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Exploring the History of Juneteenth in Cultural Crossroads
June 3, 2026
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Mayborn Celebrates America 250 with Community Quilt Project and Smithsonian Screening Series
June 2, 2026
America 250
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Mayborn Museum to Host Smithsonian Channel Screening Series for America’s 250th Anniversary
May 4, 2026
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Mosquitoes might hate this one simple scent… and scientists finally know why.
March 16, 2026
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The Mayborn celebrates Dr. Michael Scullin as a recipient of the 2026 Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award
February 25, 2026
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SIC’EM Science Day Jr. Celebrates Central Texas’ Top Young Scientists
February 23, 2026
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Celebrating Andrew Paul Huddleston’s Legacy in the Design Den
February 18, 2026
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Mayborn Partners with Wichita and Affiliated Tribes to Build New Grass House
February 17, 2026
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Mayborn hosts "Castle Builder" Family Day
January 30, 2026
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Mayborn Sponsors the 2026 Central Texas Science Fair
January 30, 2026
CTXSF
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Applications are open for the Bryce C. Brown Fellowship, a competitive fellowship supporting research
January 13, 2026
Dava Butler Research
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Mayborn Fellow Introduces New Method for Fossil Conservation and Research
January 12, 2026
Dava Butler
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Mayborn Mammoth Plaza Architects Honored with 2025 AIA Waco Design Award
January 8, 2026
Mammoth Archtiects
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Mayborn to host Free Community Day on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 7, 2026
Font of Building
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New Baylor-Led Research Rewrites the Story of Dinosaur Extinction
January 2, 2026
https://mayborn.web.baylor.edu/collection-research/portal-public
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Baylor Lifelong Learning Opens Spring Registration at the Mayborn Museum
December 17, 2025
lifelong Learning Brad Livingstone
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Smithsonian’s Sea Monsters Unearthed Exhibition Coming to the Mayborn Museum
December 16, 2025
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Balloon Drop Celebration at the Mayborn Museum
December 16, 2025
Noon Year's Eve
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Mayborn Museum Brings Back Christmas Lights in the Village
December 8, 2025
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Mayborn Opens "One Health: Galápagos" Exhibit
December 8, 2025
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Museum Store Sunday
December 1, 2024
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Mayborn Museum

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One Bear Place #97154
Waco, TX 76798-7154

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    • Governor Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village
    • Jeanes Discovery Center
    • Design Den
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