Witte Museum
About Witte Museum
The Witte Museum ( WIT-ee) is a museum located in Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas, and was established in 1926. It is dedicated to telling the stories of Texas, from prehistory to the present. The permanent collection features historic artifacts and photographs, Texas art, textiles, dinosaur bones, cave drawings, and Texas wildlife dioramas, in addition to nationally acclaimed traveling exhibits. Artwork in the collection includes sculpture by San Antonio-born Bonnie MacLeary.
The Witte Museum is named after San Antonio businessman Alfred G. Witte, who bequeathed $65,000 to the city for construction of a museum of art, science, and natural history to be built in memory of his parents. The first director of the Witte Museum was Ellen Schulz Quillin.
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- Founded
- 1926
Photos of Witte Museum
01TexasBilly Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
02Sand dune exhibit, Witte Museum, San AntonioBilly Hathorn · CC BY 3.0
03Fashion exhibit, Witte Museum, San Antonio, TXBilly Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
04Acrocanthosaurus in Naylor Family Dinosaur GalleryWitte Museum · CC BY-SA 4.0
05Texas Wild Gallery featuring Big Texas SkyWitte Museum · CC BY-SA 4.0
06Food Gathering Diorama from People of the Pecos GalleryWitte Museum · CC BY-SA 4.0
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