Noon to 4PM
Dino Discovery Day! Join us on Austin Museum Day to discover dinosaurs at the Austin Nature and Science Center. ANSC in collaboration with the Austin Children’s Museum presents a family dino discovery day. Dig for dinosaur fossils in the Dino Pit exhibit, make a dino mask and meet some live dino descendants. Fun for the entire family!! Naturalist Workshop and Wildlife Enclosures open as well.

Sheffield Education Center / Splash Exhibit

2201 Andrew Zilker Dr. (512) 481-1466
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/splash/
1– 4PM
Come see a Barton Springs Salamander in its natural habitat! A salamander specialist will be in Eliza Spring to talk with visitors about these unique animals. Also don’t miss a chance to see our brand new exhibit “Barton Springs, The Soul of Austin”, and to explore the caverns of the Edwards Aquifer in the “Splash! Exhibit”.

Austin Tour Guide Association

One route starts at Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum One route starts at Brush Square
www.austintourguides.org
1-4PM

Certified tour guides of the Austin Tour Guide Association offer trolley excursions with lively commentary. Folks can ride between significant cultural sites downtown on two loop routes, one based at Brush Square directly opposite the Capital Metro Red Line terminus, and the other originating from the Bullock Museum. The hop-on, hop-off jaunts run from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Each round-trip lasts about 45 minutes, and the itineraries overlap at the Bullock. Schedules and maps will be available on the vehicles, at the two bus booths, and in participating museums.

Blanton Museum of Art

UT Campus/ MLK at Congress
www.blantonmuseum.org
1-4PM
The Blanton Museum’s Faulkner Plaza will come to life with a Tailgate pARTy celebrating Austin Museum Day! Enjoy games, music, and a special scavenger hunt through the museum’s French drawings exhibition,Storied Past. Also, participate in a large-scale community artwork and make playful figure drawings from moving models.

Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

1800 N. Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701 www.thestoryoftexas.com Noon – 6PM

Explore three floors of exciting exhibits with the sights, sounds, even smells of Texas history, including in-depth looks at three enduring themes as big as the Lone Star State: Land, Identity, and Opportunity.

Elisabet Ney Museum

304 East 44th Street
Austin, Texas 78751 (512) 458-2255
www.ci.austin.tx.us/elisabetney/
Noon-5PM
Please join us at the Elisabet Ney Museum with an exhibit of nature photography by Steven Schwartzman taken on the grounds of Elisabet Ney’s former studio, FORMOSA. Tour the first art museum in Texas in its Centennial year and enjoy hand-squeezed lemonade to help stay cool in the Texas heat.

French Legation Museum

802 San Marcos Street 512-472-8180
www.frenchlegationmuseum.org
1-5PM
Come celebrate the rich history of Austin and the 170th Anniversary of the French Legation. Guests will enjoy viewing rare images of the Legation from its earliest days to the present and learning about the preservation of Austin’s oldest home. Join us for guest speakers, kid’s activities, refreshments and more!

LBJ Library & Museum

2313 Red River 512-721-0200
www.lbjlibrary.org
Exhibits 9AM-5PM; Activities 1-3PM
Rock out and re-live the 60s with the popular Beatles Tribute band, The Eggmen, at the LBJ Library on Austin Museum Day. The Eggmen will play on the Library Plaza from 1 – 3 p.m. Step inside the Library to enjoy the current exhibit, Left to Right: Radical Movements of the 1960s. Free music, free admission, free parking. The Library’s permanent exhibits are open from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m

Mexic-Arte Museum

419 Congress Avenue (512) 480-9373 www.mexic-artemuseum.org
Exhibits 10AM-5PM; Activities Noon-2PM

Come see Young Latino Artists 16: Thought Cloud featuring 10 Texas artists under the age of 35 and make multi-media collages inspired by the exhibit. In the back gallery, the Serie Print Project will be on site, teaching kids to make their own original serigraph prints using the same process featured in the Serie XVII exhibition. Also, be the first to see Voces de Latinas, a mult-site photography exhibition sponsored by the Austin History Center, opening at Mexic-Arte Museum on Austin Museum Day. The exhibition highlights the achievements and contributions of over one hundred local Latinas.

