The George Observatory, located about one hour’s drive south of Houston in the attractive Brazos Bend State Park, is a satellite facility of the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The meteorite exhibit features fragments of several famous meteorites, including a piece of the Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico meteorite, which fell to the Earth on Feb. 8, 1969.
There are also three domed telescopes at the George Observatory: the largest is the 36-inch Gueymard Research Telescope, one of the largest telescopes in the nation. It is open to the public on a regular basis.