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 Witte Museum in San Antonio, Texas | |
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| Established | 1926 |
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| Location | 3801 Broadway, San Antonio, Texas,  United States |
| Coordinates | 29°27′43″N 98°28′02″W / 29.46187°N 98.467155°W |
| Type | Nature History Science |
| Visitors | 500,000 |
| President | Dirk Elmendorf[1] |
| Public transit access |   9, 10, 11A, & 14 |
| Website | www.wittemuseum.org |
The Witte Museum (/ˈwɪti/ WIT-ee) is a museum located in Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas, and was established in 1926.[2] It is dedicated to telling the stories of Texas, from prehistory to the present. The permanent collection features historic artifacts and photographs, Texas art, textiles, dinosaur bones, cave drawings, and Texas wildlife dioramas, in addition to nationally acclaimed traveling exhibits. Artwork in the collection includes sculpture by San Antonio-born Bonnie MacLeary.[3]
The Witte Museum is named after San Antonio businessman Alfred G. Witte, who bequeathed $65,000 to the city for construction of a museum of art, science, and natural history to be built in memory of his parents.[4][5] The first director of the Witte Museum was Ellen Schulz Quillin.[6]
- ^ "Team & Trustees - The Witte Museum". Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Home - The Witte Museum". The Witte Museum.
- ^ "MACLEARY, BONNIE". Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Witte Museum". Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "History". Witte Museum. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Steinfeldt, Cecilia (June 15, 2010). "Quillin, Ellen Dorothy Schulz". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 7, 2014.