Instituto+de+Culturas+Tejanas

The [|Institute of Texan Cultures] in San Antonio, Texas, is a museum dedicated to the history of Texas. The museum focuses on the cultural history and aspects pertaining to Texas. Its main ideas are the cultural, ethnic, scientific, and technological history of Texas. This museum pursues this by using interactive exhibits, programs and an extensive library on Texan cultures. There are two other ways the museum teaches Texans of their culture. The museum also uses outreach programs to local schools to help teach students about Texas. The other event they hold is the [|Texas Folklife Festival] every year to promote the knowledge of Texas history.

The institute originally opened in 1968. Its use was as the Texas Pavilion at HemisFair. During the six months of the fair's run the Pavilion was well received and turned into the Institute of Texan Cultures. The museum is now a branch of the one of the three campuses at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Today the Institute fulfills its mandate as the state's center for multicultural education. The 50,000 square foot facility dedicates itself to teaching the citizens of Texas about their culture. The Institute of Texan Cultures is a beacon for cultural and ethnic investigation and will remain this way for many years to come. David D