This museum is flying under false colors. It claims to be a museum of the Southwest and Texas, but I didn't see anything that was distinctly southwestern anywhere (the southwest is Arizona, New Mexico, southern Colorado, southern Utah. Sometimes we include El Paso county, but that's it). And for Black Texans, there was only a temporary Buffalo Soldiers exhibit, and it wasn't very good--mostly drawings and a few pictures. And a picture of Jack Johnson; was HE a Buffalo Soldier?? If you're African-American there's not much about your Texas history. Native Americans really get trashed--literally. There's one wall display of junk Mr. Bryan picked up off the ground on his West Texas ranch. And there's a painting of Native people working as slave laborers, building a mission, under the watchful eye of a padre overseer. Remember, Native Americans lived in what is now Texas for 5,00-8,000 years! This land belonged to them. Anglo invaders killed off many just to steal their land. But that's all the space and treatment they get. But if you ignore the racism that underlies this place, what is exhibited is quite beautiful. This is a very nice building housing mainly artifacts of the Anglo Texan frontier, with some very good Spanish and Mexican materials as well. The main floor is quite beautiful, with warm wood and comfy couches and chairs (floors 1 and 3 not so much). The materials are obviously well cared for, and are tastefully displayed. And they really are gorgeous. But it's all stop and look--no interactive exhibits when I was there. If you're disabled, you may have a problem. When I was there, there was only street parking, with no handicapped spaces. I could not find any handicapped entrance to the building, in front or on the sides. I guess the Americans With Disabilities Act is too modern for them. Your disabled Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans thank you for your consideration.