MUSEUMS to visit to learn more about Early Texas History
- The Alamo, or
Alamo
Museum: P. O. Box 2599, 300 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio,
Tx 78299: 210-225-1391
- Brazoria County Historical
Museum: 100 East Cedar, Courthouse Square, Angleton,
Tx 77515: 409-864-1208, 281-756-1208, 409-388-1208.
- Columbia
Historical Museum and the First
Captial of the Republic: West Columbia, Tx.
- French
Legation: 802 San Marcus, Austin, Tx 78711: 512-472-8180.
- Gonzales Memorial Museum:414 Smith, Gonzales, Tx 78629:
210-672-6350.
- Institute
of Texan Cultures: 801 S. Bowie St., San Antonio, Tx
78205: 210-458-2300 (Events hotline: 210-458-2330)
- Pioneer Memorial Log House
Museum:1510 N. MacGregor Way, Houston, Tx 77030: 713-522-0396.
- Republic of Texas
Museum 510 East Anderson Lane, Austin, Tx 78752, 512-339-1997,
FAX 512-339-1998. e-mail:
Admission fee.
- Sam Houston Memorial
Museum: P. O. Box 2057, Sam Houston State University,
Huntsville, Tx 77341: 409-294-1832 or 295-7824
- San Jacinto
Museum of History: 3800 Park Road 1836 (or 3523 Texas
Highway 134), La Porte, Tx 77571: 281-479-2421, Free
- Texas
Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry: 2200 West 35th
St., Austin, Tx 78763: 512-406-6916.
- Texas Ranger Museum:
in Fort Fisher Park, I-35 exit 335B, P. O. Box 2570, Waco, Tx
76702-2570: 254-750-8631.
- Or check out the Texas
Historic Sites Atlas maintained by the Texas Historical
Commission for museums around the state.
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