3 Best Places To See in Lubbock, TX

“Science Spectrum & OMNI Theater is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational corporation home to over 250 hands-on interactive science exhibits, live science shows, and the only aquarium in West Texas. The museum is an educational hub with science and technology exhibits, classes, an aquarium, and a 55-foot dome movie screen. Science Spectrum & OMNI Theater is the place for the pursuit of exploration and scientific education. The museum has displayed 44 traveling exhibits and provided science education to hundreds of thousands of people in Lubbock and the surrounding areas over the last 25 years. Visitors can also enjoy the Omni Theater, a 160-degree domed screen movie theater. The Science Spectrum offers free admission for members.”

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“The American Windmill Museum aims to help various audiences learn about how people have used and continue to use human creativity to harness the wind for survival in various environments. The museum is widely known as the place to go to see windmills. The museum features more than 160 American-style windmills. Before establishing the museum, the collections were kept in storage until 1997, when the city of Lubbock approved a site for the museum. The collection was transferred to this new location by Harris and volunteers. On the grounds and within a small display house, windmills were erected. Visitors can explore more than a hundred rare and historic water-pumping windmills that are displayed within the museum. The American Windmill Museum is free for children under five.”

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“Silent Wings Museum is dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of the World War II military glider program. The museum creates an environment for collecting, documenting, interpreting, and exhibiting artifacts and information for public education and enjoyment. The Silent Wings Museum provides a wide range of in-person and virtual educational programs year-round. They currently offer in-person group tours and field trips. They can also bring the museum to you with virtual field trips. Visitors may walk through the combat gallery, an interactive space set up to look like a real WWII war zone. Tourists can view a short film on the history of the glider pilot program, explore a pilot’s footlocker, see and touch the uniform of WWII glider pilots, and have the opportunity to look inside a full-sized glider plane. Free admission for children 6 and under accompanied by a family member and museum members.”

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