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Texas</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive 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class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">University of Texas at Austin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tmm.utexas.edu/">tmm.utexas.edu</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Texas Science & Natural History Museum</b> is located on the campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">University of Texas at Austin</a> in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>, U.S. It opened as the <b>Texas Memorial Museum</b> during preparations for the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Centennial_Exposition" title="Texas Centennial Exposition">Texas Centennial Exposition</a> held in 1936. The museum's focus is on natural history, including <a href="/wiki/Paleontology" title="Paleontology">paleontology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biology" title="Biology">biology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herpetology" title="Herpetology">herpetology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ichthyology" title="Ichthyology">ichthyology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Entomology" title="Entomology">entomology</a>. The Texas Memorial Museum building was designed in the <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> style by <a href="/wiki/John_F._Staub" title="John F. Staub">John F. Staub</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Paul_Cret" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Cret">Paul Cret</a> as supervising architect. Ground was broken for the building by President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> in January 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The museum was opened on January 15, 1939. </p><p>The museum won "Best of Austin" awards from the <i><a href="/wiki/Austin_Chronicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Austin Chronicle">Austin Chronicle</a></i> in 2002, 2005, and 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The museum had exhibits on Texas history, anthropology, geography, and ethnography, but these were relocated to other museums (including the <a href="/wiki/Bullock_Texas_State_History_Museum" title="Bullock Texas State History Museum">Bullock Texas State History Museum</a>) in 2001. In October 2013, Linda Hicke, the dean of Austin's <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin_College_of_Natural_Sciences" title="University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences">College of Natural Sciences</a>, cut the museum's funding by $400,000.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The museum closed in 2022 for extensive renovations.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It underwent a re-branding and became Texas Science & Natural History Museum. The museum reopened on September 23, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wichita_County_Meteorite">Wichita County Meteorite</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Texas_Science_and_Natural_History_Museum&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Wichita County Meteorite"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wichita_meteorite.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Wichita_meteorite.jpg/220px-Wichita_meteorite.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Wichita_meteorite.jpg/330px-Wichita_meteorite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Wichita_meteorite.jpg/440px-Wichita_meteorite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Wichita County Meteorite: 2 feet long by 1 foot wide by 4-8 inches thick</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1723, the <a href="/wiki/Comanche" title="Comanche">Comanche</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Lipan_Apache_people" title="Lipan Apache people">Lipan Apache people</a> in a nine-day battle along the Rio del Fierro (<a href="/wiki/Wichita_River" title="Wichita River">Wichita River</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBolton191424–25_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBolton191424–25-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The River of Iron may be the location written about by Athanase De Mezieres in 1772, containing "a mass of metal which the Indians say is hard, thick, heavy, and composed of iron", which they "venerate...as an extraordinary manifestation of nature", the Comanche's calling it "Ta-pic-ta-carre [standing rock], Po-i-wisht-carre [standing metal], or Po-a-cat-le-pi-le-carre [medicine rock]", the general area containing a "large number of meteoric masses".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBolton1914296_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBolton1914296-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909486_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909486-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"According to the Indians, the mass was first discovered by the Spaniards, who made several ineffectual attempts to remove it on pack mules but were finally compelled to abandon it on account of its great weight. The Comanches at first endeavored to melt the mass by building large fires around it, but failing in this, they next attempted to break it in pieces, in which they were likewise unsuccessful; they then conceived the idea that it was a wonderful medicine stone and therefore worthy of their most profound regard...it was the custom of all who passed by to deposit upon it beads, arrowheads, tobacco, and other articles as offerings."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909486_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909486-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The Wichita County <a href="/wiki/Meteorite" title="Meteorite">meteorite</a> originally weighed 145 kg and was obtained by Major <a href="/wiki/Robert_Neighbors" title="Robert Neighbors">Robert Neighbors</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> US <a href="/wiki/Indian_agent" title="Indian agent">Indian agent</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Belknap_(Texas)" title="Fort Belknap (Texas)">Fort Belknap</a>, in 1858-1859, who presented it to the State Cabinet, and was displayed in the old Capitol building before it burned down, when this Coarse <a href="/wiki/Octahedrite" title="Octahedrite">Octahedrite</a> was turned over to the University of Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909487_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909487-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Neighbors, "When the meteorite was conveyed to the Indian reserve, the Comanches collected in great numbers around their valued medicine stone and, whilst manifesting their attachment by rubbing their arms, hands, and chests over it, earnestly besought Major Neighbors to permit them to keep it at the agency."