While my photos are few (since I mainly captured pictures with students), the hospitality and…read moreeducational experience at WBU Mabee Regional Heritage Center were out of this world! This is a splendid place to bring students as they are equipped with professional, kind, and helpful staff as well as accommodating to your needs! I was thoroughly impressed and so very thankful this 3-in-1 Museum was an option for our Amarillo school! Thank you, WBU Museum staff and faculty, for making this a terrific visit. I plan to be back with more students in the future. *3-in-1Museum includes: Llano Estacado, Jimmy Dean Museum, and Flying Queens Museum. It's up to date and great!

Great museum especially in a small town like Plainview. I learned so much about the region and rich…read morehistory of the town.

Stepping into the Don Harrington Discovery Center in Amarillo is like entering a wonderland of…read morescience--complete with roaring dinosaurs, swirling galaxies, and lasers that make you say, "Whoa, did that just happen?" The place buzzes with curiosity from the moment you walk in. I kicked things off in the Sun, Earth & Universe gallery, pressing buttons to trigger solar flares and playing with real-time space weather--instant brain tickles that felt both geeky and awesome . Then I zipped over to the Outdoor Science Park, where a life-size T‑Rex and Triceratops loomed over a fossil dig pit. Kids were scooping up "bones" while I dodged tennis balls flying from a launcher--science meets playground shenanigans . Later, I curled up in the cozy Treehouse Reading Nook, surrounded by bird chirps from the aviary above--a peaceful contrast to the chaos of color bombs and bouncing probes . The highlight, though? The Space Theater, a full‑dome planetarium that launched me from Earth to black holes in minutes--complete with dramatic music and enough stars to rival my ex's eyes . It's clear DHDC is more than a kids' museum--it's a playground for inquisitive minds of all ages. Traveling exhibits keep things fresh, and a recent "Beyond: Unity in Community" display even won a national award for celebrating Afghan culture . Educational programs, planetarium shows, story times, and even sci‑fi-style "KABOOM!" demos fill the calendar . By the end of my visit, my cheeks hurt from smiling, my head buzzed with fun facts, and I momentarily considered launching myself into orbit. Instead, I left with a grin, a handful of newfound cosmic trivia, and a plan to bring all my friends next time. Bottom line: Don Harrington Discovery Center is science with soul--equal parts spectacle and insight. Whether you're a kid, a curious adult, or just someone who likes lasers and dinosaurs (who doesn't?), this place throws the perfect brain party.

This place was great until they put a tribute to Afghanistan complete with minaret and the flag of…read moreAfghanistan in the middle of the center!! We appreciated the free entry for military but after seeing that, we will not be renewing our memberships and glad we didn't pay this time. We will NOT be returning. They spent all that money to honor Afghanistan. HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED!!

My organization needed a venue for an event recently. The staff at Science Spectrum were exemplary…read more They anticipated every need, had the room spotless and ready before we got there, adapted to sudden changes and stayed available to take care of last minute items that came up. The price was reasonable and the facilities are flexible, from one room, expandable, to an entire theater. Special thanks to Angie and James, along with all the rest who showed genuine interest in helping us have a great event.

my pretzel took 35 minutes to get ready and he had just put it in the microwave. the pretzel…read moredidn't taste like anything for five bucks like come.

Really neat museum here in Lubbock. I'm not even a fan of museums, but really enjoyed the Silent…read moreWings Museum. Learned a lot of interesting facts about WWII and it was cool seeing the model planes. If you have your student ID, it is only $5 admissions!

Great place to bring the little ones. They were able to witness and learn about Gliders and the…read moreimpact they had on US history. It's not an interactive museum- was a little bummer, but understandable. Come check this out if you're in town. If you visit the Buddy Holly Museum first, you receive a 50% off entry fee coupon. Worth it!

