About the Museum
Comprehensive museum telling the "Story of Texas" through three floors of interactive exhibits. Features Texas Revolution, oil industry, space exploration, and diverse cultures that shaped the Lone Star State.
Exhibitions Spanning 16,000 Years
Located just blocks north of the Texas State Capitol at 1800 North Congress Avenue in Austin, the Bullock Museum has welcomed over 10 million visitors since opening in 2001. The museum features 34,000 square feet of exhibits showcasing more than 500 original artifacts spanning 13,000 years of Texas history. The museum collaborates with over 700 institutions worldwide to present award-winning exhibitions that illuminate Texas history, people, and culture.
The first floor "Becoming Texas" gallery explores the state's earliest history, from its first American Indian inhabitants through Mexican Independence in 1821. This exhibition features the 300-year-old hull of the French colonial shipwreck La Belle, a life-size bison statue, and a 16,000-year-old projectile point that changed our understanding of when humans arrived in the Americas. The second floor examines how Texas was molded by revolution, annexation, the Civil War, and the Great Depression from 1821 to 1936.
The third floor explores land, culture, and technology in Texas with sections dedicated to ranching, oil, civil rights, science and space exploration, plus Texas sports and music. The Austin City Limits Theater features clips from the long-running PBS series. The museum also includes an IMAX Theatre with laser projection and a 62-foot screen, plus the multisensory Texas Spirit Theater. Hundreds of programs and events occur each year, including H-E-B Free First Sunday, film screenings, seasonal family activities, and large-scale community celebrations.
Plan Your Visit
The Bullock Texas State History Museum is located at 1800 N. Congress Ave. on the Texas Capitol Mall in downtown Austin. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Exhibit admission is $15 for adults, $11 for seniors/military/students, and $9 for youth ages 4-17 (free for children under 4). IMAX tickets are additional. H-E-B Free First Sunday offers free museum admission on the first Sunday of every month. For tickets and information, call 512-936-8746 or visit thestoryoftexas.com.
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