Museum of Texas Tech University

The Museum of Texas Tech University is part of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas . It is made up of the main museum building, the Moody Planetarium, the Natural Science Research Laboratory, the research and educational elements of the Lubbock Lake Landmark , and the Val Verde County research site. It features collections in anthropology , fine arts, clothing and textiles, history, natural sciences and paleontology . The museum's galleries include the Diamond M Galleries with American Western artists and a second gallery that focuses on the works of N.C. Wyeth ; the Davies Gallery of Southwest Indian Art that displays Southwest Native American pottery and textiles; the Talkington Gallery of Art with 20th and 21st Century art of the Southwestern United States; a gallery about dinosaurs and other Mesozoic fauna; a gallery focused on the southern High Plain's prehistoric Pleistocene megafauna ; and a gallery focused on biodiversity of the Llano Estacado . The museum also includes four galleries that displays temporary exhibitions throughout the year.