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Location: Canyon Event Date:
September 01
- February 14, 2010
Better Dressing Through Chemistry: Petrochemical Fibers
Synthetic petrochemical-based fibers were introduced during the 1930s. This exhibit will explore some of the changes that have occurred as a result of this revolution. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum.
Website: http://www.panhandleplains.org
Phone: 806-651-2244
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Location: Canyon Event Date:
December 01
- February 07, 2010
The Great Search for Energy
Explores the historic evolution of energy and where we currently are in terms of energy supplies and demand, petro-politics and climate change. Also investigates options that may define the long-term energy future. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum.
Website: http://www.panhandleplains.org
Phone: 806-651-2244
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Location: Houston Event Date:
December 01
- February 07, 2010
Besa Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust
In a five-year project, Colorado-based photographer Norman Gershman set out to collect the names of righteous, non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust. He discovered that some of the names were of Albanian Muslims. Holocaust Museum Houston.
Website: http://www.hmh.org
Phone: 713-942-8000
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Location: Canyon Event Date:
December 01
- February 14, 2010
A Running Fight: The Red River War in Art
Shows the U.S. Army's campaigns against American Indians on the Northern Plains through paintings, drawings and chromolithographs. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum.
Website: http://www.panhandleplains.org
Phone: 806-651-2244
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Location: Canyon Event Date:
December 01
- February 14, 2010
Better Dressing Through Chemistry: Petrochemical Fibers
This exhibit will explore some of the changes that have occurred since synthetic petrochemical-based fibers were introduced during the 1930s. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum.
Website: http://www.panhandleplains.org
Phone: 806-651-2244
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Location: San Antonio Event Date:
December 01
- February 14, 2010
Circus Folk: Secrets Behind the Big Top
Exhibit unravels the secrets from behind the big top and is drawn from the Hertzberg Circus Collection. This exhibit takes visitors through every aspect of creating these traveling spectacles. Witte Museum.
Website: http://www.wittemuseum.org
Phone: 210-357-1900
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Location: Waco Event Date:
December 01
- February 14, 2010
Baylor University: One Hundred Years of Homecoming
Exhibit celebrates this anniversary. Mayborn Museum Complex.
Website: http://www.maybornmuseum.com
Phone: 254-710-1110
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Location: Belton Event Date:
December 01
- March 13, 2010
Meet the Fergusons: Two Governors for the Price of One
Miriam Ferguson, a Bell County native, was the first woman to be elected governor in Texas, 1925-26 and 1933-34. Her husband, James E. Ferguson, was also a Bell County native and served as governor from 1915 to 1917. Bell County Museum.
Phone: 254-933-5243
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Location: Albany Event Date:
February 06
Lunar New Year Family Festival
Create artworks inspired by Asian cultures and Lunar New Year traditions, play traditional games, eat customary foods, listen to rousing music, and learn about Asian cultures through videos, puppet shows and storytellling. The Old Jail Art Center.
Website: http://www.theoldjailartcenter.org
Phone: 325-762-2269
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Location: Stonewall Event Date:
February 06
Old-Time German Smokehouse Secrets
Visit with interpreters at the farm on methods and ways of handling foods, and compare them to today's techniques. Then, tour the buildings and houses. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site.
Phone: 830-644-2252
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Location: Buffalo Gap Event Date:
February 13
Chautauqua Learning Series
Based on Chatauqua movement from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Begins at 11 a.m. Buffalo Gap Historic Village.
Phone: 325-572-3365
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Location: Anderson Event Date:
February 13
Stagecoach Day
Ride the replica stagecoach, tour the 1850s stagecoach inn, and listen to the Star of Republic Mountain Dulcimers and cowboy poetry of Kenny Lewis. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site.
Website: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us
Phone: 936-873-2633
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Location: Grapeland Event Date:
February 13
Blacksmithing
Basic blacksmithing will be demonstrated using coal forges and hand-operated tools. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mission Tejas State Park.
