Showing posts with label museum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label museum. Show all posts

Monday, July 26, 2010

Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin

I went to the Texas Military Forces Museum together with Eugene during the Muster Day or in another term, American Heroes Celebration Day 2010. During normal days, you have to possess a valid US driving license or you have to be accompanied by someone with a valid US driving license to be able to enter the museum. However, the door is open to all during Muster Day.

There were a few shows and exhibition going on and we were lucky to be able to catch the Vietnam Reenactment show which showcased the battle between the American force with the Vietnamese soldiers.




We were told that the laptop used to control the satellite dish was none other than the state of the art Intel 486 (Or maybe 386... i can't remember clearly) :)




The American armies approaching the Vietnamese camp



A helicopter was deployed to help the troop


The "Vietnamese" soldier


Army humour: "Unless you are in the NUDE! Please DO NOT lean on this military vehicle!" :D



The infamous "Purple Heart" medal...

GPS Coordinate:
30°19'8.19"N 97°45'42.80"W

Thursday, July 08, 2010

Texas Memorial Museum

The Texas Memorial Museum is the main exhibit hall of the Texas Natural Science Center at the University of Texas at Austin.




The Texas Pterosaur - one of the most famous find in the history of paleontology. It lived in West Texas about 65 million years ago with a wing span of nearly 40 feet.



Darwin's Theory of Evolution



Star fish

T-Rex


Sauropod's femur



What happened??


Hit by meteorite??


GPS Coordinate:
30°17'13.06"N 97°43'55.95"W