Texas Science & Natural History Museum Celebrates Record Attendance in its First Year Since Reopening

September 30, 2024 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

The on-campus museum also has opened its newest temporary exhibit, featuring a scale model of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, the largest optical telescope in North America.

A dark room has museum-quality installations on its wall that read, "Big Eye on Dark Skies: Hobby-Eberly Telescope" near a 3D spherical telescope replica.

A replica of an 80-ton telescope with a 10-meter mirror that is a powerhouse for astronomical research, this smaller version of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope was donated by the Simons Foundation and can now be seen at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum.


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