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After a rigorous review process, Baylor\u2019s Mayborn Museum Complex<\/a> has achieved a significant milestone: accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums<\/a> (AAM) — the highest national recognition an American museum can achieve, and an honor only 3% of museums nationwide have earned.<\/p>\n The accreditation means that the Mayborn meets national standards and best practices for U.S. museums. The accreditation review particularly noted that the Mayborn has created a robust sense of community through its outreach activities and community collaboration, with exhibits, events and educational programs for all of Waco and its visitors.<\/p>\n You could spend an entire day at the Mayborn roaming their permanent exhibits alone. The Natural and Cultural History Exhibits<\/a> emphasize what the land and life in Texas once looked like. The Governor Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village<\/a> is a recreation of Texan life in the 1890s. The Jeanes Discovery Center<\/a> is chock full of hands-on activities like giant bubbles, a walk-on piano, and so much more. And the Design Den<\/a> encourages visitors to slow down and engage in the art of creating.<\/p>\n On top of all that, the museum regularly welcomes spectacular traveling exhibits. Recently, it hosted its biggest and most popular exhibit to-date: “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition<\/a>“. In January, that was followed by its current special exhibits,<\/a>\u00a0“Very Eric Carle: A Very Hungry, Quiet, Lonely, Clumsy, Busy Exhibit,” based on the classic Eric Carle books like The Very Hungry Caterpillar<\/em>,\u00a0and “SpaceX: Now This is Rocket Science,” which offers education on the literal rocket science being done by SpaceX in neighboring McGregor, Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n