The Tech Museum of Natural History
Fish Effigy Bowl, Late Caddoan
Founded by C. Wade Mead, professor of Anthropology at Tech, consists of Pre-Columbian Caddo pottery and points from sites in Southern Arkansas and East Texas. The museum also holds fossilized footprints of dinosaurs, original and replica weapons, metates of various sizes, and publications.
Presently housed on the 3rd floor of Carson-Taylor Hall, the museum houses clothing from 1880 to 2002. The goals of the museum are to "preserve and exhibit the fashion heritage of the North Louisiana area". The museum was founded in 1976 when 50 clothing items from the private collection of Virginia Laskey of Ruston were donated to the University.