Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Gallery

Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Gallery For an “out-of-this-world” experience, bring your friends and family to get acquainted with our spectacular visitors from space. The Oscar E.

Would you like to hold a piece of the Solar System in your hand? Would you like to touch a piece of Mars? The Monnig Meteorite Gallery can provide you with this experience. By visiting the gallery, you will have the opportunity to explore the mysteries of meteorites! Meteorites are the oldest materials known — older than any rock formed on Earth! Learn how to identify a meteorite, experience a han

ds-on encounter with different types of meteorites, and create your own terrestrial impact crater. Monnig Meteorite Gallery page is a resource of TCU. Any and all content posted by followers is the property and responsibility of the Facebook user, not TCU. All comments posted to the The Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Gallery page are subject to the administrators discretion. The intent of this policy is not to keep negative information from being posted, but to protect the privacy and rights of TCU’s students, faculty and staff. We welcome your thoughts and comments, however, our top concern is maintaining a spirit of courteous discussion. We will delete comments that contain vulgar or abusive language; pornography; personal attacks of any kind; offensive terms that target specific ethnic, religious or racial groups or incite violence. We will also delete comments that are spam, are clearly off topic or that promote services or products. If you are featured in a photo we posted on this page and do not wish to be, or have an issue with any content displayed on the The Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Gallery page please email [email protected]. Thank you for your support of TCU!

We LOVED having our friends from Pegasus Landing visit the Monnig. Schedule your tour today!
05/06/2026

We LOVED having our friends from Pegasus Landing visit the Monnig. Schedule your tour today!

Read all about Oscar Monnig in this month's Texas Highways magazine
04/27/2026

Read all about Oscar Monnig in this month's Texas Highways magazine

After identifying the RGV’s first known meteorite, Oscar Monning amassed one of the largest collections in the U.S.

We had so much fun yesterday at an Earth Day Celebration! TCU students, staff, and guests were able to hold asteroids, t...
04/23/2026

We had so much fun yesterday at an Earth Day Celebration! TCU students, staff, and guests were able to hold asteroids, the moon, and Mars. Contact us if you would like the solar system to join your event. ☄️

02/20/2026

The Monnig will be closed Saturday February 21st. We apologize for any inconvenience.

01/19/2026

The Gallery is closed today for MLK Day.

01/05/2026

This week we will be open:
Tuesday-Friday 1-4pm

we will be closed on Monday 5th and Saturday 10th as not all of our student workers have returned from their winter breaks.

12/16/2025

WINTER BREAK HOURS:

The Monnig Gallery will be closed on Saturday December 20th for winter break and will reopen again on January 6th 2026.

Happy Holidays!

11/24/2025

The Monnig is closed this week for the Thanksgiving break.

08/18/2025

The Monnig will be closed today due to an earlier power cut resulting in equipment failure. Thanks for your understanding and we hope to see you soon.

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2950 W Bowie Street
Fort Worth, TX
76109

Opening Hours

Monday 1pm - 4pm
Tuesday 1pm - 4pm
Wednesday 1pm - 4pm
Thursday 1pm - 4pm
Friday 1pm - 4pm
Saturday 1pm - 4pm

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