- Frontier Texas!
Frontier Texas! is a convert|14000|sqft|m2|sing=on
state-of-the-art museum of theAmerican West located in downtown Abilene, the seat of Taylor County inWest Texas . The facility opened in 2004. It is located at 625 North First Street on convert|6.4|acre|m2 near theTexas and Pacific Railway tracks. The museum focuses on typical settlers and lifestyles in the Old West. According to the museumwebsite , its “cutting-edge technology puts a visitor in the middle of attacks by |Indians and wolves, stampeding buffalo, a card game shootout, and aprairie thunderstorm , even a spring evening filled with fireflies." [ [http://www.frontiertexas.com/visitor_info.html FRONTIER Texas! - Visitor Information ] ] Visitors see depictions of buffalo hunters,Comanche warrior s,explorer s, andpioneers in the theatre called the "Century of Adventure", 1780-1880. [ [http://www.abilenevisitors.com/visitors/FrontierTexas.html Abilene Texas - Frontier Texas! ] ] The narrator in the theater isactor -artist Buck Taylor from Fort Worth. Taylor is also involved in the annual membership drive. [ [http://www.frontiertexas.com/membership.html Membership - FRONTIER Texas! - Abilene Texas ] ]Recent exhibits
"Women’s
Art : Women’s Vision in West Texas”, April-May 2008"Toy Stories”,
November 30 ,2007 -February 25 , 2008"Spirit of the Frontier Festival”,
October 5 -October 6, 2007"Chow Time: The Heritage of
Cowboy Cooking” (partly on loan from theAmon Carter Museum in Fort Worth),May 5 –September 11 , 2007"
Abolitionism FromSlavery toFreedom :African s in the Americas”,February 15 -April 22 , 2007"Faith on the Frontier:
Christmas and Other Early Traditions”,November 22 ,2006 –January 22 , 2007"Homeland Security: The Texas Forts Trail, Past & Present”, May –
September 11 , 2006"Christmas on the Frontier", November – December 2005. This exhibit looks at the
Hispanic and German cultures of Christmas, the holiday at a frontier fort, and history andphotograph s of a “Cowboy Christmas ball” dating to 1885. [ [http://www.frontiertexas.com/events.html FRONTIER Texas! - Events ] ]Museum services
The museum also accommodates
educator s by offering lesson plans for Texas and United States history at elementary and secondary levels. [Education Coordinator Nell Sims; nell@frontiertexas.com] The museum publishes a quarterly newsletter called "Frontier Times". [ [http://www.frontiertexas.com/visitor_info.html FRONTIER Texas! - Visitor Information ] ] There is a gift shop called the "General Store" which offers books, toys, housewares, and clothing. Museum hours are Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from 1 -5 p.m. There is an admission fee, with discounts available for military personnel, educators, and senior citizens. [ [http://www.frontiertexas.com/general_store.html FRONTIER Texas! - General Store ] ]The website "You Tube" voted Frontier Texas! as "Best Old West Experience in Texas for 2008" and indicated that the
hologram s at the museum are "amazing". [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xb9P4gAAkU YouTube - Frontier Texas! by OFFICIALBESTOF.COM TV & TRAVEL SERIES ] ]References
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