Events

March 1–
May 24, 2023
Exhibition

This Humanities Texas traveling exhibition looks at the remarkable life and achievements of one of America’s most beloved personalities. Besides serving his country as a skillful diplomat and negotiator, Benjamin Franklin was a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, humorist and philanthropist whose wisdom and wit continue to inspire and entertain us more than three hundred years after his birth. Franklin was dedicated to making the world a better place and himself a better person.  His is the quintessential American success story. For more information, please contact the Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation

Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation
901 East 15th Street
Plano, TX 75074
March 1–31, 2023
Exhibition

Created to celebrate the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, this Humanities Texas traveling exhibition features archival photographs, newspaper clippings, cartoons, cards, and texts detailing the struggle in Texas. For more information, contact the Galveston County Historical Museum.

Galveston County Historical Museum
722 Mood Avenue
Galveston, TX 77550
March 1–April 8, 2023
Exhibition

This exhibition presents photographs by renowned documentary photographer Russell Lee and draws from the magnificent archive that he donated to the Briscoe Center for American History just prior to his death in 1986. This exhibition offers a rare glimpse into the remarkable images he produced in 1935 and 1936 when he first took up a camera and goes on to highlight the vast body of important work that Lee produced from 1947 through 1977. The exhibition was created by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin, and is presented in partnership with the Humanities Texas traveling exhibitions program. For more information contact the Midland Historical Society.

Midland Historical Society
200 North Main Street
Midland, TX 79701
March 7–April 18, 2023
Exhibition

Featuring thirty-eight photographs paired with excerpts from his dynamic speeches, interviews, and authoritative writings, this Humanities Texas traveling exhibition documents the full course of Chávez’s remarkable career and examines the life experiences and philosophical influences that drove him to dedicate himself fully to improving the lives of American farm workers. For more information, please contact the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

LA County MTA
1 Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
March 14–
April 22, 2023
Exhibition

In the early 1970s, Bill Wittliff visited a ranch in northern Mexico where the vaqueros still worked cattle in traditional ways. Wittliff photographed the vaqueros as they went about daily chores that had changed little since the first Mexican cowherders learned to work cattle from a horse's back. Wittliff captured a way of life that now exists only in memory and in the photographs included in this exhibition. This Humanities Texas traveling exhibition features photographs with bilingual narrative text that reveal the muscle, sweat, and drama that went into roping a calf in thick brush or breaking a wild horse in the saddle. For more information, contact the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum.

American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum
2601 E Interstate Drive
Amarillo, TX 79104
March 31, 2023, 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Conference

From 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., Sul Ross State University will hold their second annual women's conference. All students, including those from area high schools, SRSU staff and faculty, and community members are invited to attend. To learn more and register, contact Sul Ross State University.

Sul Ross State University
US-90
Alpine, TX 79832
April 10–28, 2023
Exhibition

Capturing the sweeping visual imagery of the original miniseries, the Lonesome Dove exhibition presents classic images taken during filming by Bill Wittliff, renowned photographer, writer, and executive producer (with Suzanne De Passe) of Lonesome Dove. The images, however, are worlds apart from ordinary production stills, depicting an extraordinary union of art, literature, and history. For more information contact the Coleman Public Library.

Coleman Public Library
402 S Commercial Ave
Coleman, TX 76834
April 14–
May 12, 2023
Exhibition

Created to celebrate the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, this Humanities Texas traveling exhibition features archival photographs, newspaper clippings, cartoons, cards, and texts detailing the struggle in Texas. For more information, contact the Dallas College Library, Richland.

Dallas College Library
12800 Abrams Road
Dallas, TX 75243
May 9–
June 24, 2023
Exhibition

Capturing the sweeping visual imagery of the original miniseries, the Lonesome Dove exhibition presents classic images taken during filming by Bill Wittliff, renowned photographer, writer, and executive producer (with Suzanne De Passe) of Lonesome Dove. The images, however, are worlds apart from ordinary production stills, depicting an extraordinary union of art, literature, and history. For more information contact the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum.

American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum
2601 E Interstate Drive
Amarillo, TX 79104
June 6–
July 18, 2023
Exhibition

Created to celebrate the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, this Humanities Texas traveling exhibition features archival photographs, newspaper clippings, cartoons, cards, and texts detailing the struggle in Texas. For more information, contact the Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation

Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation
901 East 15th Street
Plano, TX 75074

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