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Exhibitions

Staying Alive: Animal Defenses

Step into the wild world of animal survival and discover the fascinating ways nature fights back! Staying Alive: Animal Defenses brings the untamed animal kingdom to life, showcasing creatures from around the world. Featuring live animals, larger-than-life sculptures and interactive programs, this exhibition sparks curiosity in visitors of all ages. From venomous snakes to armored

Texas Ceramics: From Land to Hand

With their own hands, Texas potters transformed the land’s natural resources into useful and beautiful ceramics. The clays they worked with—formed from mineral-rich soils across the state—held their own colors and characteristics. Their pottery reflects the landscapes they called home, the cultures they carried with them and the traditions they passed down through generations. Texas

Fiesta Makes a Splash

Look to the water and find a flow of inspiration with Fiesta Makes a Splash. This year’s annual Fiesta® exhibition showcases extravagant gowns, trains and formalwear of Order of the Alamo royalty that draw inspiration from waters around the world, from rivers to oceans. Over the past 116 years, many coronation robes have depicted

Spiders: From Fear to Fascination

~*This exhibition is now closed*~ This fall, get stuck in the web of Spiders: From Fear to Fascination! Explore both live and preserved specimens, alongside interactive experiences and discover recent scientific findings. Learn about the myths surrounding spiders, and discover their ecological importance and cultural significance. Take an up-close look at the 300-million-year evolution of

texas wild pronghorn gallery

McLean Family Texas Wild Gallery

Immerse yourself in the dramatic environments of Texas. From the Rio Grande Valley to the Panhandle Plains, from the East Texas piney woods to the West Texas deserts and mountains–the wildlife is as diverse as the vast territory it inhabits. Get up close and personal with more than 150 Texas animals. Peer into the rocky

Vaquero statue

Robert J. & Helen C. Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center

Dive deep into the rich history of Texas. Travel from San Antonio’s bustling main plaza to the wild frontier; meet freighters, store clerks, oil workers, chile queens and cattle kings. Explore Texas through an artist’s eye in the changing art gallery or meet the people who built the Texas cattle industry. Welcome to San Antonio’s

dinosaur head

Naylor Family Dinosaur Gallery

With just one step into the Naylor Family Dinosaur Gallery, travel millions of years into the past. Explore the amazing animals of land, sea and sky during the Cretaceous Period, more than 110 million years ago, in what is now Texas. Come face to face with the skeleton of meat-eating Acrocanthosaurus. Beneath its massive feet,

B. Naylor Morton Research and Collections Center marquee

B. Naylor Morton Research and Collections Center

Take a look behind the scenes into the Witte’s vast and diverse collection. Only a small percentage of the Witte’s 300,000 objects are on public display in the galleries; here you can see even more fascinating artifacts and specimens, organized thematically into seven categories. Glimpse a larger sampling of the Witte’s renowned collections in an

Exhibit rocky walls

H-E-B Lantern | Valero Great Hall | Gates/Elliott Families Orientation Theater

Welcome to a journey through Deep Time. Enter beneath a blue Cretaceous sky as pterosaurs glide overhead. Explore layer upon layer of Texas history stacked from floor to ceiling, packed with evidence of past life from millions, thousands and hundreds of years ago. Discover the place where water, land and sky meet and find out

people of Pecos wax figures

Kittie West Nelson Ferguson People of the Pecos Gallery

Journey through the Lower Pecos Canyonlands and experience the daily life and spiritual world of the People of the Pecos, who lived here in Texas for over 9,000 years. Discover how these hunter gatherers lived, moved with the seasons and transformed natural materials into tools, utensils, clothing and shelter. Step into the majestic and rugged

Staying Alive: Animal Defenses

Step into the wild world of animal survival and discover the fascinating ways nature fights back! Staying Alive: Animal Defenses brings the untamed animal kingdom to life, showcasing creatures from around the world. Featuring live animals, larger-than-life sculptures and interactive programs, this exhibition sparks curiosity in visitors of all ages. From venomous snakes to armored

Texas Ceramics: From Land to Hand

With their own hands, Texas potters transformed the land’s natural resources into useful and beautiful ceramics. The clays they worked with—formed from mineral-rich soils across the state—held their own colors and characteristics. Their pottery reflects the landscapes they called home, the cultures they carried with them and the traditions they passed down through generations. Texas

Fiesta Makes a Splash

Look to the water and find a flow of inspiration with Fiesta Makes a Splash. This year’s annual Fiesta® exhibition showcases extravagant gowns, trains and formalwear of Order of the Alamo royalty that draw inspiration from waters around the world, from rivers to oceans. Over the past 116 years, many coronation robes have depicted

texas wild pronghorn gallery

McLean Family Texas Wild Gallery

Immerse yourself in the dramatic environments of Texas. From the Rio Grande Valley to the Panhandle Plains, from the East Texas piney woods to the West Texas deserts and mountains–the wildlife is as diverse as the vast territory it inhabits. Get up close and personal with more than 150 Texas animals. Peer into the rocky

Vaquero statue

Robert J. & Helen C. Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center

Dive deep into the rich history of Texas. Travel from San Antonio’s bustling main plaza to the wild frontier; meet freighters, store clerks, oil workers, chile queens and cattle kings. Explore Texas through an artist’s eye in the changing art gallery or meet the people who built the Texas cattle industry. Welcome to San Antonio’s

dinosaur head

Naylor Family Dinosaur Gallery

With just one step into the Naylor Family Dinosaur Gallery, travel millions of years into the past. Explore the amazing animals of land, sea and sky during the Cretaceous Period, more than 110 million years ago, in what is now Texas. Come face to face with the skeleton of meat-eating Acrocanthosaurus. Beneath its massive feet,

B. Naylor Morton Research and Collections Center marquee

B. Naylor Morton Research and Collections Center

Take a look behind the scenes into the Witte’s vast and diverse collection. Only a small percentage of the Witte’s 300,000 objects are on public display in the galleries; here you can see even more fascinating artifacts and specimens, organized thematically into seven categories. Glimpse a larger sampling of the Witte’s renowned collections in an

Exhibit rocky walls

H-E-B Lantern | Valero Great Hall | Gates/Elliott Families Orientation Theater

Welcome to a journey through Deep Time. Enter beneath a blue Cretaceous sky as pterosaurs glide overhead. Explore layer upon layer of Texas history stacked from floor to ceiling, packed with evidence of past life from millions, thousands and hundreds of years ago. Discover the place where water, land and sky meet and find out

people of Pecos wax figures

Kittie West Nelson Ferguson People of the Pecos Gallery

Journey through the Lower Pecos Canyonlands and experience the daily life and spiritual world of the People of the Pecos, who lived here in Texas for over 9,000 years. Discover how these hunter gatherers lived, moved with the seasons and transformed natural materials into tools, utensils, clothing and shelter. Step into the majestic and rugged