Neill-Cochran House Museum

2310 San Gabriel (512)478-2335 www.nchmuseum.org
10AM – 5PM
Free parking in back!

This year’s surprise is a farm stand presented by Boggy Creek Farm owners Carol Ann Sayle and Larry Butler who own one of Austin’s oldest homes (1841). Museum Day occurs on the farm’s 170th birthday and to celebrate, these organic gurus will talk about their Abner Cook connection and Austin farming in the 1800s. Ice cream, cookies, and lemonade for all will be on the veranda, and uniformed members of the Union Army’s 173rd New York Volunteer Infantry and their wives will be on hand to talk about the Civil War and Reconstruction!

O. Henry and Susanna Dickinson Museums

409 and 411 East 5th Street
(512) 472-1903 or (512) 974-3830 www.ci.austin.tx.us/ohenry www.ci.austin.tx.us/dickinson Noon – 5PM

Celebrate literature and legends at Brush Square. Join us in the museums’ courtyard for an afternoon of storytelling, music, and performance art. Folklorist Donna Ingham will tell compelling tales about Susanna Dickinson and stories by and about O. Henry. Ms. Ingham will start at noon, and will be occasionally relieved by the joyous sounds of the Austin Banjo Club. Following the banjo club, at 3 p.m., will be a monologue called “I Dismember the Alamo,” in which Laura Esparza will offer a take on the Battle of the Alamo through the eyes of Mexican descendants. Come meet the Friends of the O. Henry & Dickinson Museums and learn how you can become a member.

Save Austin’s Cemeteries

Oakwood Cemetery 1601 Navasota Street 512-917-1666 10AM – 4PM

Did you know that Austin’s first residents are buried right next to UT’s baseball stadium? Historic Oakwood Cemetery dates from 1839 and contains the graves of Austin’s founders, Texas heroes, and regular folks, many of whom have fascinating stories. Save Austin’s Cemeteries volunteers will be on hand at Oakwood to help locate the graves of notables and your Oakwood ancestors, point out beautiful monuments, or show you around the 1914 Gothic Revival limestone chapel designed by Charles H. Page.

The Republic of Texas Museum

510 E. Anderson Ln. (512)339-1997
www.drtinfo.org
10 am – 4 pm
Learn about Life in Texas during 1836-1846! Hands-on activities for children in “Grandma’s Backyard”, including an authentic kitchen! Kids can dress up in Frontier clothes and boots and learn about a day in the life of a Pioneer in the Republic. Other Exhibits include: “The 1936 Texas Centennial Celebration” and “A Texas Childhood.” Come experience the Republic of Texas!

Texas Archive of the Moving Image

at the French Legation Museum (512) 485- 3073
www.texasarchive.org
1 pm – 5 pm
See vintage footage of Austin from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image’s vast collection of moving images. Dating as far back as 1911, the presentation will include home movies, local television, advertisements, industrial films and more!

Texas Capitol Visitors Center

112 E. 11th Street (512) 305-8400
www.tspb.state.tx.us/cvc/home/home.html
Exhibits Noon-5PM; Activities 1PM & 3PM
Come learn about William Sydney Porter, who later became the famous short story writer O. Henry. Porter worked in the General Land Office Building, now the Visitors Center, more than 100 years ago. The first 100 visitors will receive a free postcard featuring a photograph of Porter from that era. Visitors can also hear readings of one of O. Henry’s short stories, Bexar Script No. 2692, which the author set in the building. The readings will take place at 1:00 and 3:00 and visitors can listen as they view the locations in the building where this tale of theft and murder took place.

