Bullock Texas State Museum and Gift Shop

In case you're saving saving and will not be driving to Austin to visit the Bob Bullock Texas State Museum, you can still purchase some genuwine commodities from their "Museum Store."  http://www.texasstatehistorymuseumstore.com/  They have some hot categories.  But for regular readers, you can pick the lamp or bookends as a modest gift to the Parlor host:

It's only $1,170.00 It's only $440.00

Other-wise Browse their Catalog by Category:

clothing

children's items

executive gifts

jewelry

books

Texas CDs

kitchen and dining

home decor

novelty items

texas: the big picture

texas capitol ornaments

 

Texas Tech Museum Certified Curatorially

Texas Historical Commission awards Texas Tech museum curatorial certification

By Marlena Hartz | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL

Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Story last updated at 7/1/2008 - 3:59 am

The local resting place of roughly 3 million objects, including some of the earliest known spear points of North Americans, has earned special state approval as a safe house for valuable, public artifacts, a state official announced Monday.

The Museum of Texas Tech University has earned a curatorial facility certificate from the Texas Historical Commission, its chairman said.

 

The commission established the certificate program in 2006 to ensure the proper care and management of millions of artifacts collected on state land.

Read more http://lubbockonline.com/stories/070108/loc_298005207.shtml

Denise Bradley to Texas State History Museum Fdtn

Denise Bradley to head Texas State History Museum Foundation

Austin Business Journal

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/05/26/daily20.html?ana=from_rss

"We feel that we have secured an executive director of the highest quality that will take the foundation to great levels of success in our effort to support and continually improve the quality of the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum," says Truett Latimer, president of the foundation board."

"Founded in 1999, the nonprofit Texas State History Museum Foundation raises private funds to support the educational programs of the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.
The museum is the only state history museum in the country that does not receive a direct state appropriation for its operations. The foundation raises private funds to enhance the museum's ability to remain a vibrant, state-of-the-art educational and historical institution. Since its opening in 2001, the museum has seen more than 3.5 million visitors."

Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/

Foundation

http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/get_involved/tshm_foundation.html

TSHM Foundation2008 Board of Trustees
Truett Latimer, Houston, President
Bill Jones, Austin, President-Elect
John W. Fainter, Jr., Austin, Vice-President
Kay Woodward Olson, Waco, Secretary
Molly Hasie Sherman, Austin,Treasurer
Julie Jones Oles, Austin, Dinner Chair

G. Hughes Abell, Austin Victor Alcorta III, Austin Jeff Bonham, Austin Jan Bullock, Austin Charla Borchers Leon, Victoria Michelle K. Brock, Midland Jose Cuevas, Midland Jim Duncan, Houston Dick Evans, San Antonio Karen Fortson, Fort Worth Patricia Hamilton, Houston Noe Hinojosa, Jr., Dallas James R. Huffines, Austin Gaylord Hughey, Tyler Hunter Hunt, Dallas Clay Johnson, Washington, D.C. Richard King IV, Austin Mike McKinney, Austin Brian McLaughlin, Midland Joan Williams McLeod, Galveston Therese Migala Moncrief, Fort Worth George E. Seay III, Dallas George W. Strake, Jr., Houston Margaret Temple, Austin Manny Vela, Harlingen

Ex-Officio Nashid MadyunDirectorBob Bullock Texas State History Museum

Gaye Polan Executive Director State Preservation Board