The Sue & Frank Mayborn Natural Science and Cultural History Museum Complex (abbreviated as MMC) is a 142,000-square-foot (13,200 m) facility that opened in May 2004 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas . The complex features a natural history wing with exhibits on prehistoric Central Texas, dioramas featuring landscapes of the area, and examples of the homes utilized by 19th Century residents of Texas, The Harry and Anna Jeanes Discovery center with two floors of hands-on experiences for all ages, and The 13-acre (53,000 m) Governor Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village. The complex also features the 5,000 sq ft (460 m) Anding Traveling Exhibit Gallery, a theater, and a museum store.
17-487: The Mayborn Museum Complex is made up of three previous institutions, The Strecker Museum, The Ollie Mae Moen Discovery Center, and the Governor Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village. The Baylor University Museum can be traced back to 1856, when an advertisement in the 1856-1857 annual catalogue called for a "telescope, microscope, and contributions for a cabinet for minerals, shells, and petrifactions." to be used for
34-591: A US Senator . Daniel made large donations to good causes especially to his alma mater Baylor University, several of the campus buildings are named after him, his late wife Vara and other members of the Daniel family. From 1949 to 1953 he served as a Democratic Party member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 14th District, his brother Price had previously held this office from 1939 to 1945. In 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy appointed him to
51-533: A 1972 amendment increased it to four years again. The gubernatorial election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November that does not coincide with the presidential elections . All gubernatorial elections have been a part of the midterm elections since the 1974 election , invalidating the latter. The governor is sworn in on the third Tuesday of January every four years along with
68-401: A representation of rural Texas in the 1890s as portrayed in 9 restored buildings. Thesis This Texas museum-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bill Daniel (politician) William Partlow Daniel (November 20, 1915 – June 20, 2006), was an American politician and actor who served Governor of Guam from 1961 to 1963 and Democratic member of
85-534: A senior US Navy officer based in Washington, D.C. ; this often took weeks to obtain. This was obviously an obstacle to development, especially in the area of tourism, and its removal greatly benefited the economy of the territory. His appointment resulted in the first occasion in which brothers simultaneously held governorships in the United States, as his older brother Price was governor of Texas for
102-472: A teaching collection. This collection eventually became the university museum and was later named for its curator, John Kern Strecker, in 1940. Under Strecker, the museum's collections were greatly expanded through trading with other institutions and large donations, including his personal collection of birds, mammals, and reptiles. The Strecker Museum was housed in various locations on the Baylor campus prior to
119-486: Is Greg Abbott , who took office in 2015. Anyone seeking to become the governor of Texas must meet the following qualifications: Governors of Texas are directly elected by registered voters in Texas and serve for a term of four years. They take office on the third Tuesday of January following an election, which is also the date of expiry of the previous gubernatorial term. The state's first constitution in 1845 established
136-675: The Texas House of Representatives . Born in Dayton, Texas , and a graduate of Baylor University and a member of the Baylor University Chamber of Commerce , he spent the majority of his life working as a lawyer in Liberty County, Texas . Bill Daniel was born into a wealthy and prominent Texas family, his older brother Price Daniel Sr. served as Governor of Texas (1957–1963), Texas Supreme Court Justice and
153-473: The lieutenant governor , so Abbott and current lieutenant governor Dan Patrick both took office on January 20, 2015. Despite the lack of term limits, no Texas governor in the 19th or 20th century ever served more than seven and a half consecutive years in office ( Allan Shivers ) or eight years total service ( Bill Clements , in two non-consecutive four-year terms). Former governor Rick Perry , who served from 2000 to 2015, surpassed both these records, becoming
170-591: The Alamo. Bill Daniel died on June 20, 2006, at his home in Liberty, Texas , at the age of 90. Governor of Texas The governor of Texas is the head of the state government of Texas and is the highest elected official in the state. The governor is the leader of the executive and legislative branches of the state government and is the commander in chief of the Texas Military . The current governor
187-475: The Youth Cultural Center was founded in 1965, led by Ollie Mae Moen. Moen led the organization until her retirement in 1982, and it was renamed in her honor in 1994. The Historic Village was donated to Baylor University by Governor Bill Daniel and his family in 1985. The buildings that comprise today's Village were relocated from Plantation Ranch in Liberty, Texas . The Village offers visitors
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#1732771908494204-649: The construction of the Mayborn Museum Complex, including Caroll Library, Pat Neff Hall, and the Sid Richardson Science Building, where it was permanently housed from 1968 until 2003. Until its closure to relocate to the Mayborn Museum Complex in 2003, the Strecker Museum was the oldest continuously operating museum in Texas. In response to a call for a place where local children could find excitement for learning,
221-479: The entire time of his service as governor of Guam. Bill Daniel appeared in the John Wayne film The Alamo playing Colonel Neill. Daniel also provided the film with 400 longhorns and hundreds of horses from his ranch. Daniel's most memorable scene from the film is suggesting a courier named Smitty, played by Frankie Avalon , dismount for food and rest, which Smitty refuses in order to return to help defend
238-498: The first Texas governor to serve three consecutive four-year terms. When Perry won the general election on November 2, 2010 , he joined Shivers, Price Daniel , and John Connally as the only Texas governors elected to three terms (the terms served by governors Shivers, Daniel, and Connally were two-year terms). On November 8, 2022, current governor Greg Abbott was re-elected and became the fifth Texas governor to serve three terms following Shivers, Daniel, Connally and Perry. In case of
255-492: The office of governor, to serve for two years, but no more than four years out of every six (essentially a limit of no more than two consecutive terms). The 1861 secessionist constitution set the term start date at the first Monday in the November following the election. The 1866 constitution, adopted just after the American Civil War , increased terms to 4 years, but no more than 8 years out of every 12, and moved
272-499: The position of governor of Guam , an office that he held from May 20, 1961, to January 20, 1963. His main achievement as governor was to arrange for the removal of the requirement of a "security clearance" to enter or leave Guam, by persuading Kennedy to sign an executive order (No.11045) , rescinding the one put in place during 1941 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt . The old (wartime) travel restrictions required that all civilians wishing to visit Guam needed to obtain approval from
289-499: The start date to the first Thursday after the organization of the legislature, or "as soon thereafter as practicable". The Reconstruction -era constitution of 1869 removed the limit on terms, Texas remains one of 16 states, territory or jurisdiction (including the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia ) with no gubernatorial term limits. The present constitution of 1876 shortened terms back to two years, but
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