Museum |
Hours |
Activities |
Arthouse at the Jones Center
700 Congress Avenue |
1-5 pm |
Come check out our newest exhibition, 2007 Arthouse Texas Prize. The work of 5 Texas contemporary artists will be on view: Dawolu Jabari Anderson, Justin Boyd, Margarita Cabrera, Bill Davenport, and Katrina Moorhead. Please join us for fun art activities in the galleries! |
Austin Children's Museum
201 Colorado Street |
10 am-
5 pm |
Don't miss the last day of the feature exhibit, The Big Game. Oversized games mean giant-sized fun for everyone. You’ll find jumbo chess, checkers, sudoku, 3-ft. games like Jenga and Connect Four and much more. Enjoy other exhibit favorites such as Funstruction Zone, Austin Kiddie Limits, Creation Station, Kid Metro and more. Come explore, learn and play! |
Austin Museum of Art - Downtown
823 Congress Avenue |
12 -5 pm |
Make a "Toast" to Art! Come play with your food! Get inspired by the exhibition Extra-Ordinary: The Everyday Object in Art. Create art from an everyday object that you can take home . . . or eat! Stomp around and make some noise! Use ordinary objects to make extraordinary sounds. You'll do a double take when you learn how to transform everyday objects into art. |
Austin Museum of Art - Laguna Gloria
3809 West 35th St. |
11 am - 4 pm |
Laguna Gloria is the original site for the Austin Museum of Art and now houses the Museum's education effort. Free admission to the historic Driscoll Villa and grounds. |
Austin Nature and Science Center
301 Nature Center Drive |
12-4 pm |
Join members of the Austin Herpetological Society at the Austin Nature and Science Center as we mark the 10th year for Austin Museum Day with Austin Reptiles and Amphibians. Interesting and informative talks and displays throughout the afternoon about amphibians and reptiles in Central Texas: lizards, frogs, toads, snakes, turtles, salamanders and more. There will be live animals to observe. Learn about our wild herps and keeping herps as pets. Admission is free and talks are informal for the entire family. |
The Blanton Museum of Art
MLK at Congress |
1-4:30 pm |
Celebrate Austin's museums! Enjoy an afternoon of art-making activities and tours with a special focus on the museum's contemporary fall exhibitions, Mike's World: Michael Smith & Joshua White (and other collaborators) and Transactions, as well as contemporary works in the collection. Free admission all day. |
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
1800 N. Congress Avenue
* Regular admission charges apply for IMAX and Texas Spirit Theaters. |
12-6 pm |
Free admission to exhibits.* Celebrate the new exhibition In Citizen's Garb: Southern Plains Native Americans 1889-1891 with a special gallery theater performance, Encounter at Panther Cave. Set in a Texas rock shelter, a modern day archaeologist encounters the spirit of one of the images painted on the wall, a Panther Shaman. Travel back in time and hear the shaman's story of the prehistoric people who lived and hunted in ancient Texas. *Regular admissions apply to IMAX films and Texas Spirit Theater. |
Elisabet Ney Museum
304 East 44th Street |
2, 3, & 4 pm |
Dance at the Ney with the Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company! All ages welcome. |
French Legation Museum
802 San Marcos Street |
1-5 pm |
Free guided tours of the museum as well as free French activities and games for all ages. Bring a picnic lunch! |
George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center
1165 Angelina Street |
1-5 pm |
Don't miss the first African American Museum in the state of Texas with its core exhibit focusing on “Juneteenth.” |
The German Free School
507 East 10th Street |
11 am-4 pm |
Tour this historic building on its 150th anniversary! Built in 1857 by German immigrants to serve as the first charter school in Austin, it is now home to the German-Texan Heritage Society, a non-profit dedicated to preserving the German cultural heritage of Texas. Colorful guided tours on the hour. Historical displays. Genealogical information. Free refreshments & free admission. |
Harry Ransom Center
21st and Guadalupe |
12-5 pm |
