Museum Name: Witte Museum
Schedule:
Monday 10 am - 5 pm
Tuesday 10 am - 8 pm
Wednesday-Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday 12 noon - 5 pm
The museum is closed the third Monday in October; Thanksgiving; Christmas Eve & Christmas Day.
Established: 1926
Address: 3801 Broadway, San Antonio TX 78209
Phone Number: 210-357-1900
Fax Number: 210-357-1882
Email: jimdaglish@wittemuseum.org
Director:
Director: Mimi Quintanilla
President & CEO: Marise McDermott
Website: www.wittemuseum.org
Focus: Science, South Texas History and Water
Ages: Family Audiences & Adults
Costs: Museum Members FREE; General Admission 12-64 years of age $7.00; Seniors 65 years and up $6.00; Children 4-11 years of age $5.00; 3 years and younger FREE
Major Exhibits:
A Wild and Vivid Land: Stories of South Texas -- June 24, 2006- March, 2007 H-E-B Science Treehouse -- Permanent Ancient Texans: Life Along the Lower Pecos -- Permanent Texas Wild: Ecology Illustrated -- Permanent Dinosaurs: Vanished Texans -- Permanent
Notes: The Witte Museum is San Antonio 's premiere museum of  South Texas history, culture, and natural science. Located in Brackenridge Park , on the banks of the San Antonio River , the Witte offers permanent exhibits that include dinosaur skeletons, cave drawings, wildlife dioramas, and even some live animals. Several historic homes have been reconstructed  on the campus, which also features the very popular H-E-B Science Treehouse. Changing galleries include Texas artists, textiles and showcase exhibits, some locally produced and some traveling national exhibits.