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Texas Memorial Museum, Austin

This natural history museum, housed in the exhibit hall of the Texas Natural Science Center, hosts a variety of interesting exhibits, including a paleontology laboratory where visitors are allowed to interact with and ask questions of paleontologists as they go about their work of cleaning, cataloging, and studying fossils..

This natural history museum, housed in the exhibit hall of the Texas Natural Science Center, hosts a variety of interesting exhibits, including a paleontology laboratory where visitors are allowed to interact with and ask questions of paleontologists as they go about their work of cleaning, cataloging, and studying fossils.


Hours

Sun

13:00

16:45

Mon

9:00

17:00

Tue

9:00

17:00

Wed

9:00

17:00

Thu

9:00

17:00

Fri

9:00

16:45

Sat

10:00

16:45

About Texas Memorial Museum

 2400 Trinity St, Austin, TX, United States

 +1 512-471-1604

 www.texasmemorialmuseum.org

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