Editing Odessa, Texas (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Odessa, TX, welcome sign Picture 1824.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Odessa welcome sign along [[Interstate 20]]]]
[[File:Ector night.jpg|thumb|Ector Theater in Odessa, Texas as shown on May 30, 2020. The 700-seat Ector Theatre at 500 N. Texas Ave. in Odessa opened in 1951. Now closed for regular films, it still hosts occasional community events, performing arts, and musical expositions. The theater is undergoing a major renovation and is now attached to the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.]]
[[File:Abandoned Historic Rio Theater in Odessa, TX DSCN1292.JPG|thumb|200px|right|The abandoned Rio Theater on North Grant Street in Odessa opened in 1947 as the Scott Theater. In 2010, a community group attempted to acquire the building.]]

===Performing arts===
The Midland–Odessa Symphony and Chorale (MOSC) was founded in 1962,<ref>{{cite web|title=MOSC History|website=Midland–Odessa Symphony Orchestra|url=http://www.mosc.org/index.php/about-us/history|access-date=26 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526214925/http://www.mosc.org/index.php/about-us/history|archive-date=26 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is the region's largest orchestral organization, presenting both pops and masterworks concerts. The MOSC has three resident chamber ensembles: the Lone Star Brass, Permian Basin String Quartet, and West Texas Winds.

The [[Globe of the Great Southwest]], located on the campus of [[Odessa College]], features a replica of [[William Shakespeare]]'s [[Globe Theatre]]. It hosts plays, and features an annual Shakespeare festival. Other theaters include the Ector Theater, built in 1951, and the Permian Playhouse.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

===Tourism===
[[File:White-Pool House in Odessa, TX Picture 1849.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The [[White-Pool House]], built in 1887, is the oldest structure still standing in Odessa. Open to visitors at 112 East Murphy Street near South Grant Avenue, the building is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].]]
[[File:Stonehenge at University of Texas at the Permian Basin Picture 1851.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[Stonehenge replica (Odessa, Texas)|Stonehenge replica]] on campus of the [[University of Texas of the Permian Basin]] in Odessa]]
[[File:Parker Ranch House Museum, Odessa, TX DSCN1231.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Parker Ranch House Museum at 1118 Maple Ave.: The restored structure was once the headquarters of a ranch that includes 175 sections of land in Andrews and Ector Counties. Owned from the 1930s to the 1950s by Jim and Bessie Parker, the museum features exhibits of the ranching family.]]

Odessa's [[Presidential Museum and Leadership Library]], on the campus of the [[University of Texas of the Permian Basin]], is dedicated to the office of the Presidency. It also has displays about the presidents of the [[Republic of Texas]].

Texon Santa Fe Depot honors the old west and its railroads.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

The Parker House Museum features the lifestyle of a prominent ranching family in from the early 1900s.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

[[Odessa Meteor Crater]], an impact crater {{convert|550|ft|m}} in diameter, is located southwest of the city.

Odessa has 31 jackrabbits statues, as part of an art project launched in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/odessas-jackrabbit-jamboree/|title=Odessa's Jackrabbit Jamboree|date=February 7, 2016}}</ref>

===Libraries===
[[File:Ector County Library in Odessa, TX Picture 1830.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Ector County, Texas|Ector County]] Library in downtown Odessa]]
*Ector County Library
*Murry H. Fly Learning Resource Center
*The J. Conrad Dunagan Library