In the 1840s, German immigrants began settling at New Braunfels, Fredericksburg, Sisterdale...
Fall Teacher Workshops
This fall, Humanities Texas will hold teacher professional development workshops in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Midland, and San Antonio.
Latest News
12/13/19
Deadline to nominate a teacher for a 2020 Outstanding Teaching Award.
09/22/19
The historic Byrne-Reed House will open its doors to the public on Sunday, September 22, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to celebrate Austin Museum Day.
09/15/19
Final postmark deadline for fall 2019 major grants.
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.
Current Events
October 1—
November 30, 2019
November 30, 2019
This Humanities Texas traveling exhibition is composed of thirty-one photographs from the...
October 12, 2019—January 17, 2020
In the early 1970s, Bill Wittliff visited a ranch in northern Mexico where the vaqueros...
November 1, 2019–
January 10, 2020
January 10, 2020
Curated by a native of Sudan, this Humanities Texas...
November 11—December 3, 2019
The annexation of Texas as the twenty-eighth member of the United States of America had a...
March 1—31, 2020
Created to celebrate the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, this ...
May 4—June 12, 2020
This Humanities Texas traveling...
Humanities around Texas
Oceanic Humanities, a free symposium on November 7 and 8 hosted by the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M University.
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.