The Texas state history museum is exactly that: starting with the Native Americans’ initial contact with conquistadores of Spain. There are several exhibits about their life pre-contact with settlers. Religious aspects are touched on, but much of the history is centered around cowboys. There is a solid portion about the massive effort to settle the land as well as about the Civil War. The last floor touches on many commercial aspects of Texas (aka the oil business). I’m going to be completely honest here: this was the third museum I visited that day on a large Starbucks coffee and an artisan breakfast sandwich, so I was famished. They did not directly advertise any place to grab something to eat so I tried to power through it. Halfway through the second floor I knew I failed. On the way down from the third floor (ready to pass out) I found the museum café. Too little too late I suppose, but I couldn’t take any more.
My reflections on the museum were that it was less of a museum and more of a cultural learning center. There were very few artifacts in the museum and many reproductions and beautifully sculpted scenes of early Texas history. Its organized well, and paints a very nice picture of much of Texas history in about an hour and a half for a younger audience. I like artifacts. Sorry. This museum goes in my “traveling with kids list” otherwise its something you can skip.
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