Exhibits
UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures maintains 50,000 square feet of exhibit space. The Exhibit Floor at UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures features exhibits that showcase Texas culture, history, science, and technology from many cultural groups, as well as the history of how these groups traveled across the globe to call Texas home. Guests are encouraged to bring their cameras, and be ready to engage all their senses! Many of our exhibits feature hands-on elements! Our talented group of docents will share the story of each exhibit, and guests are encouraged to interact with our character performers. They bring many of the people you learn about in the museum to life!
Fighting for Democracy: Who is the "we" in "We the People"?
Fighting for Democracy uses World War II as a framework to examine the concept of democracy and its relation to minorities. Presented in a multimedia narrative format, the exhibit chronicles the lives of seven ethnically diverse Americans during the World War II era. Despite the racist, sexist, and anti-immigrant sentiments they regularly encountered, these seven individuals served their country in the armed forces during the war and helped advance the domestic fight for full civil rights. Their stories all
point toward the thematic question of the exhibit: “Who is the ‘we’ in ‘We the
People’?” Fighting For Democracy is on loan by the National Center for the
Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum in Los
Angeles, Calif.
HemisFair 1968: San Antonio’s Introduction to the World
HemisFair 1968: San Antonio's
Introduction to the World showcases how HemisFair came to
fruition, and how San Antonio became a tourist
destination for the world! The exhibit offers
a retrospective look at the sixties – from
fashion, to technology, to the nation’s
status – and chronicles some of the people,
events, and challenges that played a role during
its creation.
Living Texas
This exhibit features interpretive areas that offer guests a firsthand view of early settlers in action. Don’t just read about it — experience it as we bring early Texas lifestyles to life!
Texans One and All
This exhibit showcases more than twenty of the original cultural groups who settled in Texas. Enjoy the sounds of a German oompah band. Learn Wendish wedding customs. Read the story of the Lebanese pack peddler. Write Chinese numbers. Hear the stories of Japanese American intern camp detainees. See the Czech polka. Hear the blowing of the Jewish shofar. Read the stories of black Texans including baseball player Frank Robinson and Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller. See how early Swedish Texans lived. Walk through today's Tejano story. Learn what Danish Texan sculpted Mount Rushmore. Guests will be entertained by hundreds of stories of the state's earliest cultural contributors in this entertaining and interactive exhibit.
Creation and Cosmos
Creation and Cosmos explores the spirituality of creation and the search by a variety of Native American peoples for a place in the cosmos.
S.A.V.I.G.
S.A.V.I.G. is San Antonio Virtual & Interactive Geometry. The goal of S.A.V.I.G. is to restore the excitement, interest, and mental surprise in the study of geometry and mathematics. This exhibit provides students of all ages with the opportunity to explore the world of geometry through hands-on experiments and interactive and virtual presentations. S.A.V.I.G. demonstrations are open to museum guests on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. You may call (210) 458-2291 for reservations.
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