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  2. William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings

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    The drawings was designated by the National Museum of Singapore as one of 11 "national treasures" in January 2006. [2] As at 2011, the collection was believed to be worth at least $11 million. In 2011, 70 works from the collection were placed on permanent display in the Goh Seng Choo Gallery of the museum, named for Goh's father. [3]

  3. Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    The cave derives its name from a painting of a leaping panther. Art in the cave dates back to an estimated 7,000 B.C. The large cat theme figures throughout the art, including humans with cat-ear head adornments [14] Fate Bell Shelter is named for the one-time owner of the land, Mr. Fayette Bell. First excavated in 1932 and later in 1963, the ...

  4. Alexandre Hogue - Wikipedia

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    Alexandre Hogue (February 22, 1898 – July 22, 1994) was an American artist active from the 1930s through the 1980s. He was a realist painter associated with the Dallas Nine; the majority of his works focus on Southwestern United States and South Central United States landscapes during the Dust Bowl.

  5. List of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast - Wikipedia

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    20th Century Technology Museum. The list of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  6. Charles E. Burchfield - Wikipedia

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    These large paintings have a solid look unusual in watercolors, resembling oil paintings, and they are the works most often seen in art history texts. Though one critic commented that Burchfield was "Edward Hopper on a rainy day," a 1936 Life Magazine article named him one of America's 10 greatest painters.

  7. Texas Science and Natural History Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Memorial Museum building was designed in the Art Deco style by John F. Staub, with Paul Cret as supervising architect. Ground was broken for the building by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in January 1936. [1] The museum was opened on January 15, 1939. The museum won "Best of Austin" awards from the Austin Chronicle in 2002, 2005, and ...

  8. Witte Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum's lobby. 1930s: The Witte Museum's support of archeological research in the canyons of Big Bend and the Lower Pecos area resulted in important research findings and a growing collection of artifacts and led to the building of new galleries to house them, as well as a Reptile Garden, which was the vision of founder Ellen Schultz Quillin. [9]

  9. Amon Carter Museum of American Art - Wikipedia

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    The Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter) is located in Fort Worth, Texas, in the city's cultural district.The museum's permanent collection features paintings, photography, sculpture, and works on paper by leading artists working in the United States and its North American territories in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.