Museum of TTU Association ∙ Box 43191 ∙ 3301 – 4th Street ∙ Lubbock, TX 79409
Tel: 806-742-2443 ∙ Fax: 806-742-0399 ∙ www.mottua.org
UPCOMING EVENTS
Museum Association Program Museum Education Program Museum Exhibit Opening
Thursday, August 7
What’s UP?
6:00pm Coffee provided by Starbucks®
7:00pm “What’s UP?” Program
Museum of TTU Planetarium
Friday, August 15
Star Party
Dusk (weather permitting)
Tech Terrace Park (23rd & Flint)
Thursday, September 4
What’s UP?
6:00pm Coffee provided by Starbucks®
7:00pm “What’s UP?” Program
Museum of TTU Planetarium
Sunday, September 7
to Friday, November 7
Exhibit Opening
A Family Collects
An Exhibition of contemporary ceramics
and glass from a private regional collection.
Friday, September 12
Arts History Lecture Series
Aesthetic Overview: Foundation for Greatness;
Lecture by Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, September 19
Arts History Lecture Series
Historic Overview: Foundation for Greatness;
Lecture by Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, September 19
Star Party
Dusk (weather permitting)
Tech Terrace Park (23rd & Flint)
Friday, September 26
Arts History Lecture Series
Focused Review: Before Christ to Anno Domini;
Lecture by Dr. Oliver McRae
Saturday, September 27
Saturday at the Museum
Dino Day
1:00-3:00pm
Museum of TTU
Thursday, October 2
What’s UP?
6:00pm Coffee provided by Starbucks®
7:00pm “What’s UP?” Program
Museum of TTU Planetarium
Friday, October 3
Arts History Lecture Series
Medieval West: Piety and Anarchy; Lecture by
Dr. Oliver McRae
Saturday, October 4
Saturday at the Museum
World Space Week Family Day
1:00-3:00pm
Museum of TTU
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Friday, October 17
Arts History Lecture Series
Medieval East: Persian Renaissance; Lecture
by Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, October 17
Star Party
Dusk (weather permitting)
Tech Terrace Park (23rd & Flint)
Friday, October 24
Arts History Lecture Series
Romanesque: Crusades; Lecture by Dr. Oliver
McRae
Saturday, October 25
Saturday at the Museum
Halloween at the Museum
1:00-3:00pm
Museum of TTU
Friday, October 31
Arts History Lecture Series
Gothic: Secular; Lecture by Dr. Oliver McRae
Thursday, November 6
What’s UP?
6:00pm Coffee provided by Starbucks®
7:00pm “What’s UP?” Program
Museum of TTU Planetarium
Friday, November 7
Arts History Lecture Series
Gothic: Spiritual; Lecture by Dr. Oliver
McRae
Thursday, November 6
to Sunday, December 14
Exhibit Opening
Going to Texas: Five Centuries of Texas Maps
An exhibition from the Yana and Marty
Davis Collection at Sul Ross State
University that will consist of 60 superb
historical maps spanning five centuries of
Texas History.
Friday, November 7 to January 4, 2009
Exhibit Opening
Painting the Italian Landscape: Views from the
Uffizi
This exhibition is coming from the famed
Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy, illustrating
the evolution of landscape painting in Italy
from its early roots as background settings
in paintings of the 1500s to its role as the
main subject in paintings of the 17th and 18th
centuries.
Friday, November 14
Arts History Lecture Series
Renaissance North: A Gothic Evolution;
Lecture by Dr. Oliver McRae
Saturday, November 15
Saturday at the Museum
Teddy Bear Recruitment for Gallery 5
1:00-3:00pm
Museum of TTU
Friday, November 21
Arts History Lecture Series
Renaissance South: Cosimo de Medici; Lecture
by Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, November 21
Star Party
Dusk (weather permitting)
Tech Terrace Park (23rd & Flint)
Thursday, December 4
What’s UP?
6:00pm Coffee provided by Starbucks®
7:00pm “What’s UP?” Program
Museum of TTU Planetarium
Friday, December 5
Arts History Lecture Series
High Renaissance: The Artistic Trinity; Lecture
by Dr. Oliver McRae
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Saturday, December 6
Saturday at the Museum
Teddy Bear Gallery Display
Gallery 5 Opening
Friday, December 12
Arts History Lecture Series
Grand Perspective; Lecture by Dr. Oliver
McRae
Friday, December 19
Star Party
Dusk (weather permitting)
Tech Terrace Park (23rd & Flint)
Friday, January 16
Arts History Lecture Series
Grand Review; Lecture by Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, January 23
Arts History Lecture Series
High Renaissance: Leonardo; Lecture by Dr.
Oliver McRae
Friday, January 30
Arts History Lecture Series
High Renaissance: Michelangelo; Lecture by
Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, February 6
Arts History Lecture Series
Mannerism: Sacred and Secular Askew;
Lecture by Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, February 13
Arts History Lecture Series
Baroque: Counter Reformation & Merchant
Middle Class; Lecture by Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, February 20
Arts History Lecture Series
Aristocratic Baroque and Rococo; Lecture by
Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, February 27
Arts History Lecture Series
Neo Classicism: A Violent Paradigm Shift;
Lecture by Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, March 6
Arts History Lecture Series
Romanticism: From Reason to Passion; Lecture
by Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, March 13
Arts History Lecture Series
Realism and Impressionism; Lecture by Dr.
Oliver McRae
Friday, March 27
Arts History Lecture Series
Post Impressionism: The Artistic Trinity;
Lecture by Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, April 3
Arts History Lecture Series
Modernism: Picasso and Abstraction; Lecture
by Dr. Oliver McRae
Friday, April 17
Arts History Lecture Series Luncheon
Majestic Wrap-up and Review; Lecture by Dr.
Oliver McRae
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