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Sites & Museums in San Antonio |
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 San
Antonio is full of historic sites and museums to offer its
guests. You will have art museums, historic museums, and
even a museum dedicated to the development and history of the
Circus to browse through. While you are in San Antonio
be sure to check out all it has to offer. Below you will
find information about some of the different types of museums
San Antonio has to offer. If you need help with your
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Historic Sites & Museums
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Hertzberg
Circus Museum - Have an event under the big
top! Experience the southwest’s only circus museum featuring a
major collection of memorabilia including sideshow
personalities, Tom Thumb’s carriage, a scale model circus, and
Clown Alley. Number of guests: 400. (210) 207-7819
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The Institute
of Texan Cultures - opened in 1968 as the Texas Pavilion
at HemisFair. During the fair's six-month run, the exhibit was
well received and remained open with an expanded statewide
mission. Today, the Institute maintains more than 50,000 square
feet of exhibits and in 1999, ITC welcomed 229,237 visitors,
66,137 of whom were schoolchildren from public and private
schooled throughout the state.
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San Antonio
Children’s Museum - A multi-story building with a
vibrant cityscape inside. It also contains more than 80
interactive multi-sensory exhibits designed to foster a greater
understanding of the working society and the physical world. Bar
and food stations are available throughout the museum on ground
and mezzanine levels. Number of Guest: 400. (210) 212-4453
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San Antonio Museum
of Art - Housed in the historic 1884 Lone Star Brewery
near the heart of downtown, the San Antonio Museum of Art is
home to the region's finest display of Egyptian, Greek and Roman
antiquities; Asian art; European and American paintings;
decorative arts, and contemporary art. Since opening in 1981,
the 104,000 square-foot Museum has also become a center for the
study and appreciation of Latin American art. The Nelson A.
Rockefeller Center for Latin American Art, a 30,000 square-foot
wing, opened in October of 1998. It displays the Museum's
extensive, permanent Latin American collection, which includes
Spanish Colonial/Republican art, modern/contemporary art, folk
art and pre-Columbian art.
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Texas Air
Museum - The Texas Air Museum was found in 1985 in Rio
Hondo, Texas, and opened a branch of the museum in Slayton,
Texas in 1990, and another branch at Stinson Field in San
Antonio in 1999. The Mission of the Museum is to promote
education through the preservation and restoration of aircraft
and artifacts representing historic events that have shaped this
nation and the world. The Stinson Chapter presents the history
of flight from the early days of aviation (with an emphasis on
early aviation in San Antonio) to the present. Here you will see
some rare aircraft including the extremely rare German WWII
Focke-Wulf FW-190. (210) 977-9885.
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The Witte
Museum - features history and science exhibits, major
national traveling exhibits, family events, live gallery
theater, and overnight camp-ins for children. Highlights include
Texas dinosaurs, an Egyptian exhibit and mummy and historic
homes from San Antonio on the grounds. Don't miss the H-E-B
Science Treehouse also located on the museum grounds! This
four-level science center features hands-on exhibits for all
ages, an Internet surfing room, live demonstrations, a real
treehouse connected by elevated walkways, and outdoor water
exhibits on the banks of the San Antonio River.
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he Alamo -
More than 2.5 million people a year visit the 4.2 acre complex
known worldwide as "The Alamo." Most come to see the
old mission where a small band of Texans held out for thirteen
days against the centralist army of General Antonio López de
Santa Anna. Although the Alamo fell in the early morning hours
of March 6, 1836, the death of the Alamo Defenders has come to
symbolize courage and sacrifice for the cause of Liberty. The
memories of James Bowie, David Crockett, and William B. Travis
are as powerful today as when the Texan Army under Sam Houston
shouted "Remember the Alamo!" as it routed Santa Anna
at the battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. The Alamo
has been managed by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas since
1905. Located on Alamo Plaza in downtown San Antonio, Texas, the
Alamo represents nearly 300 years of history. Three buildings -
the Shrine, Long Barrack Museum, and Gift Museum - house
exhibits on the Texas Revolution and Texas History. Visitors are
welcome to stroll through the beautiful Alamo Gardens. Just a
short walk from the River Walk, the Alamo is a "must
see" for all who come to San Antonio. 300 Alamo
Plaza, (210) 225-1391
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