About the Texas Natural Science Center
The Texas Natural Science Center is the home of the Texas Memorial Museum, the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, the Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory and the Texas Natural History Collections. Learn more...
Fright at the Museum
Dress up your little goblins and celebrate Halloween at Austin’s very own dinosaur graveyard during Fright at the Museum on Sunday, October 25th from 1–5 pm! Join our spooky scientists in exploring the mysterious side of Texas’ natural history. Feel frightful fish from the ocean depths; be rattled by slithery snakes of Central Texas; and feast your eyes on our bizarre bugs while we serve up creepy, crawly critters for your culinary delight.
New Teacher Training Workshops
Registration is now open for two FREE day-long teacher training workshops entitled Getting into the Swim—Evolution of Aquatic Adaptations in Mammals and Reptiles. Learn more...
Winged Wonders
Visit the Center’s newest exhibit to explore how flight and color have played key roles in the success of the most dominant group of animals on the planet: insects.
TNSC in the News
TNSC herpetologists are joining the search for a Texas lizard disappearing from much of its former habitat. 60 year-old locality records for lizard specimens cataloged in the Texas Natural History Collection help form the framework for the new search. Read more about this project...
Windows on Nature
The Center’s newest exhibit features the photographic art of Austinite John Ingram and includes brilliant color close-ups of native Texas wildlife. Read more...
Be a Citizen Scientist!
Everybody loves dragonflies! Take your own fascination with them to the next level by posting your observations online at OdonataCentral.com. You will get credit for your find on the website. OdonataCentral.com is the worldwide distribution hub for information on dragonflies and damselflies, with information on species size, characteristics, distributions, habitats, and flight seasons. Find out more...
Become a Member of Texas Natural Science Center
Membership entitles you to special benefits, and by joining, you directly support the many research and education efforts of the Center. Join today! Read more...
Ask the Expert
Send us your questions about natural history!
TNSC Advisory Council
The purpose of the advisory council is to foster excellence in
the collection-based research, education and outreach of the
Texas Natural Science Center. Council members work to: advise and assist the director in the areas of marketing, fundraising and education; encourage financial support for exhibits, preservation of collections and a wide range of educational and research programs; and, identify and facilitate relationships with community leaders to the benefit of the Texas Natural Science Center.
| Nancy Humphries – Chair | Sidney Jones |
| Sandy Ball | Phil Kohlhaas (ex-officio) |
| Jess Butler | Cappy Manly |
| Ron Carter | Karen Ostlund |
| Angela G. Collins | Nancy Roser (ex-officio) |
| Anne Donovan | Marika Schoolar |
| Robert Durkee | Doyle Simons |
| Drake Fason | Tina Stockton |
| Priscilla Pond Flawn (honorary) |
Melodie Summersett |
| Harvey Frye | Steve Vandegrift |
| Bill Graber | Pam Welborn |
| Mack Ray Hernandez | Vanessa Westbrook (honorary) |
| John Jones (honorary) | Steve Wilson |
Thank you for your support!
