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San Antonio
- Alamo Museum
The Alamo Museum
is on the Alamo grounds, and was designed
in mission style to harmonize with the Alamo.
The museum was meant to display the historical relics and records
of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, custodians of the Alamo,
but a DRT Library is on the other side of the Alamo
now with the records. The Alamo Museum is now known as the Alamo Museum
Gift Shop, but should be called the Alamo Museum Wonderland. There
are all kinds of items, including maps and books and reproductions
and even Texas Bluebonnet seed packets for a buck. The wonderland
itself is the spectacular Battle of the Alamo in miniature in the
middle of the space, and every Texan MUST see it at least once in
their lifetime, preferably more if you want to see it all. Every time
I go I see something I missed, and the little kids keep crowding me
out, but I learned I could get more respect when I wear my coonskin
hat (purchased there of course).
The Alamo Museum is on the Alamo Grounds at Alamo Plaza and Houston
Street. It is the building you enter after you leave the Alamo
thru the rear door. Once again, do not pass it up. The website doesn’t
mention its history, so I’ve written the DRT. http://museumstore.thealamo.org/istar.asp?tfile=homepage.template
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"Monuments Commemorating the Centenary of Texas Independence", State
of Texas, 1938 |
Alamo
Museum interior
From "Monuments Commemorating the Centenary of Texas Independence",
State of Texas, 1938 |
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