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Texans One and All

Long-term exhibits in the museum share the stories of many different peoples who have made Texas home over the centuries.

Exploring this rich cultural diversity helps visitors understand contributions each new group has made to shaping our state into what it is today.

The Back 40

The Back 40 offers unique, hands-on learning in an outdoor living history area. Costumed guides help students and tour groups explore the hardships and joys of early Texans, and have great fun in the process too!

Texans One and All

Long-term exhibits in the museum share the stories of many different peoples who have made Texas home over the centuries.

Exploring this rich cultural diversity helps visitors understand contributions each new group has made to shaping our state into what it is today.

The Back 40

Texans One and All

Long-term exhibits in the museum share the stories of many different peoples who have made Texas home over the centuries.

Exploring this rich cultural diversity helps visitors understand contributions each new group has made to shaping our state into what it is today.

The Back 40

Texans One and All

Long-term exhibits in the museum share the stories of many different peoples who have made Texas home over the centuries.

Exploring this rich cultural diversity helps visitors understand contributions each new group has made to shaping our state into what it is today.

The Back 40

Texans One and All

Long-term exhibits in the museum share the stories of many different peoples who have made Texas home over the centuries.

Exploring this rich cultural diversity helps visitors understand contributions each new group has made to shaping our state into what it is today.

The Back 40

Texans One and All

Long-term exhibits in the museum share the stories of many different peoples who have made Texas home over the centuries.

Exploring this rich cultural diversity helps visitors understand contributions each new group has made to shaping our state into what it is today.

The Back 40

Texans One and All

Long-term exhibits in the museum share the stories of many different peoples who have made Texas home over the centuries.

Exploring this rich cultural diversity helps visitors understand contributions each new group has made to shaping our state into what it is today.

The Back 40

Texans One and All

Long-term exhibits in the museum share the stories of many different peoples who have made Texas home over the centuries.

Exploring this rich cultural diversity helps visitors understand contributions each new group has made to shaping our state into what it is today.

The Back 40

Texans One and All

Long-term exhibits in the museum share the stories of many different peoples who have made Texas home over the centuries.

Exploring this rich cultural diversity helps visitors understand contributions each new group has made to shaping our state into what it is today.

The Back 40

Texans One and All

Long-term exhibits in the museum share the stories of many different peoples who have made Texas home over the centuries.

Exploring this rich cultural diversity helps visitors understand contributions each new group has made to shaping our state into what it is today.

The Back 40

Texans One and All

Long-term exhibits in the museum share the stories of many different peoples who have made Texas home over the centuries.

Exploring this rich cultural diversity helps visitors understand contributions each new group has made to shaping our state into what it is today.

The Back 40

Texans One and All

Long-term exhibits in the museum share the stories of many different peoples who have made Texas home over the centuries.

Exploring this rich cultural diversity helps visitors understand contributions each new group has made to shaping our state into what it is today.

40 Years of Texas Folklife Festival Memories

With the 40th annual Texas Folklife Festival taking place in June 2011, the Institute of Texan Cultures looks back on the history of its signature event.

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A Maverick's Texas

Pasadena Memorial High School students, inspired by the works of Texas Highways magazine photographer Griff Smith, document their unique local culture.

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Griff Smith's Texas: A Retrospective through the Lens & Images from Texas Highways

For 25 years, the relationship between J. Griffis Smith and Texas Highways magazine has captured, in images, for Texans and people around the world, the history, grandeur, diversity, and uniqueness that is Texas.

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Texas Contemporary Artists Series: Henry Catenacci

Henry Catenacci's surrealist art captures a deep love of nature and humanity’s connection to it. Curator Almeida describes it as an examination of the ephemeral space between what is real and what is possible.

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The Back 40

The Back 40 at the Institute of Texan Cultures offer hands-on learning experiences in a historic Texas setting.

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Timeless Texas Toys

Toys not only reflect life and culture, they also teach it. Explore the roots of historic folk toys and modern toys they inspired.

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