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Daily Programs

Enhance your visit to the Witte Museum with one of our daily programs for guests. Call (210) 357-1910 to learn more.

Investigation Stations
Demonstrations
Gallery Theater

Investigation Stations

Daily: River Alive! Get your hands wet while exploring the aquatic life of the San Antonio River at the River Alive! touch tank, part of the World of Water: Take It to the River exhibit. Find out what lives in the water and why water quality is important.

Other investigation stations are presented on a changing schedule.

Demonstrations

Learn more about scientific principles with demonstrations in the H-E-B Science Treehouse. Presentations last approximately 20 minutes and times/topics are subject to change. (Call 210-357-1910 to verify the schedule.)

Demonstration Descriptions

Digestion Question
Discover the ins and outs of your digestive system. Examine how food travels through the body and uncover what happens along the way

Ready, Set, Glow!
Discover there’s more to light than meets the eye! Learn about the spectrum and get things glowing as you explore the colorful world of light.

The Pressure’s On!
Witness the power of air pressure and experience the effects of Bernoulli’s Principle in action!

Bare Bones
Build your knowledge of bones. Explore how bones develop and age and find out what will happen if you don’t take care of your body’s most valuable support system.

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Gallery Theater

Live performances bring exhibits to life and let visitors encounter history first-hand. Scheduled performances last approximately 20 minutes and times are subject to change.

Performances are FREE with museum admission. Call Guest Reservations at (210) 357-1910 for performance dates and times.

Schedule

A Gallery of Ghosts

Meet the ghost of Ellen Schulz Quillin, founder and long-time director of the Witte Museum. Listen as she recalls the history of the Witte and stories about the people who helped start the museum and have kept it going.

Written by Laurie Dietrich

Noble Lofton, Buffalo Soldier

Experience military life on the Texas frontier as Corporal Noble Lofton reminisces about his family, life under slavery, gaining his freedom, and his experience as a buffalo soldier with the Tenth Cavalry, a regiment of black soldiers stationed on the West Texas plains.

Written by Celeste Bedford Walker

Encounter at Panther Cave

A present-day archeologist spends the night in Panther Cave, a shelter used by prehistoric Indians of Texas. During the night, the archeologist encounters the spirit of the Panther Shaman, whose image is painted on the rock shelter wall.
As they try to understand each other’s worlds, the Panther Shaman dramatically recreated his first hunting experience. In doing so, he tells the story of a people who lived 4, 000 years ago− “at one with the land.”

Written by Bryce Milligan

Gallery Theater Schedule *

January 5 - June 5, 2010

Monday
No Gallery Theater Presentation

Tuesday
11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. - Encounter at Panther Cave
(2nd Floor Main Museum)

Wednesday
11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. - Gallery of Ghosts
(2nd Floor Main Museum)

Thursday
11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. - Buffalo Soldier
(2nd Floor Main Museum)

Friday
11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. - Gallery of Ghosts
(2nd Floor Main Museum)

Saturday
2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. - Buffalo Soldier
(2nd Floor Main Museum)

Sunday
2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. - Encounter at Panther Cave
(2nd Floor Main Museum)

*Schedule subject to change, call (210) 357-1910

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