Going to Texas Opening Weekend Exhibition Tours
Join the Museum of the Big Bend Director, Dr. John Klingemann and Matt Walter for a guided tour through the new exhibit.
📆 Friday, October 3, 2025 | 2:00 PM
🎟️ Included with museum admission | FREE for members
Meet the Guides!
Dr. John Klingemann
A native of West Texas, John Klingemann grew up in the small community of Terlingua in South Brewster County. An alumnus of both Alpine High School and Sul Ross State University, John enrolled in graduate studies at the University of Arizona where he received his doctorate in history.
Prior to his return to Sul Ross State University, he served as a Professor of History and Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Angelo State University.
He currently serves as the Vice President for Development and Advancement and as the Director of the Museum of the Big Bend.
Matt Walter
As the son of a missionary-teacher couple, Matt spent his childhood rotating between the Gulf Coast of Texas, the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, and the southernmost state in Brazil. He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1976 and, over the next 20 years, the USCG took him to 19 different countries.
Following his retirement from the service, Matt got his BA and MA in history at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. Falling in love with the wide-open spaces and dark night skies of the Big Bend, Matt worked as the Curator of Collections at the Museum of the Big Bend, on the campus of Sul Ross, for another 20 years.
Retiring from that in 2023, Matt is now a volunteer at the museum, helping curate the Yana and Marty Davis Map Collection, including this exhibit.
