Museums, Galleries & Culture in UT & Campus
8 places
Museums, Galleries & Culture in UT & Campus, checked by People of Austin. Museums, galleries, tours and historic Austin, including the free ones and the ones that are better with kids.
Blanton Museum of Art
UT's art museum anchors the south edge of campus with Ellsworth Kelly's Austin chapel, a strong Latin American collection, and free admission every Tuesday.
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Three floors of Texas history under a giant lone star, from the 1686 La Belle shipwreck hull to space-race artifacts, with an IMAX theater for rainy afternoons.
LBJ Presidential Library
A monolithic travertine tower on the UT campus holding 45 million pages of Johnson's papers, a replica Oval Office, and an animatronic LBJ that tells jokes.
Harry Ransom Center
UT's humanities archive keeps a Gutenberg Bible and the first photograph on permanent view, with rotating exhibitions from its film, literary, and photography collections.
Neill-Cochran House Museum
An 1855 Greek Revival mansion west of campus with Austin's only intact slave quarters, now interpreted through tours that tell the full story of the household.
Texas Science & Natural History Museum
The reopened Texas Memorial Museum on the UT campus, a 1930s art deco hall with the enormous Texas Pterosaur overhead, dinosaur fossils, and a gem and mineral gallery.
UT Tower Tours
Guided observation deck tours up UT's landmark tower for sweeping campus and skyline views, with the building famously lit burnt orange after wins.
Landmarks (UT Public Art Program)
A free, self-guided public art collection scattered across UT's campus with works by Ellsworth Kelly, Nancy Rubins and other major artists.
Happy hours in UT & Campus
| Venue | Days | Hours | Deals | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholz GartenUT & Campus | SMTWTFS Today |
3pm to 5pm | $5 select apps, $2 off draught cocktails, $2 off draught beer | Venue-confirmed source |
| Clay PitUT & Campus · At the bar only | SMTWTFS Today |
3pm to 6:30pm | $2 off alcoholic beverages and $2 off small plates Low-carb lane: wine by the glass |
Venue-confirmed source |
| Crown & Anchor PubUT & Campus · Site says daily 2-7 PM on all draft beer; weekly rotating brewery specials are all day | SMTWTFS Today |
2pm to 7pm | Discounted draft beer; daily rotating pint/pitcher deals ($4 cans, $4.50 pints, $17.50 pitchers on rotating local taps; Sun $5 Guinness pints) | Venue-confirmed source |