This summer, your mind is the scene of the crime in Inception:The IMAX Experience. From acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) comes the must-see event of the summer. Experience it in IMAX. Tickets and showtimes...
New Exhibition Is Cleared For Take Off
The Museum's newest special exhibition, Tango Alpha Charlie: Texas Aviation Celebration, opens Sunday, September 12. Celebrate 100 years of record-setting achievements, gravity-defying feats, and the soaring human spirit that drives our state's aviation history. Take a sneak peek…
UT Students and Faculty: Need a Place to Park?
The Museum now offers options for close and convenient parking in our garage. Learn more...
Enjoy FREE Admission on Wells Fargo First Saturday
This Saturday, September 4, is a Wells Fargo First Saturday. The Museum is offering FREE admission to the Exhibits from 2 - 6 p.m. First Saturdays also feature FREE Family Storytime. Learn more about First Saturday... or more about Family Storytime...
The Made in Texas Film Series Closes With Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
The last film in the Museum and The Austin Film Festival's Second Annual Made in Texas Film Series is the comedy The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993). Cheerleader-Murdering Mom is based on the true story of Wanda Holloway, a Houston woman who tried to put out a hit on one of her daughter's classmates to advance her cheerleading career. Catch it Wednesday, September 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Texas Spirit Theater. This screening is FREE to the general public...
Now Showing in the IMAX Theatre
Here are the films you can catch at the IMAX Theatre: Inception: The IMAX Experience; Hubble 3D; Arabia 3D; Alps 3D; and Texas: The Big Picture.
New in the Museum's Main Exhibits
Did you know that more than a dozen new additions have been installed just in the past few weeks? As a non-collecting institution, the Museum is constantly borrowing different rare artifacts to tell The Story of Texas. Read about the latest additions...
This Day in Texas History
Jennie Covington, an African-American civic leader and cofounder of the Houston Commission on Interracial Cooperation, was born in September of 1881. Learn more about Texas history in the month of September...
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