Enjoy fun interactive activities for the whole family. View the exhibitions Rehearsing the American Dream: Arthur Miller's Theater and Dress Up: Portrait and Performance in Victorian Photography. |
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Avenue |
9 am -5:30 pm |
Enjoy 279-acres of gardens and hiking trails—all while learning about the importance of native plants. Special happenings will include our Women in Science program designed to inspire young women to pursue careers in science. Our store will offer a wildflower seed sale, plus planting demos at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Mary Haverfield signs “Harriet the Homeless Raccoon,” and the creators of “Please Don’t Eat the Bluebonnets” will be here from noon to 3 p.m. |
Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum
2313 Red River Street |
9 am-5 pm |
Step into a replica of the U. S. Senate Chamber and talk to Lyndon Johnson – actually visitors will get the opportunity to interact with an actor (Michael Stuart) who looks, dresses, and talks like U. S. Senator Lyndon Johnson as he was in the 1950s. The exhibit Bills, Bills, Bills: Lyndon Johnson as Senate Majority Leader highlights important legislation of the era, including Civil Rights and the creation of NASA. On Museum Day at 11 a.m., Senator Johnson will read Mr. Jellybean to children. Mr. Jellybean tells a special story about Lyndon Johnson and a classroom of Head Start students in Stonewall, Texas. Don’t miss it! |
Mexican American Cultural Center
600 River Street |
12–6 pm |
Visit Austin’s newest ultramodern venue, the Mexican American Cultural Center located on the edge of Town Lake near central Austin. On exhibit in the Main Gallery, Hacia La Vida (Toward Life), a retrospective of the work by artist Carlos Rivera Pineda. Mexic-Arte Museum will present its 12th annual Young Latino Artist exhibit curated by Angel Quesada. The exhibit will feature the work of Latino artists younger than 35 years of age from Texas. Also, on exhibit in the Multi-Purpose Corridor, the Serie Project presents serigraphs (silk-screen) prints by artists who create work in a medium they may not otherwise have the resources to explore. |
Mexic-Arte Museum
419 Congress Avenue |
12-5 pm |
Come view the United States premiere of From Revolution to Renaissance: Mexican Art From the Aaron Collection. This extraordinary Modern Mexican Art collection focuses on the works made between the 1890’s-1950’s, (a span of time purposefully coeval with the birth and death of Diego Rivera.) Hands on activities will be provided for the public in correspondence with self portraits of the exhibit. Guest speaker at 2:00 pm, James Oles is an assistant professor of art at Wellesley College, where he teaches Latin American Art, focusing on the history of Mexican art from the ancient through modern eras. |
Neill Cochran House Museum
2310 San Gabriel |
10 am - 5 pm |
Enjoy ice cream and lemonade on the porch of Abner Cook’s 1855 Greek Revival gem. Tours of the interior with its 19th-century period furnishings will be available along with a preview of the upcoming speaker series Modern Times: 1860-1865. Museum Day marks the opening of the first-ever exhibition of Cochran furnishings, photographs, and clothing on the second floor gallery. |
O. Henry Museum
409 East Fifth Street |
12-5 pm |
Tour the O. Henry Museum, the home of America's most famous short story writer. Join us for birthday cake, lemonade, and cookies to celebrate his life and literary legacy. |
Pioneer Farms
1400 Pioneer Farms Drive |
1-5 pm |
Free admission to exhibits and historic farmsteads. Free concert by the Emmy-winning Biscuit Brothers at 2 pm. Special live display of longhorn cattle, new history exhibits, see our historic Tonkawa Indian campsite area. Learn about Austin's link to famous gunslingers Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson in a new exhibition: "Ben Thompson: Gambler, gunfighter, lawman." Also see "Devil's Rope," a new exhibit about barbed wire. New and expanded exhibits at our historic German Homestead and Cotton farms, and the circa-1870 Orsay House, now under restoration. See living, breathing Texas history at Pioneer Farms. |