Phone: 936-687-2394
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Location: Victoria Event Date:
February 13
Black History Festival
Community Center
Phone: 361-578-6325
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Location: Dallas Event Date:
February 15
Presidents Day
The museum marks its 21st year with refreshments and more. The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.
Website: http://www.jfk.org
Phone: 214-747-6660
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Location: Jacksboro Event Date:
February 20
- February 21, 2010
Second Annual World War II Living History Day
Living historians perform on the parade grounds all day Saturday. Includes a battle and weapons demonstration during the afternoon. Re-enactors will be available to visit with people all day Saturday and on Sunday morning. Fort Richardson State Park and Historic Site.
Phone: 940-567-3506
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Location: Round Top Event Date:
February 26
- February 27, 2010
Henkel Square Living History
Set in late February, 1861. The Texas Legislature has voted to become the seventh state to secede from the union and join the Confederate States of America, and the vote has been given to the people. Henkel Square.
Website: http://www.txcwcivilian.org/henkel.html
Phone: none
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Location: Round Top Event Date:
February 27
- February 28, 2010
Living History: Texas Votes on Secession - 1861
After the election in 1860, Texas as a whole was ready to leave the Union. The Texas secession convention met late January, 1861, and voted on the ordinance of secession on February 1 with a vote of 166 for and 8 against. The secession question was then put to the general public as a referendum. Join the residents of Henkel Square as they decide the future of Texas 1861. Henkel Square.
Website: http://www.txcwcivilian.org/henkel.html
Phone: none
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Location: San Benito Event Date:
February 27
Texas Independence Day Festival
Celebrate Texas history with re-enactments, demonstrations and displays. Includes pan de campo and food vendors, live music and storytellers.
Website: http://www.cityofsanbenito.com
Phone: 956-361-3804
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Location: San Angelo Event Date:
February 28
Buffalo Soldier Heritage Days
Marks the contributions of the famed black troops of the Western frontier with historical drills, displays and reception. Fort Concho.
Website: http://www.fortconcho.com
Phone: 325-481-2646
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Location: Irving Event Date:
March 01
- March 28, 2010
200 Years of African-American Art: The Arthur Primas Collection
Includes paintings, sculptures, works on paper, graphics and documents, plus artifacts from the Schomburg Center for Research of Black Culture, New York Public Library. Irving Arts Center.
Website: http://www.irvingartscenter.com
Phone: 972-252-2787
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Location: Waco Event Date:
March 01
- April 18, 2010
Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing Exhibit Celebrates a Century of Service
Features more than 200 items such as wool nursing capes, apothecary bottles, modern scrubs and a hospital bed. Mayborn Museum Complex.
Website: http://www.maybornmuseum.com
Phone: 254-710-1110
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Location: Houston Event Date:
March 01
- May 16, 2010
Iron: Forged, Tempered, Quenched
Celebrates the rich history of American blacksmithing by bridging historical and contemporary works and illustrating the wide variety of blacksmithing techniques and processes currently practiced in the United States. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.
Website: http://www.crafthouston.org
Phone: 713-529-4848
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Location: San Antonio Event Date:
March 01
- May 16, 2010
Race: Are We So Different?
Institute of Texan Cultures, 801 E. Durango Boulevard
Website: http://www.texancultures.com
Phone: none
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Location: Presidio Event Date:
March 01
- May 31, 2010
Pancho Villa & The Battle of Ojinaga
Exhibit tells the story of the Battle of Ojinaga that Pancho Villa fought and won. Learn about the battle and the people involved. Fort Leaton State Historic Site.
Phone: 432-229-3613
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Location: Irving Event Date:
March 01
- June 30, 2010
Within the Emperor's Garden: The Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion
Features a one-fifth model of the classic pavilion found within the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing. Irving Arts Center.
Phone: 972-252-2787
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Location: San Antonio Event Date:
March 01
- July 04, 2010
A Salute to Military Flight
Retrospective exhibit celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first flight at Fort Sam Houston on March 2, 1910. Includes artifacts and images from private collectors and from the official collection of the U.S. Air Force. The Institute of Texan Cultures.
