The Faulkner Center is a 2+1⁄2-story, light buff brick building, trimmed in limestone and built in the Collegiate Gothic style.

"[3] Construction began on the museum in 1936, it was completed before the fall semester of 1937, and it was dedicated on February 4, 1938 in a 53–26 win against TCU.

[5] The center also has an astronomy group, that specializes in galactic evolution, binary stars, and gravity waves, and it has groups interested in planetary astronomy, cosmochemistry, astrobiology, remote sensing, planetary morphology, and space flight instrument development.

[6] The Space Center offers courses of research and instruction for undergraduate students and a variety of outreach programs for the public.

On September 5, 2012, it was announced that the building would become a concert hall for the performing arts, thanks in part to a donation of $6 million by Jim and Joyce Faulkner.