ernest Butler Dinosaur Trackways Building.

The new building will house one of Texas’s most iconic fossil discoveries: 113-million-year-old dinosaur trackways discovered near Glen Rose, Texas. Preserved in limestone during the Early Cretaceous Period, the footprints were left by a massive sauropod dinosaur and a theropod dinosaur.

This state-of-the-art facility will provide a protected environment and allow visitors to walk around the trackways for the first time since they were lifted from the bed of the Paluxy River.

Learn more at the link, and stay tuned as construction gets underway!

https://sciencemuseum.utexas.edu/exhibit/dinosaur-trackways-building/ by @texassciencemuseum

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Have you found something that might be a fossilized plant or animal? Bring it to the museum for in-person identification by a paleontologist on National Fossil Day™, Wednesday, Oct. 14!

Our paleontologists will be available for in-person fossil identification sessions from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Regular admission fees apply.

Past visitors have brought mammoth tusk fragments, fossil wood, ancient marine shells, shark teeth and mosasaur bones—along with modern animal bones and plenty of intriguing rocks.

If you can’t make it to the museum on National Fossil Day, you can make an appointment for an in-person identification with a paleontologist in the Discovery Center by emailing TMMCollections@austin.utexas.edu.

*Fossil identifications are for educational purposes only. Texas Science & Natural History Museum staff do not provide authentications (“Certificates of Authenticity”) or appraisals for monetary (market) value or for legal purposes. by @texassciencemuseum

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first Titan Talk of the season: The Power of Bat Conservation. 🦇 We loved seeing so many museum members and friends!

Dr. Karin Akre of @batconservationinternational took us on a journey through the remarkable diversity of bats, the critical roles they play in ecosystems around the world and the work underway to protect them. Dr. Amanda Adams, BCI’s Director of Research Coordination, also shared valuable insights during the audience Q&A.

Thank you both experts as well as to Huntington Bank, whose generous support makes the #TitanTalks lecture series possible.

Learn more about upcoming lectures on our website at sciencemuseum.utexas.edu by @texassciencemuseum

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Join Texas Science & Natural History Museum on Saturday, Oct. 10 for an outdoor screening of the family-favorite movie “Hoppers”! Tickets include museum admission plus the movie. 🎥🦖

Bring blankets for the expansive lawn or camp chairs for the patio (snacks welcome, no glass). Museum doors open at 6:00 p.m.; film begins at 7:30 p.m.—come early to explore and grab your spot!

Tickets are $10 for adults, $6 for youth (ages 5-17) and seniors (65+), $6 for UT students and staff, and free for museum members and kids ages 4 and under!

Get tickets at sciencemuseum.utexas.edu taken in Texas Science & Natural History Museum by @texassciencemuseum

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What do you get when you cross an armadillo with an alligator? Meet 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴! 🐊

This armored aetosaur lived about 230 million years ago during the Late Triassic. A relative of modern crocodiles, 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴 had protective bones embedded in its skin and a flat, upturned snout that helped it uproot plants.

See an artist’s representation of 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴 brought to life in our new Featured Creatures digital animations—and discover more animals from prehistoric Texas at Texas Science & Natural History Museum.

🎨: @brianengh_art @bushell_art and FinwalSMD by @texassciencemuseum

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