Website: http://www.texancultures.com
Phone: 210-458-2300
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Location: Canyon Event Date:
March 01
- August 01, 2010
From Hell Week to Homecoming: Campus Life at WT, 1953-1971
Staff photographers of what is now West Texas A&M University provided a detailed visual record of the campus. The museum presents a collection of these images. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum.
Website: http://www.panhandleplains.org
Phone: none
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Location: College Station Event Date:
March 01
- August 23, 2010
The Culture of Wine Exhibit
Begins with the history of the first vineyards planted in Texas by Spanish missionaries and continues to the largely forgotten role of Texas rootstock and T.V. Munson in saving many of the French vineyards. George Bush Presidential Library & Museum.
Website: http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu
Phone: 979-691-4014
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Location: Dallas Event Date:
March 01
- October 17, 2010
A Photographer's Story: Bob Jackson & the Kennedy Assassination
The exhibit highlights Jackson's perspective of those three chaotic days in November 1963. Includes both well-known and rarely seen photographs, artifacts and film footage. The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.
Website: http://www.jfk.org
Phone: 214-747-6660
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Location: Dallas Event Date:
March 02
A Stake in the Prairie: Dallas' Link to the Past
Randy Johnson, director of horiculture at Texas Discovery Gardens, discusses how Dallas County was once dominated by the blackland prairie. Begins at 1 p.m. Dallas Heritage Village.
Website: http://www.DallasHeritageVillage.org
Phone: 214-421-8458
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Location: Gonzales Event Date:
March 02
Texas Independence Day Celebration
Includes breakfast at the Old Jail from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m., wreath-laying ceremony at noon on Texas Heroes Square, and walking tour of the Square from 2:30 p.m. Downtown Gonzales Historic District.
E-Mail: info@gonzalestexas.com
Phone: 830-672-6532
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Location: Huntsville Event Date:
March 02
General Sam Houston's Birthday
Begins at Oakwood Cemetery. Luncheon is served at Sam Houston Memorial Museum.
Website: http://www.samhouston.memorial.museum
Phone: 936-291-9726
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Location: Seguin Event Date:
March 02
Toast to Texas
Join in honoring the land and the people who forged the Lone Star State. Hosted by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, city of Seguin and Sebastopol State Historic Site. Sebastopol State Historic Site.
Website: http://www.visitseguin.com
Phone: 830-379-4833
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Location: Woodville Event Date:
March 02
Toast to Texas Independence
Salute Texas Independence Day. Includes a toast with pure East Texas spring water. Heritage Village Museum.
Website: http://www.heritage-village.org
Phone: 409-283-2272
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Location: Mesquite Event Date:
March 02
- March 31, 2010
Florence Ranch Homestead Tour
Mar. 2-4, 9-13, 16-19, 23-36 and 31
Website: http://www.historicmesquite.org
Phone: 972-613-7547
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Location: Harlingen Event Date:
March 03
100 Years of Style
Celebrate Harlingen's Centennial with a review of 100 years of style. TSTC Cultural Center.
Website: http://www.myharlingen.us
Phone: none
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Location: Waco Event Date:
March 06
Waco Intertribal Powwow
Hosted by the Native American Student Association of TSTC Waco. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Texas State Technical College in the Murray Watson Jr. Student Recreation Center.
Website: http://www.waco.tstc.edu/activities/NASAclub.php
Phone: 254-867-2623
Alt Phone: 254-867-3622
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Location: Weatherford Event Date:
March 06
- May 31, 2010
Majolica Pottery: Spain & the Mediterranean to the New World
Exhibit of pottery shows how the Spanish talavera style made its way across the world. Museum of the Americas, 216 Fort Worth Highway.
Website: http://www.museumoftheamericas.com
Phone: 817-341-8668
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Location: Dallas Event Date:
March 06
- March 20, 2010
High Noon Gun Fights
Mar. 6 and 20. Get a view of the Wild West when a mild disagreement turns into a gun fight. Begins at noon and 1 p.m. Dallas Heritage Village.
