Don Harrington Discovery Center
Don Harrington Discovery Center is a nonprofit interactive science center and planetarium in Amarillo, Texas, U.S. The Discovery Center is located in the city's hospital district and is named after philanthropist Don Harrington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours:
Sunday: noon—4:30 PM
Tuesday—Saturday: 9:30 AM—4:30 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: science museum in Amarillo, Texas
- Also known as: “discoverycenteramarillo.org”
- Address: 1200 Streit Drive, Amarillo, TX 79106
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Westgate Mall and Amarillo High School.
Westgate Mall
Shopping center
Westgate Mall is an indoor shopping mall located in Amarillo, Texas, United States. It has over 100 mainline stores and 3 anchor stores, two Dillard's locations, with the men's store originally a Mervyn's and the women’s store originally a Sears, JCPenney, with 1 vacant anchor last occupied by the former Dillard’s. Westgate Mall is situated 1½ miles southwest of Don Harrington Discovery Center.
Amarillo High School
School
Photo: Who What Where Nguyen Why, Public domain.
Amarillo High School is a school located in the city of Amarillo, Texas, United States and is one of four high schools in the Amarillo Independent School District and classified as a 5A school by the University Interscholastic League. Amarillo High School is situated 2½ miles south of Don Harrington Discovery Center.
Western Crossing
Commercial area
Western Crossing, formerly known as Western Plaza, is a strip mall in Amarillo, Texas, United States. It opened in 1968 with a construction cost of approximately US$13 million. Western Crossing is situated 2 miles east of Don Harrington Discovery Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soncy and Cliffside.
Soncy
Hamlet
Soncy was an unincorporated community in Potter County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is now largely within the city limits of Amarillo. Soncy joins St. Soncy is situated 2 miles southwest of Don Harrington Discovery Center.
Cliffside
Hamlet
Cliffside is an unincorporated community in Potter County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. Cliffside is situated 4½ miles north of Don Harrington Discovery Center.
Amarillo
Photo: Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Amarillo, which means "yellow" in Spanish, is the center of the Texas Panhandle at the edge of the Great Plains.
Don Harrington Discovery Center
- Categories: science museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Potter, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.20023° or 35° 12′ 1″ northLongitude
-101.91333° or 101° 54′ 48″ westElevation
3,642 feet (1,110 metres)Open location code
857W632P+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 179921622OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
5520325Wikidata ID
Q5292746
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Hungarian—“Don Harrington Discovery Center” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “מרכז דון הרינגטון”
- Hungarian: “Don Harrington Discovery Center”
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