FREE ACCESS
TO HISTORY &
CULTURE
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Texas
Memorial Museum
A natural science museum with exhibits
and programs based on its renowned research collection
of more than 5.7 million specimens. Museum exhibits focus
on three areas: gems and minerals, Texas wildlife, and
fossils and dinosaurs. A number of unique features include
an on-site working paleontologist preparing fossil specimens
and answering questions from visitors, live-animal exhibits,
and the country's first museum exhibit of immersive 3-D
images of fossils.
2400 Trinity, 471-1604, www.utexas.edu/tmm
Admission: Free
Mon - Thu: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Fri: 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Sat: 10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Sun: 1:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
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Wood Duck Diarama |
T-Rex |
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Harry Ransom Center
The Harry Ransom Center houses one of the world's finest
cultural archives with more than 45 million items, including
extensive collections of rare books, manuscripts, photography,
film, art and the performing arts. The Ransom Center Galleries
offer diverse exhibitions from the Center's holdings, as
well as a permanent display in the lobby that features a
Gutenberg Bible and the first photograph ever taken.
21st and Guadalupe Street, 471-8944, www.hrc.utexas.edu
Admission: Free
Tue, Wed, Fri: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thu: 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sat - Sun: Noon - 5:00 p.m.
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Gutenberg Bible, 1544 |
Model of Motorcar #9, Norman Bel Geddes, ~1932 |
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LBJ Library and Museum
"It's all here: the story of our time with the bark
off. This Library will show the facts, not just the joy
and triumphs, but the sorrow and failures, too." This
is how Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United
States, wanted the records of his life and his presidency
to be viewed by the public. The LBJ Library and Museum takes
visitors back in time through six decades of American history
with emphasis on the turbulent 1960s. Visitors can see LBJ's
1968 Lincoln limousine, walk into a replica of the Oval
Office, and marvel at the life and accomplishments of Lady
Bird Johnson in the First Lady's Gallery.
2313 Red River Street, 721-0200, www.lbjlibrary.org
Admission: Free
Mon - Sun: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Replica of Oval Office, LBJ's Tenure |
Interior, LBJ's Limo
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O. Henry Museum
Famous for the short story, "The Gift of the Magi,"
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) lived in this 1881 Victorian
cottage. His experiences as journalist, draftsman, bank
teller, and with the Texas Rangers are reflected in his
short stories. Memorabilia from the author's life in Austin
furnish this National Literary Landmark.
36th Annual O. Henry Museum World Championship Pun-Off
- May 18th.
409 E. 5th Street, 472-1903, austintexas.gov/department/o-henry-museum
Admission: Free
Wed - Sun: Noon - 5:00 p.m.
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Interior |
Jazz Me Blues, 4th Annual Pun Off, 1980 - I'm on left |
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