Website: http://www.DallasHeritageVillage.org
Phone: 214-421-5141
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Location: Dallas Event Date:
March 07
Family Past Times
The theme for March is "Throw Away?" Explore what was saved, reused or tossed in the 19th century. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Dallas Heritage Village.
Website: http://www.DallasHeritageVillage.org
Phone: 214-421-5141
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Location: Waco Event Date:
March 08
- March 12, 2010
Spring Break Roundup at The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum
Delight your children with daily crafts and activities while learning about legendary Texas lawmen. This is a com-and-go, all-day event with activities to entertain elementary school age children. An adult must accompany children and regular admission prices apply. Activities include bandana making, bookmark making, Old West target game, fingerprinting and coloring contest. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call or visit website for more information.
Website: http://www.texasranger.org
Phone: 254-750-8631
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Location: Canyon Event Date:
March 09
Meet Texas Hero William B. Travis
Bob Heinonen plays Travis, describing his adventures as the commander of the Alamo. Begins at 7 p.m. Hazlewood Lecture Hall, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum.
Website: http://www.panhandleplains.org
Phone: 806-651-2244
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Location: Texarkana Event Date:
March 11
The Lincoln-Douglass Encounters
Living-history actors George Frein and Charles Everett Pace re-enact pivotal moments between President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Historic Regional Arts Center, Cabe Hall.
Website: http://www.trahc.org
Phone: 903-792-8681
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Location: Fort Worth Event Date:
March 12
- March 13, 2010
47th Annual Dolly Johnson Antique & Art Show
Features antique furniture, art, jewelry, primitives, modern, western and more. Special exhibit is Flower Power, floral antiques from Mayflower to Mid-Century Modern. Will Rogers Memorial Center.
Website: http://www.dollyjohnsonantiqueshow.com
Phone: none
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Location: San Angelo Event Date:
March 12
- March 14, 2010
Victorian Ladies Workshop
Includes workshops, talks and demonstrations focusing on the clothing, lifestyles and heritage of the Victorian lady. Fort Concho.
Website: http://www.fortconcho.com
Phone: 325-481-2646
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Location: Dallas Event Date:
March 12
Discover the Museum: CSI
Learn about the life and work of Lt. Carl Day of the Dallas Police Crime Scene Search Unit at this presentation of historic photographs and artifacts found in his 1963 crime scene kit. The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, 411 Elm Street.
Website: http://www.jfk.org
Phone: 214-747-6660
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Location: Fredericksburg Event Date:
March 13
- March 14, 2010
Living History Program
Re-enacts a battle for an Island in the Pacific during World War II. National Museum of the Pacific War Combat Zone.
Website: http://www.pacificwarmuseum.org
Phone: 830-997-8600
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Location: Washington Event Date:
March 13
- March 14, 2010
Woodcrafting: A Necessary Skill
Visitors learn how early Texans used hand tools. See the beauty and pride in handcraftsmanship. Barrington Living History Farm.
Website: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us
Phone: 936-878-2214 X-246
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Location: Buffalo Gap Event Date:
March 13
Chautauqua Learning Series
Based on the Chautauqua movement from the late 19th and early 20th centures. Begins at 11 a.m. Bufffalo Gap Historic Village, 133 N. William.
Phone: 325-572-3365
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Location: Grapeland Event Date:
March 13
Beeswax Candlemaking
Instruction will include facts on both the history and natural history of beeswax and honey. Begins at 10 a.m. Mission Tejas State Park.
Phone: 936-687-2394
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Location: Fredericksburg Event Date:
March 15
- March 20, 2010
Spring Break at the Pioneer Museum
Features living history demonstrations, including spinning, quilting, blacksmithing, rop making, chuck-wagon cooking and Lakota-Sioux Indians. Pioneer Museum, 325 W. Main Street.
Website: http://www.pioneermuseum.net
Phone: 830-997-2835
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