Austin Sights

  1. Austin Children's Museum

    Kids will love the Austin Children's Museum, where they can make their own dinosaur movie, be TV weathercasters, hang under a bridge like an Austin bat or live out their star fantasies performing on 'Austin Kiddie Limits', a re-creation of the well known music TV show 'Austin City Limits'.

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  2. Blanton Museum of Art

    Austin's artiness isn't limited to its rich rock 'n' roll heritage: the city is also home to the country's largest University art collection. The Blanton Museum of Art is famed for its Old Masters (Rembrandt, Dürer and Rubens all make an appearance), and its modern and contemporary American and Latin American works. It also stages regular temporary exhibitions.

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  3. Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

    Wander along the hoof-marked ground of a cattle drive, look through rough-hewn slave cabins or duck into a movie theater beneath a 1930s-era marquee. High-tech interactive exhibits and fun theatrics characterize the superb (and superbly humongous) Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.

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  4. University of Texas Museums & Galleries

    The University of Texas, if not quite in the Ivy League, is a rich and prestigious school boasting several impressive museums and galleries. The Lyndon Baines Johnson, Archer Huntington and Texas Memorial museums are particularly worthwhile.

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