Austin, Texas

Art, Culture, General, History

The museum provides rich environments for a wide range of audiences to investigate and experience excellence in modern and contemporary art. The museum accomplishes this through innovative exhibitions, education, interpretative programs and direct access to the creative process.

Austin, Texas

Library

Austin History Center in Austin, TX is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Austin, Texas

Children's, Nature Centers, Science, Zoo

The Austin Nature and Science Center (ANSC) is Central Texas' only living nature and science museum. The ANSC is situated on an eighty acre preserve containing woodlands (80%), and a meadow area (20%). Two well-fed ponds, a major lake, a wet weather creek, and geological escarpments are some of the features on our site. This diverse location gives us a natural abundance of vegetation and wildlife. The collections of the ANSC consist of Live Animals, Non-Living Specimens, Library, and Native Flora and Fauna. Rather than being stored in cabinets, all of these collections contribute toward fulfilling our mission, of providing hands-on educational experiences in our interactive programs, exhibits and nature trails, as mandated by our Statement of Purpose.

Austin, Texas

History

The Capitol Visitors Center is a restored historic structure, museum and information center. The Center is housed in the historic 1856 General Land Office Building. The Center tells the stories of the Capitol, the General Land Office and Texas. History is brought to life through interactive permanent and temporary exhibits. In addition, the Center shows two short films, "XIT: A Capitol Deal," which details the financing of the Capitol and "Beyond the Dome," which highlights secret places of the statehouse. The Texas Department of Transportation also has a travel center located at the Visitors Center where TxDot employees provide free travel information.

Austin, Texas

Art, History, Historic House

Elisabet Ney Museum in Austin, TX is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Austin, Texas

Friends of the Governor's Mansion in Austin, TX is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Austin, Texas

Library

Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Center for Legal History in Austin, TX is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Austin, Texas

Culture, History, Historic House, Library, Specialized

Continue to preserve our cultural history by partnershiping with the other community leaders as ChannelAustin, Univ. of Texas and our After-school Youths.

Austin, Texas

Arboretum, Library

Wildflowers are an important part of North America s heritage. Native plants are vital to the health of every natural habitat, yet nearly one-fourth of all known American wildflowers and native plants are in danger of extinction.

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is a non-profit organization committed to the preservation and reestablishment of native wildflowers, grasses, shrubs, and trees. Thousands of people proudly claim membership in the growing ranks of our organization, and are putting their concern for the environment into action.

Austin, Texas

Art, Specialized

Mexic-Arte Mueum is dedicated to cultural enrichment and education through the presentation and promotion of traditional and contemporary Mexican, Latino, and Latin American art and culture.

Austin, Texas

Children's

The Austin Children's Museum was founded in October 1983 by a grass-roots group which successfully developed partnerships with civic, business, and community organizations seeking to expand the cultural and educational opportunities for Central Texas youth and families. Founders surveyed community groups (libraries, schools, preschool parent groups, educators, artists, and cultural groups) who expressed strong support for a resource which would build on a child's inherent curiosity and provide concrete opportunities for creativity and inquiry.

Austin, Texas

Art

Austin Museum of Digital Art in Austin, TX is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Austin, Texas

History

Approved in 1997 by the 75th Texas Legislature, The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum opened on April 21, 2001 at the intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and North Congress Avenue in downtown Austin, Texas. The Legislature authorized $80 million in bond revenue to pay for the Museum's construction, which began in November 1998. The Museum was designed by E. Verner Johnson & Associates, Inc., the creators of the Boston Museum of Science, the Cincinnati Museum Center and the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. HKS, Inc. of Dallas served as Associate Architects. Construction management is provided by Thos. S. Byrne, Inc. of Fort Worth, with the actual construction done by Constructors & Associates, Inc.

Austin, Texas

Library

Catholic Archives of Texas in Austin, TX is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Austin, Texas

Historic House

The museum is a non-profit organization which has been under the custody of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas since 1949. The museum receives no state-appropriated funding, and all proceeds benefit the French Legation Museum in its ongoing efforts towards restoration, historic preservation, educational programming, maintenance, and operations.

Austin, Texas

Specialized

George Washington Carver Museum, The in Austin, TX is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Austin, Texas

Art, Library, University

Harry Ransom Museum in Austin, TX is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Austin, Texas

Children's, Culture, History, Historic House, Natural History, Nature Centers, Park, Specialized

Pioneer Farms is a living history museum depicting the lifestyle of early-day Texans - when Austin was just a small town, long before cars and cell phones had been invented, when bonnets and buggies were in vogue. Pioneer Farms is a volunteer-run property of the Heritage Society of Austin, one of Texas' oldest organizations dedicated to historic preservation.
Step back in time for a variety of educational programs for both children and adults.

Our museum features three historic farmsteads and an entry village, plus acres of prairie pastures, farmyards and wildlife. Each is interpreted just as life would have been in the 1800s on Central Texas' Blacklands Prairie.

Austin, Texas

Library, Specialized

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum in Austin, TX is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Austin, Texas

Culture, Historic House, Historical Society

One of Austin's most important historic houses, the Neill-Cochran House was built in 1855 by the Master Builder Abner Cook, who also designed the Texas Governor's Mansion, both in the Greek Revival style. The House served as the first Asylum for the Blind in Texas and was a hospital, under the command of General George Armstrong Custer, for the Union Army during Reconstruction. It was not owner-occupied until 1876 when Colonel Andew Neill purchased it for his family. Judge Thomas Cochran bought the House from Col. Neill's widow in 1895, and it remained in the Cochran family until 1958, when it was sold to the NSCDA, who preserved it and opened it to the public in 1962.