Sheffield Education Center
2201 Barton Springs Rd (Barton Springs Bathhouse) |
12-4 pm |
Splash on in to the Edwards Aquifer at the Sheffield Education Center in Zilker Park. Travel through a karst cave while discovering unique and fun facts about the clean, clear water that is the source of Barton Springs. Explore hands on computer games, a short video and aquariums with underwater life unique to the aquifer. Exhibit is free. |
South Austin Museum of Popular Culture
1516-B South Lamar Blvd. |
1-6 pm |
Collecting, preserving and exhibiting music related graphics and ephemera from Austin's 1965-1985 counter culture, this is the place to discover and enjoy what made Austin's culture famous world wide. See psychedelic music posters, photographs, clothing and other artifacts. The Museum's 120 foot long memorial wall includes photographs of visual and musical artists who have contributed to what makes Austin so special. |
Susanna Dickenson Museum
409 E. 5th Street |
12-5 pm |
Learn about the restoration of the Alamo heroine's home, Susanna Dickinson. Meet the volunteers who will give updates on the restoration progress of Austin's newest historic site museum. |
Texas Capitol Visitors Center
112 East 11th Street |
12-5 pm |
Last chance to view the TexaVision exhibit that traces the history of Texas-themed television shows over five decades. View artifacts ranging from Austin City Limits tickets to a dress worn in Lonesome Dove. Access interactive kiosks to view scripts, storyboards and production notes from Dallas and King of the Hill. |
Texas Folklife Gallery – Downtown
1317 S. Congress Ave. (behind 10,000 Villages) |
Noon – 4 p.m. Gallery Talk, 2 pm |
Come meet a very special artist at the opening-day reception for our latest exhibit, “La Labor: The Paintings of Roel Flores.” These unique images express the important elements of self-taught painter Flores’ life: the fields he labored in as a migrant worker from age 6, the soothing beauty of sunrises and sunsets, and the music that helped him leave those fields behind.
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Texas Music Museum
1109 E. 11th Street, 1st floor |
1:30-4:30 pm |
Free reception, refreshments and live music to accompany the featured exhibit "The Many Faces of Texas Blues" with a special tribute to Clifford Antone. Live music in the museum from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. featuring some of Antone's best Blues musicians and vocalists. |
Texas State Capitol
1100 Congress Avenue |
9 am-5 pm |
Office hours 9 - 5 with self-guided tours and brochures available. Guided tours every 30 minutes from noon - 3:30 pm. |
Texas State Cemetery
909 Navasota Street |
8 am-5 pm |
Cemetery Grounds will be open. Gallery and Visitors Center closed. |
Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum
605 Robert E. Lee Road |
10 am - 4 pm |
Come watch and visit with 30 sculptor members of the Texas Society of Sculptors as they work in every material from wood to plaster to stone. Clay tables available for artists of all ages to create sculptures of their own. Sculpture demonstrations presented throughout the day. |
Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve
805 N. Capital of Texas Highway |
9 am-3 pm |
We're Wild About Insects at Wild Basin. Visit this living museum and get ready to be fascinated by the world of insects! Participate in guided nature hikes on the trails from 9-11 am and 1-3 pm. Investigate our hands-on exhibits at the Environmental Education Center where you’ll learn about all the creeping, crawling, flying, buzzing, chirping life that is around us every day. Surround yourself with live butterflies in our butterfly tent, examine butterfly wings under a microscope, and see an assortment of insects and arachnids. |
Women & Their Work
1710 Lavaca Street |
1-5 pm |
Visit Women & Their Work and see art work from over 200 famous and soon to be famous artists in Red Hot Red Dot. This is a great opportunity to get a survey of contemporary art and start or build your collection. All of the art work is priced $500 or less. Who knows, you may find the deal of the year. |
