This exhibition explores the history of food in early Austin, including local cuisine, how...
Read the Summer Days Away
Looking for an engrossing novel or a fascinating historical read? We hope you'll discover a few new books to while away the summer days in the annual summer reading issue of our e-newsletter.
Latest News
06/05/13
The Summer Reading Issue of our monthly e-newsletter is now available.
06/01/13
Humanities Texas will hold summer teacher institutes in Austin, Houston, El Paso, and San Antonio.
04/01/13
Texas Originals is available as a podcast on iTunes. Subscribe today!
03/01/13
Request for proposals for reading and discussion programs focusing on the Civil War and its legacy.
02/01/13
Tropical [Im]pression: A Gulf Coast Hurricane Retrospective, a new Humanities Texas traveling exhibition, is now available.
Current Events
May 10–
September 9, 2013
September 9, 2013
This exhibition, organized by the University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art,...
June 22, 2013
This reenactment will feature historian and folklore master Orlando Laureano and recreate...
June 24, 2013,
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
This one-day children’s camp will provide a number of activities focusing on the history of...
June 26, 2013
In this ninety-minute presentation, historian Alison Moore and musician Phil Lancaster...
June 29, 2013,
11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
This talk is part of a day-long lecture series celebrating the exhibition opening for ...
June 29, 2013,
12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
This talk is part of a day-long lecture series celebrating the exhibition opening for ...
June 29, 2013,
1:45 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
This talk is part of a day-long lecture series celebrating the exhibition opening for ...
July 14, 2013, 2:00–3:00p.m.
Local ensemble Of Many Colors will perform music inpired by the works featured in the...
Humanities around Texas
Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera, an exhibition through September 1 at the McNay Art Museum.
Romeo and Julieta,
a semi-bilingual performance by Young Shakespeare from June 20-30 at The Curtain Theater.
Look to the Past, Reflect on the Future, an exhibition through September at the Museum of East Texas.
The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece: Masterworks from the British Museum, an exhibition through October 6 at the Dallas Museum of Art.
High Noon Talks, engaging conversations at the Bullock Texas State History Museum.