Joseph And Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum — Attraction in Austin

I really wanted to reach out to the docent who met me. I'm the Asian visitor with the bee motif fingernails. After I went to explore the room with the quilts another set of guests came in. And there was some sort of verbal commotion. I didn't hear why the other guests were so offended. As the only not White person in the building nothing inappropriate was said when I met the docent on 6/14/23. I gathered the other guest drew offence at the term enslaved. I lived in Savannah GA and that is the historical terminology our plantations are using in Savannah and Charleston. There was nothing but respect and joyfulness presented to me and I hated that her day had taken that turn with the next guest. There is a huge difference in labeling someone a slave and referencing their imposed condition of...

Street parking is $1.20 per hour. I stayed for two. I was quite happy because not only is this Museum free, the O. HENRY or Sydney Porter museum is next door to this Museum. So you get visit two amazing museums. The docents or workers are very polite. The quality of the homes are beautifully maintain. Both museums / homes have central air condition and heating systems that was a plus. My children truly enjoyed their visit. My husband who is not a museum visiting type but, was intrigued by all the information and structure of the home. There is a small Library in the home. There, I read the David Crockett comic story to the children and they loved it. They are many other books as well in regards to the...

When you walk in, you are greeted with a smile. The two ladies that was there today was AWESOME! They were nice enough to give me a brief but detailed overview of the history of the Dickinson house. The quilt on the bed is what I found to be so amazing, as it is signed but all the living descendants of the survivors of the Alamo. If you get the chance please go...