
Museum of Texas Tech University
About Museum of Texas Tech University
The Museum at Texas Tech University is part of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. It is made up of the main museum building, the Moody Planetarium, the Natural Science Research Laboratory (NSRL), the research and educational elements of the Lubbock Lake Landmark, and the Val Verde County research site. It features collections in anthropology, fine arts, clothing and textiles, history, natural sciences and paleontology.
The museum's galleries include the Diamond M Galleries with American Western artists and a second gallery that focuses on the works of N.C. Wyeth; the Davies Gallery of Southwest Indian Art that displays Southwest Native American pottery and textiles; the Talkington Gallery of Art with 20th and 21st Century art of the Southwestern United States; a gallery about dinosaurs and other Mesozoic fauna; a gallery focused on the southern High Plain's prehistoric Pleistocene megafauna; and a gallery focused on biodiversity of the Llano Estacado. The museum also includes four galleries that displays temporary exhibitions throughout the year.
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- Founded
- 1929
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01LubbockBilly Hathorn at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
02Interior of Helen DeVitt Jones Auditorium and Sculpture Court in Motley County TexasBarbara Brannon · CC BY 2.0
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