Past Events

Choose your favorite entries to help us select our People’s Choice winner in the 2026 Visualizing Science Competition.

11:59 pm • Virtual

Join the McDonald Observatory as they explore the constellation of Orion.

7:30 pm • Virtual

First day of classes for the spring 2026 semester

8:00 am • In Person

Enjoy FREE museum admission all day during H-E-B Free Fourth Sundays, held the fourth Sunday of every month.

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm • In Person

Join the McDonald Observatory as they explore white dwarf stars, neutron stars and black holes!

8:00 pm • Virtual

The Red River Ensemble will give a special Holiday Concert featuring classical holiday music from Mozart, Handel and more.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm • In Person

Explore the science of spectroscopy at Texas Science & Natural History Museum in its special exhibit, Big Eye on Dark Skies, featuring a scale model of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope.

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person

Texas Standard radio, the national daily news show of Texas, will celebrate 10 years on air and online by hitting the road. The program is broadcasting live from McDonald Observatory and other iconic locations across the Lone Star state.

10:00 am – 11:00 am • Virtual

Learn about mate selection in nature with Sunishka Thakura, a Ph.D. candidate in Integrative Biology at UT Austin who is studying how the social environment of animals can modulate their behavior, physiology and brain gene expression.

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm • In Person

Speaker(s): Sunishka Thakur

Apply to join a virtual learning experience for current and future STEM undergraduate students to gain career skills and earn digital badges or microcredentials during the winter break.

11:59 pm • Virtual