Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, is a history museum in Austin, Texas. The museum is a division of the Texas State Preservation Board.[1] Its stated mission is to tell "the Story of Texas."[2]
The history museum is named after former Texas Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock, who championed its creation.[3] The museum is located at 1800 North Congress Avenue in Austin, a few blocks north of the Texas State Capitol.[3] The museum has three floors of interactive exhibits; the first floor theme is "land," the second floor theme "identity," and the third floor theme "opportunity."[4] The Texas Spirit Theater on the second floor has 200 seats and three screens and is used as a multimedia special effects theater, playing two shows daily.[5] The museum also has a 70mm film-based IMAX theater, the only one in Austin. The theater seats 400 and has a projector with both 2-D and 3-D capability.[6]
Construction broke ground on April 15, 1999 at a cost of US $80 million. Construction management services were provided by Thos. S. Byrne, Ltd. The museum opened on San Jacinto Day, April 21, 2001.[7][8]
In 2002, the Texas historian Walter L. Buenger wrote an article on the new museum entitled "The Story of Texas: The Texas State History Museum and Memories of the Past," in Southwestern Historical Quarterly.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/the_museum/about.html
- ^ Branding Texas: Performing Culture in the State of Texas. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. 2008. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-292-71807-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=NuPNvw5M82sC.
- ^ a b Fodor's (2008). Fodor's San Antonio, Austin & Hill Country. New York: Random House. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4000-0718-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=FCNhzZRgZ1sC.
- ^ http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/the_museum/exhibits.html
- ^ http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/showtimes/spirit_theater.html
- ^ http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/showtimes/imax_theatre.html
- ^ "New museum breaks ground". The Daily Texan. April 16, 1999.
- ^ "Bullock museum construction on track Structure set to open in spring". The Daily Texan. June 9, 2000.
- ^ "Walter L. Buenger". tamu.edu. http://www.tamu.edu/history/faculty/buenger/cv.pdf. Retrieved Octrober 14, 2010.
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