BONES TO TUNES

The history of South Texas runs deep and wide, challenging the best of institutions to explore the region's entire dramatic arc. Edinburg's Museum of South Texas History succeeds in mastering the challenge by educating and entertaining all at once, preserving and exhibiting a significant span of our Rio Grande Valley heritage through its creative museum experience. Begin with mammoth bones and conclude with Tejano tunes in this expansive edifice to our South Texas legacy. With over 22,000-square feet of exhibition space, the museum can afford to spread out, filling walls, display cases, and dioramas with authentic and replica artifacts from the past. The museum blends South Texas and northern Mexico together under one roof, exploring centuries of interconnectivity between the two regions. The museum's premiere exhibition, "Rio Grande Legacy," guides visitors through time using state-of-the-art multimedia, combining sights and sounds to create a totally immersive experience. Two film theaters, one within the bow of a steamboat and the other inside a packing shed beyond a train station (all replicas, of course), conclude the two-part exhibition, an interpretive presentation that provides a world-class experience inside one of our best Rio Grande Valley museums.

Watch our Vaqueros of South Texas video to learn more about the Chisholm Trail in Texas. This video was produced for inclusion in our Chisholm Trail mobile tour found in our Texas Time Travel Tours mobile app. Download the app for more videos and travel information: