The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History curates, creates, and installs exhibitions based on its collections at our four Briscoe Center divisions; the Research and Collections Division on the University of Texas campus; the Sam Rayburn Museum in Bonham; the Briscoe-Garner Museum in Uvalde; and the Winedale Historical Complex, a complex of restored nineteenth-century structures and modern facilities near Round Top, Texas. Exhibitions at these sites have encompassed topics in Texas and Southern history, news media history, civil rights, women’s history, decorative arts, entertainment industry, and music. Exhibits are also shown in other locations in collaboration with galleries and museums. The Briscoe Center has produced more than 200 exhibits since 1981.
Land and Lives in Flux: New Discoveries in the Natchez Trace Collections
October 5, 2024–January 31, 2025
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Weatherby Gallery, Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2
History and Fate: The Goodwins and the 1960s
October 16, 2024–July 25, 2025
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Main Exhibition Gallery, Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2
Cactus Jack of Texas: The Life and Career of John Nance Garner
Ongoing Display
Briscoe–Garner Museum, Uvalde, Texas
1st Floor
From Commemoration to Education: Pompeo Coppini’s Statue of Jefferson Davis.
Ongoing Display
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Hall Gallery
The Leadership of Mr. Sam
Ongoing Display
Sam Rayburn Museum, Bonham, Texas
H.G. Dulaney Gallery, Rostrum Gallery
Read, Study, and Rest: Rayburn’s Library
Ongoing Display
Sam Rayburn Museum, Bonham, Texas
Reading Room
Struggle for Justice: Civil Rights Photography from the Briscoe Center for American History
July 2, 2024 – October 20, 2024
LBJ Presidential Library, Austin, Texas
Great Hall
Threads of Tradition: The John Tongate Cowboy Boot Collection
March 18, 2024 – July 19, 2024
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Hall Gallery, Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2
Freedom Papers: Evidence of Emancipation
February 5 — June 28, 2024
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Weatherby Gallery, Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2
Through Her Lens: The Photojournalism of Diana Walker
September 27, 2023 – August 2, 2024
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Main Exhibition Gallery, Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2
Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party
February 10, 2023 – June 2, 2023
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Weatherby Gallery
New Acquisitions: The Richard N. Goodwin and Doris Kearns Goodwin Papers
April 7, 2022 – September 30, 2022
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Weatherby Gallery
Present/Past: The Robert Polidori Photographic Archive
March 4, 2022 – June 30, 2023
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Main Exhibition Gallery, Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2
“One Night in Miami”: From Photo to Film
December 9, 2021 – May 8, 2022
LBJ Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas
Great Hall
New Acquisitions: The Jacques Lowe Photographic Archive
Through March 31, 2022
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Weatherby Gallery
Flash of Light, Wall of Fire
August 30, 2021 – January 28, 2022
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Main Gallery
The Texas Observer at 65
March 10, 2020–July 30, 2021
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Hall Gallery
On with the Fight!: Women’s Activism in the Briscoe Center’s Collections
March 5, 2020–July 30, 2021
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Main Gallery / Virtual Tour
Baskets and Blooms: Floral Quilts from the Winedale Quilt Collection
February 21–March 1, 2020
Winedale Historical Complex, Round Top, Texas
Selections from the Wendy Watriss and Fred Baldwin Photographic Archive
November 14, 2019–February 29, 2020
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Hall Gallery
American Activist: Selections from the Abbie Hoffman Archive
October 29, 2019–March 12, 2020
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Weatherby Gallery
Covering the Moon: Apollo 11 and the News Media
July 20–October 31, 2019
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Hall Gallery
Greatest Hits: The Briscoe Center’s Music Collections
May 2–December 14, 2019
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Main Gallery
Behold the People: R. C. Hickman’s Photographs of Black Dallas
March 11–July 13, 2019
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Hall Gallery
Dreaming of the Stars: The Briscoe Center’s Astronomical Quilts! Block Challenge Collection
