Photographer: Kevin Stillman
Founded as the Hildalgo County Historical Museum in 1967,
exhibits cover the history of South Texas and Northeastern Mexico
from prehistoric times up to 1900. All new permanent exhibits have
been installed in the $2.5 million new wing, starting with a sea
dinosaur and a 14-foot skeleton of an ice-age mammoth. The museum
also features exhibits on Coahuiltecan Indians, the Spanish
exploration and colonization, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the
Steamboat-Era and more. Admission fee.