Institute of Texan Cultures
- Institute of Texan Cultures
infobox Museum
name= UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures
established= 1968
location= San Antonio, Texas
visitors= 229,237 (1999) [http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/public/communications/about_itc.htm Accessed August 27, 2007]
director= John L. Davis
website= [http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/ www.texancultures.utsa.edu]
UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures is a museum and library located in HemisFair Park in downtown San Antonio, Texas. It serves as the state's primary center for multicultural education, with exhibits, programs, and events like the Texas Folklife Festival, an annual celebration of the many ethnicities that make up the population of Texas. The Folklife Festival has been held yearly since 1972.
The facility originally served as the Texas Pavilion at HemisFair '68 before being turned over to the University of Texas System. It is now the third campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio.
There are displays in the museum representing the following cultures and their impact on the history and development of Texas:
*African-American
*Belgian
*Chinese
*Czech
*Danish
*Dutch
*French
*German
*Greek
*Hungarian
*Italian
*Japanese
*Jewish
*Lebanese
*Native American
*Norwegian
*Polish
*Swedish
*Swiss
*Tejano
*Wendish
References
External links
* [http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu Institute of Texan Cultures]
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