February 16–24, 2019
Winedale Historical Complex, Round Top, Texas
President George H. W. Bush: A Visual Tribute from the David Valdez Photographic Archive
December 3–December 21, 2018
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Hall Gallery
The Pioneers Who Changed TV News
October 18, 2018–April 6, 2019
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Main Gallery
1968: The Year the Dream Died
September 13, 2018–March 2, 2019
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Hall Gallery
Boldly Graphic: Two-Color Quilts from the Winedale Quilt Collection
February 22–25, 2018
Winedale Historical Complex, Round Top, Texas
Selections from the Stephen Shames Photographic Archive: Documenting the Black Panther Party, 1967-1973
February 14–August 31, 2018
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Hall Gallery
Struggle for Justice: Four Decades of Civil Rights Photography
November 10, 2017–July 21, 2018
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Main Gallery
Distinctive Identity: Hawaiian Quilts from the Briscoe Center’s Winedale Quilt Collection
July 28–August 15, 2017
Sam Rayburn Museum, Bonham, Texas
Highlights from the Weatherby Map Collection
April 6, 2017–October 15, 2019
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Weatherby Gallery
Exploring the American South: The Briscoe Center’s Southern History Collections
April 6–September 17, 2017
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Main Gallery
25 Years/25 Treasures: A Celebration of UT Austin’s Briscoe Center for American History
September 16, 2016–January 17, 2017
LBJ Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas
Comfort and Glory: Selections from the Briscoe Center’s Winedale Quilt Collection
July 29–August 13, 2016
Sam Rayburn Museum, Bonham, Texas
Deep in the Heart: Texas-Themed Quilts from the Winedale Quilt Collection
February 15–27, 2016
Winedale Historical Complex, Round Top, Texas
Seeing Double: Paired Versions of Popular Quilt Patterns
February 16, 2015–February 28, 2015
Winedale Historical Complex, Round Top, Texas
Sounds Like Texas: Highlights From Our Music Collections
March 25–December 18, 2015
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
From FDR to JFK: Presidential Photographs from the Briscoe Center
March 11–July 18, 2015
Sam Rayburn Museum, Bonham, Texas
Willie Nelson: Texas Icon
November 2014 –2019
DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium , Austin, Texas
North End Zone Building, Red McCombs Red Zone
The Power of His Camera: Spider Martin and the Civil Rights Movement
April 8, 2014–December 19, 2014
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
When Bevo Hit the Line
November 7, 2014–February 6, 2015
Performing Arts Center, Bass Concert Hall, Austin, Texas
4th Floor
Red and White and a Bit of Another Color
February 10–23, 2014
Winedale Historical Complex, Round Top, Texas
Dennis Brack: A Career in Photojournalism
May 22, 2013–April 1, 2014
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Texas Furniture From The Ima Hogg Winedale Collection
July 13, 2013–October 6, 2013
Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Hall
News to History: Selections from the Briscoe Center
December 21, 2013–March 2, 2014
Richard Nixon Presidential Library, Yorba Linda, California
News to History: Photojournalism and the Presidency
February 15–October 1, 2013
LBJ Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas
“An Extraordinary Life”: The Dominick Dunne Papers
April 30, 2012–March 9, 2013
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Threads of Tradition: Amish and Mennonite Quilts
February 11–23, 2013
Winedale Historical Complex, Round Top, Texas
Etched Memory: Icons of American Photography
January 25–March 25, 2012
LBJ Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas
Making Do with Little: Cotton Sacks and Cotton Sack Quilts
February 13–25, 2012
Winedale Historical Complex, Round Top, Texas
Changing the Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate
September 12–December 23, 2011
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Research and Collections Reading Room
Honoring Her Legacy: Kathleen McCrady’s Quilt History Collection
October 27–November 8, 2011
Winedale Historical Complex, Round Top, Texas
Always Hitting a Nerve: Editorial Cartoons by Ben Sargent
April 20– August 31, 2011
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Research and Collections Reading Room
Diana Walker: Photojournalist
June–December 17, 2010
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Plaid Pineapple, Broken Wheel, and Snail’s Trail: A New Look at Old Patterns
February 17–20, 2010 and February 24–27, 2010
Winedale Historical Complex, Round Top, Texas
Cronkite: Eyewitness to a Century
May 15, 2010–Jan 3, 2011
LBJ Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas
