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HISTORY AND POLITICS
Time: Approximately 4 hours For your convenience, this tour includes: transportation via motorcoach, tour guide, applicable admission fees, taxes, gratuities, signage, service fee and staff. Complimentary soft drinks and bottled water onboard bus. Note: The Museum is closed Sunday morning. For an additional fee, arrangements can be made to attend the IMAX Theatre and/or Texas Spirit Theater shows. |
Destination: Austin
512.391.1944
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The exhibits at The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum tell "The Story of Texas" using more than 700 artifacts, 17 media and interactive experiences and three floors of diverse exhibit space. The Museum's dramatic, three-story central exhibit atrium features a circa 1940 AT-6 "Texan" airplane, a full-scale windmill, the Capitol's original Goddess of Liberty and a vintage "Texas" theater sign. Featuring the best objects from around the state, the Museum highlights enduring themes in Texas history on each floor.
We continue to the Texas State Capitol, constructed of pink granite from nearby Granite Mountain in Burnet County. It is situated on approximately 26 acres of land and was modeled after the Nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C. Construction began in 1882 and was completed in 1888. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986.