Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 2:25pm
By Farah Merchant, Preservation Scholar, Texas Historical Commission
Formerly part of Mexico and Spain, Texas has deep Hispanic roots. Much of the food, entertainment, and celebrations Texans enjoy are part of its Hispanic heritage....
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - 12:03pm
By Farah Merchant, Preservation Scholar, Texas Historical Commission
As one of the last states to inform enslaved people of their freedom, Texas shares an interesting relation with its Black residents. Many locations across Dallas share and preserve the community’s undertold Black history and activism, including churches, schools, and museums.
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM DALLAS...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 4:28pm
By Rob Hodges and Andy Rhodes, Texas Historical Commission Communications Division
On an unusually brisk April afternoon in 2018, county residents packed the courthouse square in Karnes City, located about an hour’s drive southeast of San Antonio. They were celebrating one of the most dramatic transformations in the 20-year history of the Texas Historical Commission’s (THC) Texas...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 4:04pm
By Andy Rhodes and Rob Hodges, THC Communications Division
Glance at a Fayette County map, and you’ll see German and Czech community names dotting the landscape. Schulenburg was named for a German land donor, Roznov honors a Czechoslovakian hometown, and Flatonia is the namesake of German immigrant Friedrich Flato.
German pioneers immigrated to Spanish Texas in the 1830s...
Friday, February 15, 2019 - 12:53pm
There is an interesting collection of Texas destinations to visit with compelling connections to several former commanders in chief. Texas has three presidential libraries—the most of any state in the U.S.—where visitors can explore artifacts and exhibits examining the people, places, and events that influenced their time in office. There are also several lesser-known destinations with...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 1:54pm
The 21st annual Austin Museum Day, the Austin Museum Partnership’s (AMP) free day of discovery at about 40 museums in the greater Austin area, returns on Sunday, September 23.
The THC is proud to participate once again by co-presenting the Austin Museum Day Instagram Contest. Museum Day attendees can show off all the cool things they encounter at museums and have a chance to...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 8:00am
A fleet of historic and historically inspired “tall ships” will race along the Gulf Coast as part of the first-ever Tall Ships Challenge in Galveston April 5–8.
Galveston will host the first stop of the 2018 event by showcasing the island’s rich maritime history through ship visits and programs. While in port, the ships will be open to the public for viewing, and many will...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 12:40pm
By Chris Florance, THC Public Information and Education Division Director
February is African American History Month, a meaningful time to explore the real places and real stories of the Texans of African descent who greatly influenced the development of the Lone Star State through numerous political, economic, and cultural contributions.
Many significant African American...
Friday, September 15, 2017 - 8:00am
By Rob Hodges, THC Communications Project Coordinator
It’s almost time for the 20th annual Austin Museum Day, the free day of discovery at about 40 museums in the greater Austin area. Organized by the Austin Museum Partnership (AMP), this year’s event takes place on Sunday, September 17.
The THC is proud to participate once again by co-presenting the Austin Museum Day Instagram...
Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 8:00am
By Eliot Stone, THC Heritage Tourism Specialist
Beneath the vaulted, hull-like ceiling of the THC’s library in Austin, Jim Bruseth cast his gaze askance as if reconsidering the course of the story he had already begun to tell. Bruseth—our former Archeology Division Director who discovered and excavated the remains of La Salle’s ship, La Belle, in Matagorda Bay—visited the THC in...
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