Events

February 15, 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Symposium

From 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. on February 15, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will hold the Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography symposium. The symposium will explore the evolution of photography in Cuba from the Revolution to present day. For more information, contact the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
February 20, 5:00–6:30 p.m. CT
Teacher institute

"AI in the Humanities Classroom" will take place on Zoom from 5:00–6:15 p.m. CT on February 20. The program for social studies and English language arts teachers will provide strategies to help teachers and students navigate new AI technologies. The webinar will support students' development in the skills of digital and media literacy, critical thinking and analysis, and research and writing. Casey Boyle of The University of Texas at Austin will lead the webinar.

Humanities Texas
1410 Rio Grande St
Austin, TX 78701
February 20, 6:30 p.m.
Public lecture

On February 20 at 6:30 p.m. the McFaddin-Ward House will host Danny Michael for the lecture, "History with A Bang: Firearms of America From The Well-Known To Where’d It Come From?" For more information, contact the McFaddin-Ward House.

McFaddin-Ward House Historic Museum
1906 Calder Avenue
Beaumont, TX 77701
February 20, 6:30 p.m.
Public lecture

At 6:30 p.m. on February 20, the McFaddin-Ward House will hold the lecture "History With A Bang: Firearms of the American West Lecture" as part of their McFaddin-Ward House Lecture Series. Cody Firearms Museum Curator Danny Michael will showcase the storied historical firearms of the American West—from the more recognizable frontier guns to the oddities used by outlaws, lawmen and everyone in between—and share how technological advances and firearm innovations influenced the American Frontier. For more information, contact the McFaddin-Ward House.

McFaddin-Ward House
1906 Calder Avenue
Beaumont, TX 77701
February 24-March 22, 2025
Exhibition

Sam Houston remains a larger-than-life figure in Texas and American history with a career that spanned the Texas Revolution, the Republic of Texas, annexation and early statehood, and the state's secession from the Union in 1861. This Humanities Texas traveling exhibition traces the life and career of Houston from his boyhood in Virginia and Tennessee through his retirement and eventual passing in Huntsville, Texas. For more information, contact the Falls on the Colorado Museum.

Falls on the Colorado Museum
2001 Broadway
Marble Falls, TX 78654
February 24–March 22, 2025
Exhibition

Sam Houston remains a larger-than-life figure in Texas and American history with a career that spanned the Texas Revolution, the Republic of Texas, annexation and early statehood, and the state's secession from the Union in 1861. This Humanities Texas traveling exhibition traces the life and career of Houston from his boyhood in Virginia and Tennessee through his retirement and eventual passing in Huntsville, Texas. For more information, contact The Falls on the Colorado Museum.

The Falls on the Colorado Museum
2001 Broadway
Marble Falls, TX 78654
February 26-April 2, 2025
Exhibition

In the last decade, archeologists have made a number of fascinating new discoveries about the way Paleoindians lived and even how they arrived in the land we now call Texas. These first peoples passed on knowledge and traditions through the generations, eventually giving rise to many culturally distinct Tribes and Indigenous American communities. Some Indigenous Americans traditional stories say that their ancestors were always here. Archeologists, who study objects and evidence left behind from early cultures, believe people have lived here for at least 16,000 years. Both ways of understanding the past are important to the study of Paleoindian history. A Time Before Texas considers both current science and cultural tradition to explore what life was like for the first people to call early Texas home. A Time Before Texas is created by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and ciruculated in partnership with Humanities Texas. For more information contact the Honey Grove Library & Learning Center.

Honey Grove Library & Learning Center
500 N. 6th Street
Honey Grove, TX 75644
February 27, 2025
Teacher institute

"Teaching the Civil War" will take place in Dallas on February 27. Topics to be addressed include approaches to teaching slavery in U.S. history, the road to the Civil War, and turning points of the Civil War. Workshop faculty includes Leslie Alexander (Rutgers University), Richard Bell (University of Maryland), Michelle Kuhl (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh), and Sarah Purcell (Grinnell College).

Region Ten Education Service Center
400 E Spring Valley Road
Richardson, TX 75081
March 3 - 28, 2025
Exhibition

In the last decade, archeologists have made a number of fascinating new discoveries about the way Paleoindians lived and even how they arrived in the land we now call Texas. These first peoples passed on knowledge and traditions through the generations, eventually giving rise to many culturally distinct Tribes and Indigenous American communities. Some Indigenous Americans traditional stories say that their ancestors were always here. Archeologists, who study objects and evidence left behind from early cultures, believe people have lived here for at least 16,000 years. Both ways of understanding the past are important to the study of Paleoindian history. A Time Before Texas considers both current science and cultural tradition to explore what life was like for the first people to call early Texas home. A Time Before Texas is created by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and ciruculated in partnership with Humanities Texas. For more information contact the Tye Preston Memorial Library.

Tye Preston Memorial Library
16311 South Access Road
Canyon Lake, TX 78133
March 3–March 28, 2025
Exhibition

In the last decade, archeologists have made a number of fascinating new discoveries about the way Paleoindians lived and even how they arrived in the land we now call Texas. These first peoples passed on knowledge and traditions through the generations, eventually giving rise to many culturally distinct Tribes and Indigenous American communities. Some Indigenous Americans traditional stories say that their ancestors were always here. Archeologists, who study objects and evidence left behind from early cultures, believe people have lived here for at least 16,000 years. Both ways of understanding the past are important to the study of Paleoindian history. A Time Before Texas considers both current science and cultural tradition to explore what life was like for the first people to call early Texas home. A Time Before Texas is created by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and ciruculated in partnership with Humanities Texas. For more information contact Tye Preston Memorial Library.

Tye Preston Memorial Library
16311 S Access Rd
Canyon Lake, TX 78133

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