H-E-B Free First Sunday
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 02/05/2023
Enjoy FREE exhibition admission all day during H-E-B Free First Sundays, held the first Sunday of every month. Activities are from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Families can explore the Story of Texas through three floors of exhibitions that showcase artifacts from around the state.
Take a seat for a performance by Austin Public Library's Art Smart program, Echoes of Africa, at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Enjoy this special program featuring music, dancing, drumming, shadow puppetry, folktales, and mask-making.
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Join us for free screenings of When I Rise, the documentary about Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted Black opera student at the University of Texas who was thrust into a civil-rights storm that changed her life forever. Click here for more information and to reserve a free ticket.
Activities:
- 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Enjoy Echoes of Africa with Austin Public Library in the Museum classrooms
- 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Watch When I Rise in the Texas Spirit Theater
- Make an airplane with the Bullock Museum to honor Bessie Coleman, a Texan, and the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license
- Meet a living history Buffalo Soldier from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and learn about what their lives were like 150 years ago
- Land on the moon with Girl Start! In honor of Katherine Johnson, the mathematician who helped Apollo 11 land on the moon, design and build a shock-absorbing moon lander that will protect two "astronauts" from crashing when they land
- Work on a literacy activity with the Greater Austin Reading Coalition
- Connect with volunteers from African American Youth Harvest Foundation and learn about their work in Central Texas
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.
Organization:
Bullock Texas State History MuseumLocation:
1800 Congress Ave
Austin, TX, 78701United States
See map: Google Maps
Phone:
(512) 936 - 8746Contact name:
Dr. Victoria Ramirez
Email address:
The event has already taken place on this date:
02/05/2023
Time:
10:00am - 5:00pm
Price:
Free
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