Daily Programs
Enhance your visit to the Witte Museum with one of our daily programs for guests. Call 210.357.1910 to learn more.
Investigation Stations
Demonstrations
Gallery Theater
Investigation Stations
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Daily: River Alive! Get your hands wet while exploring the aquatic life of the San Antonio River at the River Alive! touch tank, part of the World of Water: Take It to the River exhibit. Find out what lives in the water and why water quality is important. |
Other investigation stations are presented on a changing schedule.
Demonstrations
Learn more about scientific principles with demonstrations in the H-E-B Science Treehouse. Presentations last approximately 20 minutes and times/topics are subject to change. (Call 210-357-1910 to verify the schedule.)
Demonstration Descriptions
The Pressure’s On!
Witness the power of air pressure and experience the effects of Bernoulli’s Principle in action!
The Digestion Question
Discover the ins and outs of your digestive system. Examine how food travels through the body and uncover what happens along the way
Bare Bones
Build your knowledge of bones. Explore how bones develop and age and find out what will happen if you don’t take care of your body’s most valuable support system.
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Gallery Theater
Live performances bring exhibits to life and let visitors encounter history first-hand. Scheduled performances last approximately 20 minutes and times are subject to change.
Performances are FREE with museum admission. Call Guest Reservations at (210) 357-1910 for performance dates and times.
Schedule
A Gallery of Ghosts
Meet the ghost of Ellen Schulz Quillin, founder and long-time director of the Witte Museum. Listen as she recalls the history of the Witte and stories about the people who helped start the museum and have kept it going.
Written by Laurie Dietrich |
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Encounter at Panther Cave
Spend the night in a rock shelter with a modern day archaeologist who encounters the spirit of a Panther Shaman. Travel back in time and hear the shaman's story of the prehistoric people who lived and hunted in ancient Texas.
Written by Bryce Milligan |
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Vaquero y Cowboy
Join a South Texas vaquero and a Texas-born cowboy on their journey to San Antonio. As they swap stories around a campfire, both men gain insight into each other's values, traditions, and cultures.
Written by Bryce Milligan |
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Noble Lofton, Buffalo Soldier
Experience military life on the Texas frontier as Corporal Noble Lofton reminisces about his family, life under slavery, gaining his freedom, and his experience as a buffalo soldier with the Tenth Cavalry, a regiment of black soldiers stationed on the West Texas plains.
Written by Celeste Bedford Walker |
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Summer 2008 Gallery Theater Schedule *
June 9 – July 26, 2008
Monday
1:00 pm, 2:00 pm
Encounter at Panther Cave
(2nd floor main Museum)
Tuesday
1:00 pm, 2:00 pm
Encounter at Panther Cave
(2nd floor main Museum)
Wednesday
1:00 pm, 2:00 pm
Gallery of Ghosts
(2nd floor main Museum)
Thursday
1:00 pm, 2:00 pm
Vaquero y Cowboy: A Campfire Conversation
(2nd floor main Museum)
Friday
1:00 pm, 2:00 pm
Gallery of Ghosts
(2nd floor main Museum)
Saturday
2:00 pm, 3:00 pm
Vaquero y Cowboy: A Campfire Conservation (2nd floor main Museum)
Sunday
2:00 pm, 3:00 pm
Noble Lofton: Buffalo Soldier
(2nd floor main Museum)
*Schedule subject to change, call 210.357.1910 |
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