{"id":12000,"date":"2013-05-24T14:47:11","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T14:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=12000"},"modified":"2013-05-24T14:47:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T14:47:11","slug":"mayborn-museum-complex-welcomes-its-1-millionth-visitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2013\/05\/mayborn-museum-complex-welcomes-its-1-millionth-visitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayborn Museum Complex welcomes its 1 millionth visitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151610023971926.1073741855.61388081925&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"mayborn-may13\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/mayborn-may13.jpg\" alt=\"Mayborn Museum welcomes 1 millionth visitor\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Baylor&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mayborn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayborn Museum Complex<\/a> opened in 2004, bringing together three previously separate\u00a0entities\u00a0&#8212; the Strecker Museum, Ollie Mae Moen Discovery Center, and the Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village &#8212; onto one site, just across University Parks Drive from the Wiethorn Visitors Center.<\/p>\n<p>On their own, the three attractions totalled about 50,000 visitors a year; it was estimated that uniting the three attractions could perhaps draw twice as many annual visitors. In fact, it&#8217;s done even better; on May 8 &#8212; exactly two weeks shy of nine years from its public opening &#8212; the Mayborn Museum Complex welcomed its 1 millionth visitor. [See photos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151610023971926.1073741855.61388081925&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.500666636654314.1073741829.118116101576038&amp;type=1\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p>A second-grade class from\u00a0Rosebud-Lott ISD (30 miles south of Waco) put the Mayborn over the million-visitor mark; the children were welcomed with a banner signed by museum staff and Baylor officials (including President Ken Starr), goodie bags from the museum store, and commemorative t-shirts that read, &#8220;I&#8217;m one in a million at the Mayborn Museum!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Schoolchildren make up a large portion of the Mayborn Museum Complex&#8217;s audience, though visitors of all ages can find something worth investigating. The Mayborn focuses on the\u00a0natural science and cultural history of Central Texas, with walk-in dioramas (including one on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2009\/12\/waco-mammoth-site-opens-incredible-experience-to-the-public\/\" target=\"_blank\">Waco Mammoth Site<\/a>) and exploration stations for geology, paleontology, archaeology and natural history. Seventeen themed discovery rooms encourage hands-on learning for all ages. The museum complex also serves as a learning laboratory for Baylor students in the Department of Museum Studies as well as many other disciplines across campus.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Mayborn!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baylor&#8217;s\u00a0Mayborn Museum Complex opened in 2004, bringing together three previously separate\u00a0entities\u00a0&#8212; the Strecker Museum, Ollie Mae Moen Discovery Center, and the Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village &#8212; onto one site, just across University Parks Drive from the Wiethorn Visitors Center. 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