The following are links to points of interest on each campus, including museums, visitor centers, arts & cultural activities, athletics, libraries, and more.
Tours (campus tours, JJ Pickle Research Center, Midnight Prowl Tour, Campus Statues, Main Building Architectural Tours, Scenes from the Top, Now & Then, Walking Tours, College of Pharmacy, Waller Creek Wilderness Tours, and more...)
- Tower Tours, Phone: 512-475-6633, Toll-Free: 1-877-475-6683
- Campus Tours, Tours for prospective students, 2 weeks in advance call 512-475-7399
Visitors' Web Page
Virtual Statue Tour
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
LBJ Library and Museum, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Every day but Christmas
Erwin Center, 1701 Red River Street, Austin Phone: 512/477-6060 - Concert/events/sports arena
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Phone: 512/471-7324
TWO LOCATIONS: The museum has two locations on the UT campus:
- Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe - The Blanton Museum of Art presents selections drawn from its permanent collections of twentieth-century American art, Western American art, contemporary Latin American art, European painting and sculpture and antiquities in its gallery space on the first and second floors of the Harry Ransom Center building. The nearest parking is in the Dobie garage near the corner of 21st and Whitis.
- Art Building, 23rd and San Jacinto - The Blanton's permanent collections of prints and drawings and changing temporary exhibitions are located in its gallery space in the Art Building. The nearest parking for this location is the garage at 24th Street and San Jacinto next door to the Texas Memorial Museum.
The museum is open 9 am - 5 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9 am - 9 pm Thursday, and 1 pm - 5 pm Saturday and Sunday. Admission to all exhibitions is free. All galleries have barrier free access.
Texas Memorial Museum, 2400 Trinity Street, Austin - The Texas Memorial Museum serves the public by preserving, studying, and interpreting the natural and cultural heritage of Texas.
College of Fine Arts Performing Arts Center - Bass Concert Hall, Bates Recital Hall, McCullough Theatre, and more, Ticket info M-F noon-6pm, Phone: 512/477-1444, Toll-Free: 1-800-687-6010
School of Music, 25th & East Campus Drive, Austin (Events Calendar)
Department of Theatre and Dance (EventsCalendar)
Department of Art and Art History
The Texas Union - Student center/recreation center
Austin City Limits - PBS show housed in the UT Communication Building (CMA)
Athletics (Ticket Info: 1-800-982-BEVO, 512/471-3333)
Darrell K. Royal-Memorial Stadium (football)
Erwin Center (basketball)
Disch-Falk Field (baseball)
Penick-Allison Tennis Center
McCombs Field (softball)
Mike A. Myers Stadium (soccer/track & field)
Gregory Gymnasium (volleyball)
OTHER SITES OF INTEREST OPERATED BY UT AUSTIN:
The McDonald Observatory
Located 6,800 feet above sea level atop Mt. Locke in the heart of the Davis Mountains of West Texas. Guided tours, self-guided tours, and group events are available.
McDonald Observatory Visitors' Information Center
P.O. Box 1337
Fort Davis, TX 79734-1337
915/426-3640
www.mcdonaldobservatory.org/
The Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas
The Marine Science Institute ("Window on the Sea") is located on a coastal barrier island in the city of Port Aransas.
750 Channel View Drive
Port Aransas, Texas 78373-5015
361/749-6711
www.utmsi.utexas.edu/
Winedale Historical Center in Round Top
Restored 19th-Century farmstead with plantation homes, log cabins, fireplace kitchen, smokehouse, and barns. Center for study of ethnic cultures of Central Texas operated by UT Austin.
Open: Sat. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sun. noon - 5 p.m.
Group tours Mon. - Fri. with at least two days notice.
Four miles east of Round Top via F.M. 1457 and F.M. 2714.
www.rtis.com/reg/roundtop/winedale.htm
409/278-3530
Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham
Elegant structure of white Georgia marble library contains exact duplicate of Speaker Rayburn's U.S. Capitol office, from pattern on the tile floor to barrel-vaulted ceiling. Over desk is crystal chandelier, more than a century old, which hung in both White House and Capitol. Other mementos include many gavels used on historic occasions, and 2,500-year-old Grecian urn given by Athens Palace Guard in appreciation for American economic aid.
Open: Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sat. 1 - 5 p.m., Sun. 2 - 5 p.m.
On 4.3-acre tract along U.S. 82 four blocks west of downtown.
http://www.cah.utexas.edu/museums/rayburn.php
903/583-2455
John Nance Garner House and Museum in Uvalde
The John Nance Garner House and Museum is one of the four divisions of the UT Austin Center for American History. The Garner Museum documents the remarkable life and career of Texas native son John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner (1868-1967), the most powerful Vice President in U.S. history and the second most powerful politician in the U.S. during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The house and museum exhibits photographs, original letters, political cartoons, art, furniture, and personal memorabilia relating to important events in the life and times of Mr. Garner.
Open: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., closed on weekends.
830/278-5018
http://www.cah.utexas.edu/museums/garner_intro.php
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