Great Tourist Attractions In Austin, TX
A fascinating place to visit in Austin, Texas is the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. Bob Bullock was the Lieutenant Governor under both Ann Richards and George W. Bush. The museum features a vast array of Texas history. Money for the museum was approved by the state in 1997, and E. Verner Johnson and Associates was chosen as the design team. They had previously built the Boston Museum of Science and the Cincinnati Museum Center.
Guests arriving at the museum located at the intersection of Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard and North Congress Avenue, near the capitol, are greeted by Lone Star sculpture. Additional information can be found at http://worldculturesaustin.com/2011/06/15/world-refugee-day/. The best day to visit the museum is on Fridays because the museum hosts free concerts under this sculpture.
Once inside, visitors are greeted to three floors of compelling state history. Texas was settled by explorers from Europe, and the first floor shows remarkable exhibits of the encounters of these people with the Native Americans. Visitors can learn about the early missions and why different people groups settled in Texas.
On the second floor, visitors are treated to the fascinating story of how Texas was built into the lone star state. The land now know as Texas has had six national flags, and that history is explored in the second floor of this museum. Visitors will particularly enjoy the 60 foot video wall. Visitors will see many rare artifacts, such as a Mexican shako from the 1830s. This hat was worn by members of the Mexican soldiers during their time in Texas.
Texas has always been oil country and the third floor explores the relationship between the land and the oil. Interactive media, narrated by Texan own Walter Cronkite, is used to describe the story of oil in Texas.
To understand Texas one must know its history and this is a superb place to learn about it.