Briscoe Western Art Muesum
Explore the art and artifacts that bring the stories of the West to life.
Going to Texas:
Five Centuries of Texas Maps
Exhibition Opening & Reception
Thursday, October 2
Public Opening
October 3, 2025 – January 19, 2026
Briscoe Learning Opportunities
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Support the museum’s mission to preserve and promote the shared heritage of the American West.
Enjoy a rare opportunity to experience one of the most significant private map collections in the country with the exclusive exhibition, Going to Texas: Five Centuries of Texas Maps. On loan from the Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, the exhibition explores 64 original maps from the extraordinary Yana and Marty Davis Map Collection.
Take a one-of-a-kind journey through the evolving landscape, identity, and history of Texas across nearly 500 years and trace Texas’ remarkable transformation from the days of New Spain to the modern era in this rare public showing of the collection widely regarded as one of the most important Texas cartography collections in existence.
Julie & Ralph Beck
Mr. & Mrs. Marrs McLean Bowman
City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture
Jessica Elliott Middleton
Tex Elliott Family
H-E-B
Korbell Family Ranches
Plum Foundation | Debbie & John T. Montford
Carol & Thomas M. Reding, Jr.
Summerlee Foundation
Texas Commission on the Arts
Williams-Chadwick Family Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation
Tale to Tell Communications
Dr. Eli Whitney
Sara & Larry Belmontes Hollerbach Title Group Cathey Meyer & Tony Cantu
Andrea & Irving Cutter Margaret & Fred Schellenberg Teri Smith