Museum sights in San Antonio
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Buckhorn Saloon and Museum
The Buckhorn Hall of Horns, Fins & Feathers is one of the best kitsch spots around. The halls of mounted stuffed animals are as disgusting as any such collection, but this one features extra oddities such as a two-headed cow and a nine-legged goat.
Schlockier still are the maps of Texas formed with rattlesnake rattles, a wonderful collection of Lone Star Beer paraphernalia (like a guitar made from pull-tabs) and the pièce de résistance, the wax museum.
The wax museum was clearly assembled by buying figures from other museums and changing the costumes. In one diorama, Teddy Roosevelt consults with what's got to be Alan Ladd, and in another, it's Tom Selleck (Magnum PI) …
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Witte Museum
The Witte Museum - it's pronounced 'witty' - is a great place to spend the day with kids. The Science Treehouse, a high-tech activity centre complete with a sky cycle ride, is a marvellous diversion. Kids begin downstairs with lots of cool physical-property displays designed to tire out the little darlings before getting to the more cerebral displays upstairs.
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Museo Alameda
Don't miss the Museo Alameda, the one-and-only Smithsonian Institution affiliate outside of Washington, DC. Latino-related exhibits draw from the collections of the Air & Space, American History and Natural History Museums from the Institution's collections. To get here without hoofing it, take the tourist trolley purple line.
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Institute of Texan Cultures
Thirty cultures, including Native American and Mexican, have made Texas what it is; explore them at the museum of the Institute of Texan Cultures. Afterwards you can ride up to the observation deck of the 750ft Tower of the Americas. Admission includes a glitzy, Texas-themed 3-D theater ride.
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San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio Museum of Art has a good collection of Spanish Colonial, folk-Mexican and pre-Columbian works.
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