Things to Do

Lubbock's strongest sights tell the South Plains story from several angles: rock and roll, ranching, archaeology, wind power, Texas Tech, and the wide-open farming country around the city.

Guide

Things to Do

01

National Ranching Heritage Center

Outdoor ranching-history museum with restored frontier buildings on the Texas Tech campus.

Museum
02

Buddy Holly Center

Music museum in the Depot District devoted to Lubbock's rock-and-roll son.

Museum
03

Lubbock Lake Landmark

Archaeological preserve with evidence of human use on the High Plains for millennia.

Sight
04

American Windmill Museum

Large windmill collection explaining how wind shaped ranching and farming on the plains.

Museum
05

Museum of Texas Tech University

University museum with art, natural history, archaeology, and a planetarium.

Museum
06

Science Spectrum

Science Spectrum is an interactive science museum with more than 250 permanent exhibits, traveling shows, and an OMNI domed theater in the same complex. …

Museum
07

Llano Estacado Winery

Flagship High Plains winery south of Lubbock with tastings and tours.
08

Texas Tech Public Art Collection

Large campus-wide public art collection spread across Texas Tech University.

Sight
09

Bayer Museum of Agriculture

The Bayer Museum of Agriculture preserves the farming history of the South Plains. Its collection ranges from household objects to farm equipment and implements, …

Museum
10

Prairie Dog Town

Small protected colony of prairie dogs in Mackenzie Park.

Sight
11

Ballet Lubbock

Ballet Lubbock is the city's main classical dance company, with a pre-professional school and a calendar of performances through the year. Its annual *Nutcracker*, …
12

Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts

The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts is a downtown Lubbock arts complex with galleries, a performance hall, studios, and a sculpture garden. …
13

Southwest Collection

The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech gathers regional history, oral narratives, the Vietnam Archive, and other research collections. Visitors usually come for …

Museum
14

Clapp Park and Lubbock Garden

Clapp Park is a modest but useful green space south of central Lubbock, with the Lubbock Garden, the Memorial Rose Garden, and St. Paul's …
15

Moody Planetarium

Moody Planetarium is a small public planetarium associated with the Museum of Texas Tech University. Its shows focus on astronomy and the night sky, …