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  2. Witte Museum - Wikipedia

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    The catalyst for the Museum was an extensive collection of natural history specimens owned by Henry Philemon Attwater, which San Antonio educator and botanist Ellen Schulz Quillin purchased for the city of San Antonio for $5,000. When the growing collection grew too large for the high school where it was housed, Schulz and her supporters ...

  3. List of museums in Central Texas - Wikipedia

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    Museo Alameda, San Antonio, closed in 2012, [258] space now the Educational & Cultural Arts Center for Texas A&M San Antonio [259] Museum of Aerospace Medicine , San Antonio, closed in 2011 [ 260 ] USAF Security Forces Museum, San Antonio, history of the U.S. Air Force Security Forces, closed in 2014 and being consolidated with the USAF Airman ...

  4. List of children's museums in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1974 as the 'Capital Children's Museum'. National Museum of Play: Rochester: New York: Second largest children's museum in the country The New Children's Museum: San Diego: California: Northeast Louisiana Children's Museum: Monroe: Louisiana: Opened on August 15, 1998; planning to move to a different location at Swayze Natatorium at ...

  5. List of natural history museums in the United States

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    The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's first natural history museum. There are natural history museums in all 50 of the United States and the District of Columbia. The oldest such museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1812. [1]

  6. Brackenridge Park - Wikipedia

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    The San Antonio Zoo Eagle train carries visitors throughout Brackenridge Park. Attractions within the park include the San Antonio Zoo, the Witte Museum, the Japanese Tea Gardens, the Sunken Garden Theater, the Tuesday Musical Club, First Tee of San Antonio and the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge San Antonio Zoo Eagle train ride, which first opened in 1956. [3]

  7. San Antonio Museum of Art - Wikipedia

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    The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) is an art museum in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. The museum spans 5,000 years of global culture. The museum is housed in the historic former Lone Star Brewery (1886) on the Museum Reach of the San Antonio River Walk. Following a $7.2 million renovation, it opened to the public in March 1981.

  8. List of museums in North Texas - Wikipedia

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    Dallas County Courthouse - Old Red Museum. The list of museums in North Texas 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.

  9. Culture of San Antonio - Wikipedia

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    The San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM) is a digital archive and museum located in the La Villita Historic Arts Village District near the San Antonio River Walk. San Antonio Museum of Art. The San Antonio Museum of Art is housed in the 1884 Lone Star Brewery and was opened in 1981. The building's renovation and ...