The Shooting Star of Starr County: An Out of this World Discovery
September 20, 2024 - August 1, 2025
The Museum of South Texas History presents “The Shooting Star of Starr County: An Out of this World Discovery” exhibit, opening in the 1910 Jail Cell Block Gallery Friday, Sept. 20.
On Feb. 15, 2023, meteorites landed on a ranch near the town of El Sauz in Starr County, Texas. The meteorites found on the ranch were documented and collected by expert and amateur meteorite hunters. The exhibit will highlight a two-fold story: how meteors fell through the sky across Europe and the United States before crash landing on a ranch in South Texas and the history of space rocks. Several meteorite pieces found on the ranch property will be featured behind state-of-the-art cases with a 360-view.
“The Shooting Star of Starr County: An Out of this World Discovery” exhibit is made possible in part by a grant from The Betty C. Kelso Foundation. It opens Friday, Sept. 20, and closes August 2025.
This exhibit is included in the regular museum admission fees. Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information about the exhibit, please contact the Curator of Exhibits at 956-383-6911 or [email protected].