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San Antonio -
Alamo MuseumThe
Alamo Museum is on the Alamo grounds, and was designed
in mission style to harmonize with the Alamo. The
museum was meant to display the historical relics and records of the Daughters
of the Republic of Texas, custodians of the Alamo,
but a DRT Library is on the other side of the Alamo
now with the records. The Alamo Museum is now known as the Alamo Museum Gift
Shop, but should be called the Alamo Museum Wonderland. There are all kinds
of items, including maps and books and reproductions and even Texas Bluebonnet
seed packets for a buck. The wonderland itself is the spectacular Battle
of the Alamo in miniature in the middle of the space, and every Texan MUST
see it at least once in their lifetime, preferably more if you want to see it
all. Every time I go I see something I missed, and the little kids keep crowding
me out, but I learned I could get more respect when I wear my coonskin hat (purchased
there of course).
The Alamo Museum is on the Alamo Grounds at Alamo
Plaza and Houston Street. It is the building you enter after you leave the Alamo
thru the rear door. Once again, do not pass it up. The website doesn’t mention
its history, so I’ve written the DRT. http://museumstore.thealamo.org/istar.asp?tfile=homepage.template
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From "Monuments Commemorating the Centenary of Texas Independence", State of Texas,
1938 |
Alamo Museum interior
From "Monuments Commemorating the Centenary of Texas
Independence", State of Texas, 1938 |
Alamo
interior
Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/%7Etxpstcrd/ |
There were 2 Centennial
projects at the Alamo...one was the construction of the Alamo Museum, and the
other was the restoration of the Alamo.
From "Monuments
Commemorating the Centenary of Texas Independence":
"Approximately $53,000 of a federal allocation of $75,000 for improvements to
the Alamo was used to construct the museum and landscape
the site. The balance was used to make repairs to the Alamo
proper."
©
Sarah
Reveley
Author's Note: As you continue along the Centennial
trail, it is pretty obvious that my best descriptions are the ones
of the museums I have seen myself. So, if you have been to any of these,
please tell us about it! Please
email Sarah Reveley. - Sarah
Reveley
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