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909486_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909486-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A sister meteorite weighing 742 kg, the Red River meteorite, was discovered in 1808<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909488_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909488-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but this Medium <a href="/wiki/Octahedrite" title="Octahedrite">Octahedrite</a> now resides in the <a href="/wiki/Yale" class="mw-redirect" title="Yale">Yale</a> <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="Peabody Museum of Natural History">Peabody Museum of Natural History</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909488_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909488-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure 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E., 1911, Apache Relations in Texas, 1718-1750, in the Texas Historical Association Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3, p. 220</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBolton191424–25-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBolton191424–25_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBolton1914">Bolton 1914</a>, pp. 24–25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBolton1914296-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBolton1914296_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBolton1914">Bolton 1914</a>, p. 296.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909486-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909486_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909486_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909486_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFarrington1909">Farrington 1909</a>, p. 486.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Neighbors, K.F., 1975, <i>Robert Neighbors and the Texas Frontier, 1836-1859</i>, Waco: Texian Press, p. 65 and 172</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909487-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909487_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFarrington1909">Farrington 1909</a>, p. 487.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909488-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909488_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarrington1909488_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFarrington1909">Farrington 1909</a>, p. 488.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Texas_Science_and_Natural_History_Museum&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBolton1914" class="citation book cs1">Bolton, H. 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin_History_Center" title="Austin History Center">Austin History Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Museum_of_Digital_Art" title="Austin Museum of Digital Art">Austin Museum of Digital Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanton_Museum_of_Art" title="Blanton Museum of Art">Blanton Museum of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullock_Texas_State_History_Museum" title="Bullock Texas State History Museum">Bullock Texas State History Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Contemporary_Austin" title="The Contemporary Austin">The Contemporary Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laguna_Gloria" title="Laguna Gloria">The Contemporary Austin - Laguna Gloria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_Center_on_Congress_Avenue" title="Jones Center on Congress Avenue">The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center on Congress Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Briscoe_Center_for_American_History" title="Dolph Briscoe Center for American History">Dolph Briscoe Center for American History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisabet_Ney_Museum" title="Elisabet Ney Museum">Elisabet Ney Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Legation" class="mw-redirect" title="French Legation">French Legation Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Carver_Museum_and_Cultural_Center" title="George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center">George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Ransom_Center" title="Harry Ransom Center">Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southgate-Lewis_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Southgate-Lewis House">Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Bird_Johnson_Wildflower_Center" title="Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center">Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Baines_Johnson_Library_and_Museum" title="Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum">Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum</a></li> <li><a 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Henry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Austin_Museum_of_Popular_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="South Austin Museum of Popular Culture">South Austin Museum of Popular Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Memorial_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Memorial Museum">Texas Memorial Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Military_Forces_Museum" title="Texas Military Forces Museum">Texas Military Forces Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Land_Office_Building_(Austin,_Texas)" title="General Land Office Building (Austin, Texas)">Texas State Capitol Visitors Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umlauf_Sculpture_Garden_and_Museum" title="Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum">Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_and_Their_Work" title="Women and Their Work">Women and Their Work</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Austin,_Texas" title="Music of Austin, 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Southwest">SXSW</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Austin_neighborhoods" title="List of Austin neighborhoods">Neighborhoods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allandale,_Austin,_Texas" title="Allandale, Austin, Texas">Allandale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_Mill,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Anderson Mill, Texas">Anderson Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barton_Hills,_Austin,_Texas" title="Barton Hills, Austin, Texas">Barton Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackland,_Austin,_Texas" title="Blackland, Austin, Texas">Blackland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bouldin_Creek,_Austin,_Texas" title="Bouldin Creek, Austin, Texas">Bouldin Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bremond_Block_Historic_District_(Austin,_Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bremond Block Historic District (Austin, Texas)">Bremond Block Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_Austin,_Texas" title="Brentwood, Austin, Texas">Brentwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryker_Woods,_Austin,_Texas" title="Bryker Woods, Austin, Texas">Bryker Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canyon_Creek,_Austin,_Texas" title="Canyon