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Keith Portrait Negatives Available to the Public
The Marfa and Presidio County Museum is making available portrait negatives taken by the Keiths. These portraits include military personnel stationed in Marfa, local residents, weddings and other events. The collection includes subjects from Marfa, Presidio, Alpine, Ft. Davis, Valentine, Van Horn and other areas. The collection contained in the museum consists of over 25,000 negatives stored in …
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Gratitude for Support during the Pandemic
On March 14, 2020, we closed the doors of the Marfa and Presidio County Museum to the public to do our part to slow the spread of Covid-19. A significant portion of the museum’s revenue stream comes from proceeds from the Museum Thrift Store and donations from visitors to the Museum. We are pleased to …
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Guest Speaker, Bryon Schroeder gives talk on Spirit Eye Cave
On Saturday, November 23, at the Crowley Theater from 4:00 to 6:00, Center For Big Bend Studies archaeologist Bryon Schroeder will discuss his research into a cave down Pinto Canyon Road known as Spirit Eye. Since 2017 Schroeder and his crew have been carefully identifying prehistoric artifacts left by the people who lived in the …
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The Black Widow featured in “Dark Skies, Mystery Lights” exhibition
In her junior year at Marfa High School Anna Guerra built a matt-black rocket she dubbed the Black Widow. Starting in September 2017 engineers from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Launch and Test Facility located near Van Horn worked with Marfa High School students to build and launch their own rockets. In January 2018 Anna’s rocket …
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Marfa Lights Viewing Center Archive donated to permanent collection
The Marfa Lights Viewing Center Archive came into the museum collection on the occasion of the Dark Skies, Mystery Lights exhibition. Former Marfa high school teacher Felicia Locke preserved all the original documents from a project she began with her students in 1998. Their idea to create a roadside pavilion for observing the Mystery Lights …
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