French Legation: Texas’s Oldest Frame House and a Republic’s Embassy
In 1841, when Austin was the raw capital of an independent Republic of Texas, France sent a chargé d’affaires — and he built a Creole...
Category : Museums
George Washington Carver Museum: Austin’s Black Heritage Heart
The Carver Museum began as Austin’s first library for Black readers in 1933 — and grew into the city’s cornerstone of African-American history and culture....
Neill-Cochran House Museum: Greek Revival Grace in Old Austin
On San Gabriel Street stands one of the last houses that remember Austin before the Civil War. The Neill-Cochran House (1855-56) — designed by Abner...
Harry Ransom Center: The Gutenberg Bible and the First Photograph
Behind glass at the Harry Ransom Center sit two objects that changed the world: one of only five complete Gutenberg Bibles in America, and the...
Texas Science & Natural History Museum: Dinosaurs Return to UT
The great hall on the UT Austin campus has its dinosaurs back. The Texas Memorial Museum — Texas’s first state museum of natural history, opened...
The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center: Art on Congress Avenue
On Congress Avenue, a glowing lattice roof marks downtown Austin’s temple of the new. The Jones Center, The Contemporary Austin’s urban flagship, pairs 5,000+ square...
Mexic-Arte Museum: Mexican and Latino Art Shines on Congress Avenue
At the corner of Congress Avenue and 5th Street, the Mexic-Arte Museum pours color into downtown Austin. Since 1984, this beloved nonprofit has championed Mexican,...
LBJ Presidential Library: A President’s Legacy in the Heart of Austin
Rising in monumental travertine on the UT Austin campus, the LBJ Presidential Library is one of the most moving museums in Texas. Across its galleries,...
Bullock Texas State History Museum: The Story of Texas Under One Roof
Under a 35-foot bronze star, the Bullock Texas State History Museum does something Texas-sized: it tells the entire story of the Lone Star State across...
Blanton Museum of Art: Austin’s Temple of Art — and Ellsworth Kelly’s ‘Austin’
On the University of Texas campus, the Blanton Museum of Art is where Austin goes to see the world. Its collection of more than 21,000...
