Congressman Lamar Smith, Twenty First Congressional
District of Texas
(WASHINGTON) – Congressman Lamar Smith today announced that $100,000 for the Witte Museum in San Antonio was included in the FY2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations bill and passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
The federal funding will assist the Witte Museum in launching the South Texas Heritage Center, a major component of a building and modernization campaign. The Center will be dedicated to sharing the history of the region and will house the preeminent collection of South Texas artifacts from empire ranches, small town farms, San Antonio plazas and regional oil and gas industries.
“The Witte Museum embodies the culture and heritage of South Texas,” said Smith. “The modernization efforts are an important part of preserving the history of the region for citizens, school children and visitors to San Antonio.”
The South Texas Heritage Center is one of three components of the planned Witte Museum campus expansion, which also includes a Collections and Research Center, a Center for Rivers and Aquifers, and refurbished physical, biological and natural science galleries and exhibits.
