Current Exhibits
Museum of Texas Tech University
3301 4th Street

Thursday – Saturday, 10am-5pm
Free

New Exhibits

A New Moon Rises
February 13th – May 9th

The moon is not the same place as when astronauts last stepped foot on it. A New Moon Rises, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian, features stunning large-scale photographs of the lunar surface captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Cameras (LROC) between 2009 and 2015. The highly detailed photographs reveal a celestial neighbor that is surprisingly dynamic and full of grandeur and wonder.

A New Moon Rises features 51 large-scale and highly detailed photographs of the moon taken by the LROC between 2009 and 2015. These images reveal a dynamic place with impact craters, recent volcanic activity and a crust fractured by the shrinking of a still-cooling interior. The images provide unique views of the lunar surface that not only help answer questions about the moon’s formation and evolution but reveal stunning landforms both alien and familiar.

A New Moon Rises was created by the National Air and Space Museum and the Arizona State University, and is organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

Whereabouts and Hideouts
Organized by The Artist Printmaker Research Collection (AP/RC), a division of the Art Collection
February 4th – May 29th

The Artist Printmaker Research Collection (AP/RC) encompasses an exceptional variety of artworks created since the 1960s. Among them artists have spent considerable attention on what many call the “built environment,” that is the buildings and structures that humans have constructed and installed on the surface of the earth.

Buildings swamp our planet. From town to town, city to city, ranch to ranch, farm to farm, houses, barns, stores, schools, churches, offices, gas stations, supermarkets, restaurants, box stores…the list goes on…frame our daily lives. They provide shelters and homes, places to work and buy food, and places to learn and entertain. The buildings reflect what is important to us, who we are. As these buildings rise and later turn to ruins, they chronicle human activities and cultural expressions.

Four AP/RC artists from Texas and New Mexico turned their attention to distinctly regional views of our “built environment,” giving us a glimpse of the unparalleled collections of the Museum of Texas Tech University and each artist’s perspective on the buildings we live with.

Art Deco Glass from the David Huchthausen Collection
Organized by Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
January 28th – April 25th

Art Deco Glass from the Huchthausen Collection included early Twentieth century glass by iconic Art Deco studios such as René Lalique, Daum Frères, Pierre d’Avesn, Charles Schneider, Muller Frères, Marius-Ernest Sabino, Steuben Glass Works, and many others.

Characterized by smooth lines, geometric shapes, and bright colors, the Art Deco glass movement began, in part, as a reaction against the elaborate and ornate style of Art Nouveau in the late 19th century. Economic austerity generated by World War I launched Art Deco into popularity, with artists, designers, and architects throughout the world adopting the style. Although Art Deco fell out of fashion following World War II, the style regained its popularity in the 1970s.

Huchthausen began actively collecting pieces from the Art Deco period in the early 1970s, starting with powder boxes. In 1973, Huchthausen acquired his first major work of art, a piece from the Le Verre Francais line designed by Charles Schneider, leading to the purchase of 20 more significant Art Deco works in glass over the next four years. Huchthausen’s collection continued to grow during the 1980’s and accelerated following his move to Seattle in 1989.

Art Deco Glass from the Huchthausen Collection included over 200 pieces from his personal collection, which is now composed of over 300 works of Art Deco glass, much of it by European designers.