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Institute of Texan Cultures

801 South Bowie Street
San Antonio, Texas

Phone: 210 458 2300 -- 800 776 7651
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Statement of Purpose:

The Institute of Texan Cultures is a university educational center dedicated to enhancing historical and cultural understanding through exhibits, programs, and publications that encourage acceptance and appreciation of our differences as well as our common humanity. Operating on the premise that people are stronger citizens when they know more about themselves and each other, the Institute serves as an educational forum and symbolizes the state s strength in cultural diversity.

Highlights & Collections:
The Institute of Texan Cultures first opened in 1968 as the Texas Pavilion at HemisFair. Today, as part of The University of Texas at San Antonio, it continues to serve as an educational center where learning about Texas history and cultures is fun!
Some 300,000 people visit each year, including more than 70,000 schoolchildren.
It features:
A main Exhibit Floor highlighting the contributions of 27 of the ethnic and cultural groups that settled Texas. Recent additions/renovations:
The Tejano area now features two miniature dioramas depicting San Antonio in the 1790 s, in which the diorama figures speak from different perspectives through touch-activated conversations.
Added in June, 1996: a mission chapel scene, a home interior, and a soldier environment ( soldado de querro ), with accompanying mannequins, maps, and quotes from people of the periods.
New in the Native American area: an interactive multimedia unit offering a detailed look at Texas's contemporary Indians how they live and work today. Featured are the Alabama-Coushattas, the Tigua Indians of Ysleta del Sur, the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the Urban Indians of Texas.
A Multimedia Show in the Dome Theater entitled, The Faces and Places of Texas, shown four times a day. Since its debut during HemisFair 68, it has been shown more than 30,000 times to over five million people!
The Back 40 behind the Institute containing turn-of-the-century interpretive areas: windmill, dogtrot log house, adobe house, frontier fort, Hill Country barn, one-room schoolhouse, and immigrant wagon.
The Institute neither owns nor collects major works, as most exhibitry is donated or loaned. The research library, however, is a major resource for Texas culture and history studies. Its extensive files on Texas ethnic groups are organized with cross- references to geographic places, associations, religious gorups, and individuals. The library houses a selective colection of books, ethnic newspapers on microfilm, and oral histories, and is open to the public by appointment.
Institute researchers and photo archivists selectively acquire, catalog, and preserve images relating to Texas culture and history. The majority of the more than 2,000,000 images are available for public use.

Exhibits & Special Events:

http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu

Hours:

Tuesday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas

Admission & Directions:
Adults, $4; children, 3-12, and seniors, 65 and older, $2; children, 2 and under, free. Special rates for school and tour groups and on special event days.

Located at Bowie Street and Durango Boulevard on HemisFair Park in downtown San Antonio.

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Key Personnel:

Rex H. Ball, Ph. D., Executive Director

Andera, Jo Ann, Director of Texas Folklife Festival/special Events
Brodeur, Robert, Director of Administration and Budgets
Burns, Leslie, Director of Media Production
Catalina, Lynn, Director of Communications
Ellis, Mary Lou, Interim Director of Production
Rubio, Joe, Director of Physical Plant
Simpson, Leah, Curator of Collections
Sisson, Lt. Sheila, Commander of Downtown Operations
Wiskemann, Sally, Director of Volunteer Programs
York, Dr. Judith, Director of Programs

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Institute of Texan Cultures

Statement of Purpose:

Highlights & Collections:

Exhibits & Special Events:

http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu

Hours:

Admission & Directions:

Images.

Key Personnel:

Tell us what you think.

Thank you again for your visit.

This page and all contents are © 1995-2008 by Art Emotion Corp., IL. USA.All information is subject to change - This document is non contractual.

This page and all contents are © 1995-2008 by Art Emotion Corp., IL. USA.
All information is subject to change - This document is non contractual.