In the early 1970s, Bill Wittliff visited a ranch in northern Mexico where the vaqueros...
Holiday Book Fair
Join us for the eleventh annual Holiday Book Fair! Twenty-four Texas authors will visit with the public and sign copies of their latest books, which Humanities Texas will offer for purchase at a discounted price. Proceeds benefit Texas libraries.
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12/13/19
Deadline to nominate a teacher for a 2020 Outstanding Teaching Award.
12/7/19
Join us for the eleventh annual Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair!
11/7/19
John P. McGovern Endowed Lecture featuring keynote speaker David M. Oshinsky at the University of Houston.
09/01/19
Apply now for fall teacher workshops in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Midland, and San Antonio.
03/01/19
Listen to Texas Originals, a radio series profiling individuals who have had a profound influence on Texas history and culture.
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Humanities around Texas
Throughout the fall, the Texas Historical Commission is hosting a series of workshops and webinars for museum professionals.
The John W. Stormont Lecture Series, an ongoing series at the Museum of the Coastal Bend in Victoria.
Tom Lea and World War II, an exhibition at the El Paso Museum of Art through January 5, 2020.
Cattle, Cowboys, & Culture: Kansas City to Amarillo, Making an Urban West, an exhibition at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon through December 2019.