Museum of the Big Bend - Alpine Museum

  • Address: Alpine, TX
  • Phone: 432 / 837-8143
  • Email:
  • Website:www.sulross.edu
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1.0
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Museum of the Big Bend
Alpine
TX

Museum of the Big Bend Details

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  • For more than 70 years the Museum of the Big Bend has been collecting and exhibiting artifacts of the vast Big Bend region. -- Together with the Center for Big Bend Studies, the Museum of the Big Bend's goal is to capture this human history that reflects contributions ... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • For more than 70 years the Museum of the Big Bend has been collecting and exhibiting artifacts of the vast Big Bend region. Encompassing the Davis Mountains to the north and the borderlands of Mexico, the Big Bend has been inhabited for over 11,000 years. Throughout that time, four distinct cultu... more on Sulross.edu
  • This excellent facility tracks the Big Bend region's history, from American Indian cultures (points that date back more than 3,000 years) to the "Conquistador to Cowboy" exhibit, telling the story of European settlers. Among the other highlights are replicas of pterosaur bones excavated from Big ... more on Frommers
  • This West Texas haven for art lovers and cowboy poets is under renovation and expansion, but it remains open, with 5,000 feet of space holding exhibits on cowboys and conquistadors. There's also an annual show of ranching handiwork (like saddles, reins, ... more on Fodor's

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5.0
Great place to visit while in Alpine!

(July 05, 2006 00:00)

You get a chance to meet the wonderful people that work there. What is more intersting is that they have a great collection on display for people to see. What I liked was that I was told by one of their volunteer is that in the later part of 2006, they will be moving back to their former buiding ... By cadillacjgoss from Odessa, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

Directions

Highway 90 to the campus of Sul Ross State University, entrance 4

Hours

Tues-Sat 9am-5pm; Sun 1-5pm

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  • Admission: Donations accepted

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