Creek, Austin, Texas">Canyon Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_Austin" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinatown, Austin">Chinatown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circle_C_Ranch" title="Circle C Ranch">Circle C Ranch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville_Historic_District_(Austin,_Texas)" title="Clarksville Historic District (Austin, Texas)">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_Avenue_Historic_District" title="Congress Avenue Historic District">Congress Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copperfield,_Austin,_Texas" title="Copperfield, Austin, Texas">Copperfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crestview,_Austin,_Texas" title="Crestview, Austin, Texas">Crestview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawson,_Austin,_Texas" title="Dawson, Austin, Texas">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dove_Springs,_Austin,_Texas" title="Dove Springs, Austin, Texas">Dove Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downtown_Austin" title="Downtown Austin">Downtown Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drag_(Austin,_Texas)" title="Drag (Austin, Texas)">The Drag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Cesar_Chavez,_Austin,_Texas" title="East Cesar Chavez, Austin, Texas">East Cesar Chavez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Riverside-Oltorf,_Austin,_Texas" title="East Riverside-Oltorf, Austin, Texas">East Riverside-Oltorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easton_Park" title="Easton Park">Easton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Place,_Austin_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="French Place, Austin Texas">French Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galindo,_Austin,_Texas" title="Galindo, Austin, Texas">Galindo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granada_Hills,_Austin,_Texas" title="Granada Hills, Austin, Texas">Granada Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock,_Austin,_Texas" title="Hancock, Austin, Texas">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park_(Austin,_Texas)" title="Hyde Park (Austin, Texas)">Hyde Park Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jollyville,_Texas" title="Jollyville, Texas">Jollyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montopolis,_Austin,_Texas" title="Montopolis, Austin, Texas">Montopolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moore%27s_Crossing_Historic_District" title="Moore's Crossing Historic District">Moore's Crossing Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mueller_Community" title="Mueller Community">Mueller Community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Burnet%E2%80%93Gateway,_Austin,_Texas" title="North Burnet–Gateway, Austin, Texas">North Burnet–Gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Shoal_Creek,_Austin,_Texas" title="North Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas">North Shoal Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Hills,_Austin,_Texas" title="Northwest Hills, Austin, Texas">Northwest Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Hill,_Austin,_Texas" title="Oak Hill, Austin, Texas">Oak Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_West_Austin_Historic_District" title="Old West Austin Historic District">Old West Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onion_Creek,_Austin,_Texas" title="Onion Creek, Austin, Texas">Onion Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pemberton_Heights,_Austin,_Texas" title="Pemberton Heights, Austin, Texas">Pemberton Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainey_Street_Historic_District" title="Rainey Street Historic District">Rainey Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosedale,_Austin,_Texas" title="Rosedale, Austin, Texas">Rosedale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_Austin,_Texas" title="Saint John, Austin, Texas">Saint John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scenic_Brook,_Austin,_Texas" title="Scenic Brook, Austin, Texas">Scenic Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Lawn_Historic_District_(Austin,_Texas)" title="Shadow Lawn Historic 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Texas">Waters Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Campus,_Austin,_Texas" title="West Campus, Austin, Texas">West Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westgate,_Austin,_Texas" title="Westgate, Austin, Texas">Westgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Line_Historic_District_(Austin,_Texas)" title="West Line Historic District (Austin, Texas)">West Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willow-Spence_Streets_Historic_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Willow-Spence Streets Historic District">Willow-Spence Streets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Hills,_Austin,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Windsor Hills, Austin, Texas">Windsor Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Park,_Austin,_Texas" title="Windsor Park, Austin, Texas">Windsor Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wooten,_Austin,_Texas" title="Wooten, Austin, Texas">Wooten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zilker,_Austin,_Texas" title="Zilker, Austin, Texas">Zilker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parks and <br /> recreation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auditorium_Shores" title="Auditorium Shores">Auditorium Shores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barton_Creek_Greenbelt" title="Barton Creek Greenbelt">Barton Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barton_Springs" title="Barton Springs">Barton Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Walnut_Creek_Nature_Preserve" title="Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve">Big Walnut Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bull_Creek_District_Park" title="Bull Creek District Park">Bull Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_River_(Texas)" title="Colorado River (Texas)">Colorado River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_Eddy_Pool" title="Deep Eddy Pool">Deep Eddy Pool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Long_Metropolitan_Park" title="Emma Long Metropolitan Park">Emma Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippie_Hollow_Park" title="Hippie Hollow 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Studies">Graduate School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin_School_of_Social_Work" title="University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work">Hicks School of Social Work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_School_of_Geosciences" title="Jackson School of Geosciences">Jackson School of Geosciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_School_of_Law" title="University of Texas School of Law">School of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson_School_of_Public_Affairs" title="Lyndon B. 