This Humanities Texas traveling exhibition looks at the remarkable life and achievements of...
Humanities Texas 50th Anniversary
In 2023, Humanities Texas celebrates 50 years of service to the state through programs that improve the quality of classroom teaching, support libraries and museums, and create opportunities for lifelong learning.
Latest News
12/10/2022
Humanities Texas will host its twelfth annual Holiday Book Fair at the historic Byrne-Reed House in Austin.
12/09/2022
Deadline to nominate an Inspiring humanities teacher for a 2023 Outstanding Teaching Award.
09/01/2022
This fall, Humanities Texas will conduct in-person teacher programs throughout the state as well as a number of online institutes and webinars.
01/05/2022
Humanities Texas awarded over $2.3M in 2021 Relief Grants to 263 Texas cultural and educational nonprofits affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Current Events
March 1–31, 2023
Created to celebrate the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, this ...
March 1 - April 8, 2023
This exhibition presents photographs by renowned documentary photographer Russell Lee and...
March 14–
April 22, 2023
April 22, 2023
In the early 1970s, Bill Wittliff visited a ranch in northern Mexico where the vaqueros...
April 10–28, 2023
Capturing the sweeping visual imagery of the original miniseries, the Lonesome Dove...
April 14–
May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023
Created to celebrate the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, this ...
May 9–
June 24, 2023
June 24, 2023
Capturing the sweeping visual imagery of the original miniseries, the Lonesome Dove...
June 6–
July 18, 2023
July 18, 2023
Created to celebrate the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, this ...
September 5–
October 17, 2023
October 17, 2023
In the early 1970s, Bill Wittliff visited a ranch in northern Mexico where the vaqueros...
September 12 - October 24, 2023
State Fair is a visual distillation of Arthur Grace's photographic odyssey through...
March 30–
May 22, 2024
May 22, 2024
Melina Mara began photographing the thirteen women in the U.S. Senate in 2001, continuing...
Humanities around Texas
The Writers: Portraits by Laura Wilson, and exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center through December 30, 2022.
Speaking with Light: Contemporary Indigenous Photography, an exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art through January 22, 2023.
The Denton Black Film Festival will take place January 25-29, 2023, showcasing Black cinema, music, spoken word, art and more.
SaddleUP: Texas Ranching Tradition, an exhibition at the National Ranching Heritage Center through September 4, 2023.