Texas State Capitol

1100 North Congress (512)463-0063
http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/spb/capitol/texcap.htm
Noon-5PM
Enjoy the opportunity to explore the beauty and grandeur of the Texas Capitol Grounds. Visitors can pick up a brochure about the Grounds, including a guide to the 22 historic monuments. Guests can also request a Trail of Trees Guide to identify the many beautiful species throughout the 22 acres surrounding the Capitol. The first 40 guests who make a request will receive a postcard featuring a photograph of the dedication of the original Fireman’s Monument in 1896. Free guided tours of the Capitol will be provided regularly throughout the afternoon.

Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum

DPS Main Headquarters Building/Thomas Davis, Jr. Administrative Building 5805 N. Lamar/ Main lobby (512)424-2085
http://texasdpsmuseum.com/
Noon-5PM

What does Texas law enforcement have to do with natural disasters? Learn such answers as you explore the 75 year history of the Texas Department of Public Safety. View unique artifacts including motorcycles, weaponry, uniforms and more.

Texas Medical Association History of Medicine Gallery

401 W. 15th St. (512) 370-1300
http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=4
1-4PM
Don’t Spit on the Sidewalk! Poison the Rat! Cover your Cough! See how these and other 20th century public health campaigns added an average 25 years to your life. Journey through the fights against disease, dirty water, spitting, smoking, contaminated food, filthy privies, poor diet, smelly city dumps, and early infant death. Special Sunday hours. Guided tours available.

Texas Military Forces Museum

2200 W 35th St. Camp Mabry 512-782-5659

www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org
10AM-4PM
Visit the museum’s brand new exhibit “9-11 and Beyond: The Texas National Guard in the War on Terror” and learn about the service and sacrifice of the men and women of the Texas Army and Air National Guard in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the fascinating history of the Texas National Guard from 1836 to the present.

Texas Music Museum

1900 E. 11th st. (corner of E. 11th and San Marcos
www.texasmusicmuseum.org
1-5PM
Enjoy future exhibit “Texas First, Texas Best” celebrating 101 musicians who set milestones in Texas Music. While you enjoy the exhibit, test your knowledge of these musicians on an exhibit quiz.

Enjoy a variety of live music programs all afternoon from 1:30-4:30pm

Tiny Park

607 1/2 Genard Street, 78751
Noon – 5PM
www.tinyparkgallery.com
contact@tinyparkgallery.com
Tiny Park, a new art space features artists Deborah Stratman and Miguel Aragon. See website for exhibition details. Visitors are welcome for an extended viewing of the exhibit and to participate in art by creating their own collages in the gallery space!

Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum

605 Robert E. Lee Road 512/445-5582
www.umlaufsculpture.org
10AM – 4PM
Come join us for SculptFest! Visit with more than two dozen Texas Society of Sculptors’ artists about their work, watch them demonstrate their techniques for working in wood, clay, wax, stone. Explore your inner sculptor at our ten clay tables where artists of all ages can make sculptures of their own to take home.

Women & Their Work

http://www.womenandtheirwork.org
1710 Lavaca Street, Austin, TX 78701 512-477-1064
Noon-5PM
Visitors to the Red Dot Art Spree will be amazed by the variety of fresh new art. The 16th Annual Red Dot Art Spree features over 200 artists from Texas and beyond. This inclusive exhibition has something for everyone. What kind of art do you like? We’ve got abstractions, portraits, flower still lives, street art, photographs, printmaking, 2- or 3-d? This colorful show is packed with of contemporary art. For families who visit on Austin Museum Day we’ll have a special game of ‘I SPY”. You will be challenged to identify particular details in artworks.

Visual Arts Center

23rd and Trinity Street 512-471-1108
http://utvac.org
11AM – 5PM
The Visual Arts Center (VAC) in the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas at Austin is a place for the intersection of art education and innovation, which draws together a uniquely diverse population of students, alumni, faculty, guest artists, and creative voices from around the world. Exhibitions currently on view at the VAC are: Mika Tajima: The Architect’s Garden,“ “, Queer State(s), and Ezra Masch: Music of the Spheres