Events

From July 13, 2024–July 5, 2025, The Grace Museum will show the exhibition Full Steam Ahead: The Texas and Pacific Railway. The exhibition highlights the history of the Texas and Pacific Railway in Abilene through several artifacts from The Grace Museum’s permanent collection. For more information, contact The Grace Museum.

In the last decade, archeologists have made a number of fascinating new discoveries about the way Paleoindians lived and even how they arrived in the land we now call Texas. These first peoples passed on knowledge and traditions through the generations, eventually giving rise to many culturally distinct Tribes and Indigenous American communities. Some Indigenous Americans traditional stories say that their ancestors were always here. Archeologists, who study objects and evidence left behind from early cultures, believe people have lived here for at least 16,000 years. Both ways of understanding the past are important to the study of Paleoindian history. A Time Before Texas considers both current science and cultural tradition to explore what life was like for the first people to call early Texas home. A Time Before Texas is created by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and ciruculated in partnership with Humanities Texas. For more information contact the Historic Upshur Museum.

From 5:30–6:30 p.m. on January 7, Brenham Heritage Museum will host a lecture by Walter Kamphoefner on Germans/Afro-German relations in Washington County as part of the museum's Crossroads Speaker Series. For more information, contact Brenham Heritage Museum.

"Experiencing the Harlem Renaissance" will take place on Zoom from 5:00–6:15 p.m. CT on January 14. This webinar will provide actionable strategies for enhancing classroom learning about the Harlem Renaissance era through the use of digital resources, augmented and virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. The session will introduce educators to powerful tools and applications, demonstrating how to engage students with the period and its key figures through immersive experiences relating to Harlem, New York. Bryan Carter of the University of Arizona will lead the webinar.