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MEXICAN FIESTAS: A HUMANITIES TEXAS – GEOFF WINNINGHAM COLLABORATION
Beginning May 5, 2025 , the Marfa & Presidio County Museum will present “Mexican Fiestas,” a traveling exhibition by Humanities Texas created in collaboration with Houston photographer Geoff Winningham. The exhibition opening will be a community Cinco de Mayo celebration with music, food and drink from 6 – 8 pm at the Marfa & Presidio …
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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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