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Johnson School of Public Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCombs_School_of_Business" title="McCombs School of Business">McCombs School of Business</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin_College_of_Natural_Sciences" title="University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences">College of Natural Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin_School_of_Information" title="University of Texas at Austin School of Information">School of Information</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oden_Institute_for_Computational_Engineering_and_Sciences" title="Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences">Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#BF5700;color:white;;width:1%">Research</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Am%C3%A9rico_Paredes_Center_for_Cultural_Studies" title="Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies">Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benson_Latin_American_Collection" title="Benson Latin American Collection">Benson Latin American Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_for_Community_College_Student_Engagement" title="Center for Community College Student Engagement">Center for Community College Student Engagement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_for_Complex_Quantum_Systems" title="Center for Complex Quantum Systems">Center for Complex Quantum Systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Briscoe_Center_for_American_History" title="Dolph Briscoe Center for American History">Dolph Briscoe Center for American History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Ransom_Humanities_Research_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center">Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry%E2%80%93Casta%C3%B1eda_Library" title="Perry–Castañeda Library">Perry–Castañeda Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RGK_Center_for_Philanthropy_and_Community_Service" title="RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service">RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_S._Strauss_Center_for_International_Security_and_Law" title="Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law">Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Advanced_Computing_Center" title="Texas Advanced Computing Center">Texas Advanced Computing Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_William_P._Clements_Jr._Center_for_National_Security" title="The William P. Clements Jr. Center for National Security">The William P. Clements Jr. Center for National Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ArchNet" title="ArchNet">ArchNet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#BF5700;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns" title="Texas Longhorns"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Athletics</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_football" title="Texas Longhorns football">Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_baseball" title="Texas Longhorns baseball">Baseball</a></li> <li>Basketball (<a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_men%27s_basketball" title="Texas Longhorns men's basketball">Men's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_women%27s_basketball" title="Texas Longhorns women's basketball">Women's</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_swimming_and_diving" title="Texas Longhorns swimming and diving">Swimming & Diving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_women%27s_volleyball" title="Texas Longhorns women's volleyball">Volleyball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_softball" title="Texas Longhorns softball">Softball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_women%27s_soccer" title="Texas Longhorns women's soccer">Women's Soccer</a></li> <li>Tennis (<a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_men%27s_tennis" title="Texas Longhorns men's tennis">Men's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_women%27s_tennis" title="Texas Longhorns women's tennis">Women's</a>)</li> <li>Track & Field (<a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_men%27s_track_and_field" title="Texas Longhorns men's track and field">Men's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_women%27s_track_and_field" title="Texas Longhorns women's track and field">Women's</a>)</li> <li>Cross Country (<a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_men%27s_cross_country" title="Texas Longhorns men's cross country">Men's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_women%27s_cross_country" title="Texas Longhorns women's cross country">Women's</a>)</li> <li>Golf (<a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_men%27s_golf" title="Texas Longhorns men's golf">Men's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_women%27s_golf" title="Texas Longhorns women's golf">Women's</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns#Women's_rowing" title="Texas Longhorns">Women's Rowing</a></li> <li>Club Sports (<a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_sailing" title="Texas Longhorns sailing">Sailing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns#Rugby" title="Texas Longhorns">Rugby</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_K_Royal%E2%80%93Texas_Memorial_Stadium" title="Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium">Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Erwin_Center" title="Frank Erwin Center">Erwin Special Events Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton_A._Cooley_Pavilion" title="Denton A. Cooley Pavilion">Denton A. Cooley Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moody_Center" title="Moody Center">Moody Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UFCU_Disch%E2%80%93Falk_Field" title="UFCU Disch–Falk Field">UFCU Disch–Falk Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_A._Myers_Stadium" title="Mike A. Myers Stadium">Myers Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_and_Charline_McCombs_Field" title="Red and Charline McCombs Field">McCombs Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Gymnasium" title="Gregory Gymnasium">Gregory Gymnasium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_and_Joe_Jamail_Texas_Swimming_Center" title="Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center">Jamail Texas Swimming Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Farm_Lone_Star_Showdown" class="mw-redirect" title="State Farm Lone Star Showdown">Lone Star Showdown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#BF5700;color:white;;width:1%">Campus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_buildings" title="List of University of Texas at Austin buildings">List of buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_Hall" title="Battle Hall">Battle Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batts_Hall" title="Batts Hall">Batts Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanton_Museum_of_Art" title="Blanton Museum of Art">Blanton Museum of Art</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Austin_(building)" title="Austin (building)"><i>Austin</i> by Ellsworth Kelly</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdine_Hall" title="Burdine Hall">Burdine Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_Hall" title="Calhoun Hall">Calhoun Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cactus_Cafe" title="Cactus Cafe">Cactus Cafe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flawn_Academic_Center" title="Flawn Academic Center">Flawn Academic Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrison_Hall" title="Garrison Hall">Garrison Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldsmith_Hall" title="Goldsmith Hall">Goldsmith Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Campus" title="Little Campus">Heman Sweatt Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Frank_Dobie_House" title="J. Frank Dobie House">J. Frank Dobie House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._J._Pickle_Research_Campus" title="J. J. Pickle Research Campus">Pickle Research Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.T._Patterson_Labs_Building" title="J.T. Patterson Labs Building">J.T. Patterson Labs Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Geological_Sciences_Building" title="Jackson Geological Sciences Building">Jackson Geological Sciences Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jester_Center" title="Jester Center">Jester Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littlefield_Fountain" title="Littlefield Fountain">Littlefield Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Bird_Johnson_Wildflower_Center" title="Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center">Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landmarks_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Landmarks (University of Texas at Austin)">Landmarks (public art collection)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Center_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" title="Los Angeles Center (University of Texas at Austin)">Los Angeles Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Baines_Johnson_Library_and_Museum" title="Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum">Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" title="Main Building (University of Texas at Austin)">Main Building (The Tower)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonald_Observatory" title="McDonald Observatory">McDonald Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moody_Pedestrian_Bridge" title="Moody Pedestrian Bridge">Moody Pedestrian Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Building_and_Recital_Hall" title="Music Building and Recital Hall">Music Building and Recital Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painter_Hall" title="Painter Hall">Painter Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_Performing_Arts_Center" title="University of Texas Performing Arts Center">Performing Arts Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry%E2%80%93Casta%C3%B1eda_Library" title="Perry–Castañeda Library">Perry–Castañeda Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physics,_Math,_and_Astronomy_Building" title="Physics, Math, and Astronomy Building">Physics, Math, and Astronomy Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Junior_High_School" title="University Junior High School">School of Social Work Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Barbara_Jordan_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" title="Statue of Barbara Jordan (University of Texas at Austin)">Statue of Barbara Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Hall_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" title="Sutton Hall (University of Texas at Austin)">Sutton Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Memorial_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Memorial Museum">Texas Memorial Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Building_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" title="Union Building (University of Texas at Austin)">Union Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Teaching_Center" title="University Teaching Center">University Teaching Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waggener_Hall" title="Waggener Hall">Waggener Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Webb_Hall" title="Walter Webb Hall">Walter Webb Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welch_Hall_(University_of_Texas_at_Austin)" title="Welch Hall (University of Texas at Austin)">Welch Hall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#BF5700;color:white;;width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="History of the University of Texas at Austin">History of the University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_F._Austin" title="Stephen F. Austin">Stephen F. Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Texas#Article_7:_"Education"" title="Constitution of Texas">Constitution of 1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2013)" title="Fisher v. University of Texas (2013)"><i>Fisher v. University of Texas</i> (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2016)" title="Fisher v. University of Texas (2016)"><i>Fisher v. University of Texas</i> (2016)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hopwood_v._Texas" title="Hopwood v. Texas">Hopwood v. Texas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sweatt_v._Painter" title="Sweatt v. Painter">Sweatt v. Painter</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting" title="University of Texas tower shooting">Tower shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin_admissions_controversy" title="University of Texas at Austin admissions controversy">Admissions controversy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#BF5700;color:white;;width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_alumni" title="List of University of Texas at Austin alumni">Alumni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_faculty" title="List of University of Texas at Austin faculty">Faculty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="List of presidents of the University of Texas at Austin">Presidents</a></li> <li><a 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title="The Showband of the Southwest">The Showband of the Southwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Cowboys" title="Texas Cowboys">Texas Cowboys</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Smokey_the_Cannon" title="Smokey the Cannon">Smokey the Cannon</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Silver_Spurs" title="Texas Silver Spurs">Texas Silver Spurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Largest_Texas_Flag" title="World's Largest Texas Flag">World's Largest Texas Flag</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#BF5700;color:white;;width:1%">Student life</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drag_(Austin,_Texas)" title="Drag (Austin, Texas)">The Drag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_fraternities_and_sororities" title="List of University of Texas at Austin fraternities and 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