Austin Museum Day Sept 23 (Mexia, Center: house, school, floors)

[iguanas4]

Ok, I was just complaining about "nothing to do in Austin" in another thread. This event sounds promising:

http://www.austinmuseums.org/museum_day.html (broken link)

Austin Museum Day, Sunday, Sept. 23. "A free, city-wide rediscovery of Austin museums on Sunday, September 23, 2007 with 30 participating museums and sites."

[xsloane]

Yes! How awesome is that! We are going to the Basin, Children's and the Sculpture one. I think it is a wonderful way to expose people to what the city has to offer!!
Did you also know that MexiArte is free every Sunday?

[love roses]

Someone posted in my moms group message board that every Sunday all museums are free.

[xsloane]

Originally Posted by love roses

Someone posted in my moms group message board that every Sunday all museums are free.

I know that the Mexiart museum is free, and that Children's museum is free for a couple of hours before they close... I do not think ALL of them are free, you better ask the specific one you may go before you do.
We went to the Wild Basin preserve, it was awesome!! Will go back there to hike!
Then to Children's museum... Will NOT go back there! Too crowded and nothing different or new, just a big playground. The best one I have been to is the Imaginarium in San Francisco.
And then we ended up in the Sculpture Garden and Museum, beautiful! They had tables outside with clay to work with. The place is so well taken care of. We want to go back there as well.

[jwb123]

I agree with your comments on the Children's Museum - a real disappointment. Everett, WA has a pretty nice one.

[FromCalitoSteinerRanch]

Originally Posted by iguanas4

Ok, I was just complaining about "nothing to do in Austin" in another thread. This event sounds promising:

Austin Museum Day | Austin Museum Partnership (http://www.austinmuseums.org/museum_day.html - broken link)

Austin Museum Day, Sunday, Sept. 23. "A free, city-wide rediscovery of Austin museums on Sunday, September 23, 2007 with 30 participating museums and sites."

I spent 3 hours with my two girls at the Bob Bullock state Museum. It was great. We showed up before they opened, and went in with a pretty big crowd, but we still got to see all 3 floors. It was a special day.

[Phisch]

Missed this, much to my dismay. We opted to meet a dog we wanted to adopt but got nixed

Is this an annual event?

I grabbed an Austin Family magazine and it says that in there first Tuesday (I think) is family day at Austin Children's Museum. Not sure what that means though. Aren't they in the process of building another one?

[love roses]

I was wrong. It is an annual event. Here are the places that were free this year, but don't know if this list varies or is a constant.

1. Arthouse at the Jones Center
2. Austin Children's Museum
3. Austin Museum of Art Downtown
4. Austin Museum of Art Laguna Gloria
5. Autin Nature and Science Center
6. The Blanton Museum of Art
7. Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
8. Elisabet Ney Museum
9. French Legation Museum
10. The German Free School
11. Harry Ransom Center
12. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
13. Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum
14. Mexican American Cultural Center
15. Mexic-Arte Museum
16. Neill Cochran House Museum
17. O. Henry Museum
18. Pioneer Farms
19. Sheffield Education Center
20. South Austin Museum of Popular Culture
21. Susanna Dickenson Museum
22. Texas Capital Visitors Center
23. Texas Folklife Gallery
24. Texas Music Museum
25. Texas State Capital
26. Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum
27. Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve
28. Women and their work

[xsloane]

This last one was the 10th one. As for the list of participants, I understand that it will depend on who signs up to be part of the special event every year.