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September 2021
Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza
Taking place at the peak of hummingbird migration, XHX is a once a year opportunity to see these amazing birds up close. You'll see the thumb-sized hummers dart in and out of nectar-producing flowers like lantana, trumpet-vine, and honeysuckle, or spy them sipping nectar at feeders hanging from tree limbs and building awnings. Watch as we carefully catch and band these tiny travelers and sign up to symbolically adopt one! XHX will also include guest speakers, live animals, kids’ activities,…
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Planetarium Show
Features a 30-foot dome equipped with a Spitz Star Ball projector to produce the night sky as it appears to the naked eye, together with a large variety of high tech equipment to give a close- up feel for things like comets, exploding stars, and black holes.
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Spanish language show: Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries
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Bill of Rights Museum Exhibit
“The Bill of Rights" exhibit surveys the famous document itself and other important amendments to the Constitution that changed the course of American history. Adopted on December 15, 1791, as the first ten Amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights is the very basis of American ideals, guaranteeing the rights and privileges of all citizens. To this day, the Bill of Rights has maintained its importance in courts of law at every level of government. “We are what we…
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Abner Jackson Plantation Site Tour
Visit the historic archeological site of Major Abner Jackson, the namesake of the city of Lake Jackson. Once a prosperous sugar plantation, the site was destroyed by the same hurricane that devastated Galveston. Discover the sugar making process of the 1840s, how convict labor replaced slave labor during the 1870s, and how destructive the hurricane of 1900 truly was to the Texas Coast.
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