Baylor Dedicates Mayborn Museum Complex

May 14, 2004

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News Photo 1966 — A balloon-covered front entrance welcomed guests to the Mayborn Museum Complex dedication.

News Photo 1958 — The Sue Mayborn Grand Rotunda of the Jeanes Discovery Center, the centerpiece of the Mayborn Museum Complex.

News Photo 1968 — A map of the state of Texas hangs inside the Grand Rotunda.

News Photo 1971 — Visitors, such as Baylor regent Stan Allcorn (center) and Mayborn steering committee member Scott Salmans (right), use the interactive AT&T Orientation Station to plan a visit according to their interests and available time.

News Photo 1972 — The "Cabinets of Curiosities" in the Natural History Exhibits will house favorites from the former Strecker Museum, such as the tree-slice timeline and the humpback whale skull.

News Photo 1957 — One of the Strecker Museum's favorite displays - the skeleton of a giant turtle - found a home in the Natural History Exhibits.

News Photo 1973 — The permanent exhibits feature interactive exploration stations that engage visitors and nurture their understanding of what makes Waco the Crossroads of Texas.

News Photo 1974 — "Waco at the Crossroads of Texas" natural science and cultural history exhibits are a "walk through time." The Texas Lifeways exhibit features an authentically reproduced Waco Indian grass hut, a Norwegian rock house, a Comanche tipi (as seen here) and an early log cabin.

News Photo 1952 — A full house packed the Anding Traveling Exhibits Gallery for the formal dedication of the Mayborn Museum Complex.

News Photo 1953 — Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr. welcomed guests to the dedication.

News Photo 1955 — Sue Mayborn, chief benefactor of the Mayborn Museum Complex, with Dr. Ellie Caston, the museum's director.

News Photo 1956 — (L to R) - Sue Mayborn, chief benefactor of the Mayborn Museum Complex, with Bill J. Dube, director of Baylor's endowed scholarship program.

News Photo 1964 — Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr. with Regent Emeritus Harry Jeanes, who along with his wife, Anna, provided a significant gift for the construction of the Discovery Center that bears their names.

News Photo 1954 — (L to R) - Dr. Ellie Caston, director of the Mayborn Museum Complex; Drayton McLane Jr., chair of the Baylor board of regents; Harry Jeanes, regent emeritus and museum benefactor; and Larry Smith, assistant vice president for development programs and gift planning.

News Photo 1965 — (L to R) - Museum benefactor Harry Jeanes received congratulations from Buddy Bostick, a Waco television pioneer.

News Photo 1967 — Dr. Ellie Caston welcomes Baylor Regent Sue Getterman and her husband, Ted, to the Mayborn Museum Complex dedication.

After two years of construction - both inside and out - Baylor University formally dedicated its much-anticipated Sue and Frank Mayborn Natural Science and Cultural History Museum Complex before hundreds of well-wishers on May 14.

Following a week of special previews, the complex, which includes the Harry and Anna Jeanes Discovery Center, opened to the public on May 22.

Baylor Dedicates Mayborn Museum Complex

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