SAN ANTONIO – The Witte Museum isn’t the only museum revisiting how it portrays history, judging by the theme of this week’s Texas Association of Museums Conference, “Unfinished Collectives: Telling ...
SAN ANTONIO – An exhibit at the Witte Museum explores the story of Brackenridge Park through maps, photos and artifacts. The exhibit, “Brackenridge: San Antonio’s Acclaimed Urban Park,” is based on a ...
The Witte’s new CEO will launch Texas Museums 360, an inquiry-based science curriculum for Texas Schools. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Witte Museum San Antonio’s Witte Museum is exploring the dark history ...
SAN ANTONIO — In light of Rodeo Season and Black History Month, you can get your fix for both in the Black Cowboy Exhibit at the Witte Museum. The history behind the name Cowboy started with the ...
An 1867 Bible, three dresses and other artifacts at the Witte Museum once belonged to Sarah Tate, who was enslaved at age 41 and living east of San Antonio when news of emancipation reached Texas. In ...
The Witte Museum has educated generations of San Antonians on Texas history and is now recognizing its own place in the state's timeline. The museum opened 93 years ago this week. Today, the museum's ...
SAN ANTONIO — Much in the same way a blockbuster film series helps tell the story of how Thomas Adams came to help build the Witte Museum’s permanent dinosaur gallery, that gallery helps tell the ...
Everidge, who previously served as the Witte’s deputy director, grew up in San Antonio and credits her childhood visits to the museum for a lifelong love of history. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Witte ...
Pretty much every day, George Cisneros heads to the Witte Museum to get a look at and a listen to “The Cacophony.” Cisneros led the team, including video artist Erik Bosse, that created the immersive ...
Historian Ron Davis was floored the first time he saw a Black rodeo, and even more stunned when he learned that Black cowboys have been around in the United States since before the Civil War. “I ...
San Antonio, Dec. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Witte Museum proudly announces its 8 th annual Conference on Texas, a dynamic event that highlights new research and fosters meaningful conversations ...