American Indian Cultures Tour Make history come alive with real-world experiences on this cultural tour. Students have the opportunity to see and touch real artifacts and explore cultural issues such as change, environmental connections, interdependence, and connections with the past. Exhibits feature Texas prehistory, the pre-Columbian history of South America, and a variety of American Indian Cultures. Dinosaurs, ancient insects, strange shellfish, ice-age mammals, and fossil plants from different time periods are explored. Students discover how these prehistoric life forms interacted with their environments and how species arise and go extinct.
Students touch real fossils, and learn why studying prehistoric life is relevant to their own lives.
The Museum's collections include world-class specimens that are beautiful, strange, and fascinating. By handling various minerals and touring TMM's exhibits, students find out what it means to be a real Geologist, and why this work is important. Students are introduced to cave geology, agates, meteorites, minerals, weathering, and the rock cycle. Texas Wildlife Tour Texas has an amazing and rich natural heritage. Discover the diversity of Texas wildlife in native habitats on TMM's third floor.