How to Celebrate Austin Museum Day 2020

In person and virtual events abound on the city' annual free museum day

"...Here comes the 23rd annual Austin Museum Day, citizen, that free celebration of art, culture, history,..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Arts Post

Preserving the Future of the Texas Memorial Museum

After years of neglect and underfunding, Austin’s only natural history museum reconsiders its role

"...ever. The building is home to the Texas Memorial Museum...."

Nov. 18, 2022 Arts Feature by Claire Stevens

Margaret's Museum

"...Welsh, Craig Olejnik, Andrea Morris and Peter Boretski. Margaret's Museum's bittersweet tone and raw, unforgiving landscapes remind me of..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Blanton Museum Undertakes a $35 Million Makeover of Its Grounds

With the international architectural firm Snøhetta, the UT museum will add community spaces and art to its outdoor experience

"...Being inside the Blanton Museum is a great experience...."

Jan. 22, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Museum of Art

The museum is losing a block but may be gaining a leg up on a new facility

"...For close to 30 years, the Austin Museum of Art has clung to the dream of a..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips: The Vanishing Texana Museum, Jacksonville

Train ticket leads to museum demolition

"...The Vanishing Texana Museum collects all kinds of stories connected to Jacksonville...."

Sept. 23, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Kickstart Your Weekend: The Austin Toy Museum

New collectibles archive launches fund raising with party

"...The founders of the Austin Toy Museum have a motto. "I had that."..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Texas Surf Museum, Galveston

New Gulf Coast museum rides the Texas surfing scene

"...The Texas Surf Museum in Galveston documents a niche sport along the Texas..."

May 16, 2025 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: Amon Carter Art Museum

This Fort Worth museum is one of the coolest in Texas

"...my girlfriend to hang out in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art’s air-conditioned bliss during Fort Worth’s scorching,..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, Corpus Christi

Museum’s many treasures include the remains of the oldest shipwreck in the U.S.

"...The Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History covers a lot of ground..."

June 16, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: The Museum of Illusions, Dallas

A museum that plays tricks on your mind

"...The Museum of Illusions in Dallas encourages you to take your..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: OS Ranch Museum, Post

Small-town art museum with a world-class collection

"...The OS Ranch Museum in Post isn't about ranching. Instead, the museum on..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Night at the Museum

Amid crummy sight gags and predictable physical comedy, sputtering scenes, and the stale and watered-down Stiller in another nonsense story, Night at the Museum is at best a rotation of backdrops for a parade of visual effects.

"...Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. But Night at the Museum is a family film aimed at first-graders, not teenagers...."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Shawn Badgley

Day Trips: Patricia Huffman Smith NASA “Remembering Columbia” Museum, Hemphill

East Texas museum remembers the space shuttle disaster that happened 20 years ago

"...The Patricia Huffman Smith NASA "Remembering Columbia" Museum in Hemphill commemorates the space shuttle Columbia that broke..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Pop Art Museum, San Angelo

Outdoor museum offers art in an unusual place

"...The Pop Art Museum in San Angelo salutes the "people's art" in a..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Museum of Ice Cream Comes to Austin

Creamy, dreamy, cold and Instagrammable: In the Domain in August

"...the cool and creamy international sensation known as the Museum of Ice Cream is set to open its doors..."

July 9, 2021 Food Post by W. A. Brenner

Day Trips: Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country, Canyon Lake

Hill Country museum sits where dinosaurs once walked

"...The Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country outside of Sattler occupies..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Bullock Museum Cancels "Forget the Alamo" Program Under Pressure

Right-wing outrage scuttles writers' virtual event (for now)

"...an ironic move, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum today (July 1), with three hours notice, canceled a..."

July 1, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

This well-worn premise still has some life in it.

"...this film that they were watching Night at the Museum 3, the series in which all the attractions in..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

In this comedy sequel, the CG action moves to Washington, D.C., as the Smithsonian's exhibits are put into storage during a renovation.

"...Lennon have moved the location from New York's American Museum of Natural History to D.C.'s Smithsonian, but virtually every..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips: The Titanic, Mayborn Museum, Waco

Artifacts of famed ocean liner sets sail at Waco museum

"..."Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" at the Mayborn Museum in Waco unlocks some of the mysteries of what..."

July 6, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Five Austin Museum Day Recommendations

Back, tyranny of choice! Back, we say!

"...With the Austin Museum Day celebration providing free admission at venues all across..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kickstart Your Weekend: The Austin Toy Museum

Celebrate your collecting obsession with Austin's newest museum

"...Austin doesn't have many museums, and even fewer that let you play with the..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Justine’s Sister Restaurant Is Opening at the Blanton Museum of Art

Cafe collab will open Spring 2025

"...composed plates. Imagining all that transposed to an art museum is no stretch...."

April 22, 2024 Food Post by Kimberley Jones

Part of the Texas State History Museum Is Closing for Renovation

Time for the Bob Bullock's ship to come in

"...A portion of the Bullock Texas State History Museum's first floor of permanent exhibitions will close Tuesday, Feb...."

Feb. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bullock Museum Commemorates 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage in Texas

“Sister Suffragist” tackles the timeline of women’s rights

"...the latest exhibit at the Bullock Texas State History Museum marks the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in Texas...."

June 14, 2019 Arts Post by Savana Dunning

Mexic-Arte Museum's "Fotografía y Nuevos Medios: Selections From the Permanent Collection"

The exhibition puts on view a treasure trove of images that have been in hiding for too long in the museum's collections

"...y Nuevos Medios: Selections From the Permanent Collection" Mexic-Arte Museum, 419 Congress, www.mexic-artemuseum.org Through May 27..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

AMP Museum Day

Get an agricultural history lesson this Saturday

"...will be the featured speakers at the Neill-Cochran House Museum's observance of Austin Museum Day...."

Sept. 23, 2011 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Free Kwanzaa Celebration at George Carver Museum

Elizabeth Kahura explains the principles and food behind the holiday

"...celebrations around the world, including Kwanzaa. The George Carver Museum will host Elizabeth Kahura, originally from Kenya, and founder..."

Dec. 28, 2017 Food Post by Jessi Cape

UT to Slash Memorial Museum Funding

Supporters search for alternate funding

"...The Texas Memorial Museum, which will celebrate its 75th anniversary in Jan­uary, faces..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

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