Exhibits

Walk beneath the 33-foot wingspan of a pterosaur, Quetzalcoatlus northropi, the largest flying creature to ever live, and meet our new tyrannosaur!

Experience Texas’ shifting environmental identity over 600 million years of life through stunning imagery, newly exhibited fossils and a paleogeographic time-lapse animation.

Discover spectacular fossils of plants and animals that once inhabited the lands and waters of Texas.

Discover how astronomers explore the wonders of the universe in a new exhibit featuring a scale model of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET), the largest optical telescope in North America.

Explore the museum’s legacy Texas Wildlife dioramas featuring the diverse animals and ecoregions of Texas.

Explore the science and creativity behind new eco-friendly sequins developed by UT Austin faculty and students in an innovative special exhibition.

See treasures from the geological collections, including meteorites, tektites and invertebrate fossils.