During one of my rambles across the South Plains of Texas (what some might call the southern…read morePanhandle), I stopped in Silverton, Texas, which is on the way from Tulia to Quitaque. Silverton is a small town of some 500 yet remains the county seat of Briscoe Country, which straddles the flat, 3000 foot high Caprock and Tule and Palo Duro Canyons to the east. I turned into the town square area around the courthouse to photograph that fine looking three storey building and to walk my dog (it was also a green and shady square). In the NE corner of the square is the Old Jail Museum, which is kept open 7 days a week by a man who is from the town (you can see his picture in "Silverton" section of the Texas Plains Trail brochure put out by the Texas Historical Commission, www.thc.state.tx.us). It is tiny but made from well dressed local stone. The barred windows look well maintained and secure! You can just walk in and see the single downstairs room filled with local memorabilia and photographs of the region. I poked my head in and looked around, and then started back to my Minnie Winnie. Then a car drove up and the curator got out and called to me in a friendly way. He offered to me a Texas Plains Trail brochure from his car and invited me to sign the guest register in the jail. He is very proud of this museum and puts a lot of work and attention into it as he single handedly keeps it open to visitors. Upstairs is the actual jail, bars, locks, and all. It is a fine, peaceful spot. Across the street is a small café where one can get iced tea and hamburgers done the real Texas way--with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise, and half-wrapped in crisp white paper. I enjoyed my stay in this spot on the map and plan to bring my graduate students here on our next camping trip.

If you get to meet and learn from Joe Taylor, the visit is totally worth it. This place is an…read moreamazing find!

So much info that's not covered in the museum's I've ever been in. This info is relevant to every…read moresingle person that wants to determine truth for themselves as you can find religious and non-religious data. Must see

What a great museum. We got super lucky and had a wonderful docent. He shared his personal…read moreexperiences in the area and with the music. He was very knowledgeable about Bob Wills and his history. He painted an amazing picture of Bob Wills as a musician and person. Thank you for sharing.

Historical look at a simpler time - led by the upbeat and groundbreaking western swing music of Bob…read moreWills and the Texas Playboys. If you don't believe me - just listen to Waylon Jennings sing "Bob Wills Is Still the King". We had a local "cowboy-docent" meet-us at the museum. Don was a wealth of anecdotes, stories of the band and shared a bunch of stuff we didnt know including Bob's influence on Willie Nelson, Waylon, Lee Roy Parnell and even Paul McCartney. The museum itself is just what you would expect - tons of pictures, record albums, some costumes and some more modern stuff recognizing the Bob Wills Days festival each year in Turkey, Tx. The museum is in a local municipal building so that you can also visit the senior center, get flu-shots at the medical clinical or get hitched by the justice of the peace - all in the same hallway. :). Lastly - don't miss the old high-school next door - as its clearly haunted...

Kind of disappointed, really nothing much to see here in the Wintertime. Snow, no water, no…read moreanimals. I wish I knew about the hiking trails earlier so I could prepare. Probably a lot better in the spring/summer months when things are out and alive.

I visited the Lubbock Lake Landmark because they have a couple of hiking trails, a 4 mile and a 1…read moremile. Somehow when I heard park I expected trees. But this is like a dry lakebed that is also an archaeological site and they have a neat little museum. It has fossils, indian artifacts, and displays about the past history of the area. The museum is geared more towards middle school aged children, had some neat exhibits of things they found in the landmark, wasn't all that big. There are some large bronze statues of ice age animals outside the museum that are cool. And it's free to get in too. There is a handicapped-accessible trail behind the museum that is like a slightly raised boardwalk that I assume would showcase digs, but there weren't any going on. I went in early January though and they said Spring and Summer are the best times for digs. The long trail is not handicapped-accesible, it is gravel and quite long and meandering. It went by a prairie dog burrow, but I didn't see any. Possibly because some other people aead of us were hiking with several dogs. Dogs are not allowed there according to the parking lot sign. There are some picnic areas near the museum that are nice, and I spotted about 10 different bird species including 3 different types of raptors and some coyote tracks. It would probably be nicer to go here in the spring because I saw remains of many different flowering plants and it would be a more attractive walk then.