Texas Music Libraries and Archives
Number of Libraries/Archives: 89
City: Abilene
Hardin-Simmons University | Smith Music Library
- P.O. Box 16230, Abilene, TX 79698-6230
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(325) 670-1565
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james.floyd [at] hsutx.edu
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Murl Sickbert, Music Librarian
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- Classical, Gospel
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- Music archives • Music instruction materials
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Smith Music Library, a separate library located in Caldwell Hall on Cedar Street, contains study scores, collected works of various composers, recordings, reference materials, and virtually all of HSU's books relating to the various areas of music. Listening equipment is provided, and the library houses the recorded concerts and recitals of the School of Music.
City: Alice
Tejano ROOTS Hall of Fame Museum
- P.O. Box 3912, Alice, TX 78333-3912
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(361) 765-3523
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rltejanoroots [at] yahoo.com
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Ruben Lopez, President; Ruben Cadena Jr., Secretary; Homero Hinojosa III, Treasurer; Ted Lopez, Vice President
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Established: 1999
Tejano Roots (Remembering Our Own Tejano Stars), a nonprofit association out of Alice, established its charter in June 1999, and is working to create a Tejano Music Hall of Fame Museum. The museum will collect, preserve and display historical documents and artifacts, in addition to audio and video recordings by Tejano-music artists. Membership dues start at $25 but sponsorship packages are available, each with its own set of privileges. Funds raised through the membership drive go toward the development of the museum, which will be housed in Alice, Texas. For information on membership applications, visit the business offices located at 60 S. Wright in Alice.
City: Alpine
Sul Ross State University | Archives of the Big Bend
- Box C-149, Alpine, TX 79832
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(432) 837-8388; (432) 837-8127
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mbell [at] sulross.edu
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Melleta Bell, Senior Archivist; Florence J Garza (Jerri), Associate Archivist
- Website link
- Folk/Acoustic
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- Music archives
- Society of American Archivists; Society of Southwest Archivists
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Established: 1977
Sul Ross State University's Wilson Collection of Folk Music at the Archives of the Big Bend features tapes and transcripts from West Texas musicians and residents. Compiled by Dr. Tramel Rex Wilson, Professor of Music at Sul Ross State University.
City: Arlington
Texas Blues Museum
- 6702 Fairglen Drive, Arlington, TX 76002
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(817) 291-3675
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thetexasbluesmuseum [at] msn.com
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Howard Scott, Director; Bran Aitchison, Director
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- Blues
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- Clubs, Dancehalls, Small Venues • Music archives
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Established: 2008
The Texas Blues Museum will be a high-tech interactive museum that is dedicated to the history of blues musicians from Texas with temporary highlights of blues musicians from America and around the world. The museum will have free educational tours and lunches on Wednesdays for local students from grades K-12. We will offer a chance for the students to learn to play music; in addition they will learn the business side of the music industry (Management, Agent, Accounting, Recording, Stage Set-up and other areas of the Industry). The museum will feature the Jack Nelson Room (Restaurant/Live music Venue). There will be two professional recording studios for local, regional, statewide and national acts, as well as an interactive kids recording studio, where the students can record their own music and take a CD home. There will also be a local radio station (AM or FM) dedicated to providing great music (Mainly Blues) but will also be a training center for interning local college students through local colleges.
City: Austin
Austin History Center
- P.O. Box 2287, Austin, TX 78768-2287
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(512) 974-7480
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Tim.Hamblin [at] austintexas.gov
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Tim Hamblin, Video Archivist
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- Music archives
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Established: 1955
The Austin History Center, located at 810 Guadalupe, provides the public with information about the history, current events, and activities of Austin and Travis County. Even before Austin declared itself the "Live Music Capital of the World," the Austin History Center began collecting and preserving examples of music from the local scene. Included in the sound recording collection are the recordings of artists such as Kenneth Threadgill, Joe Ely, the Grey Ghost, the Thunderbirds, Uranium Savages, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. The Austin Music Network began documenting live performances in clubs and venues around Austin in 1994. The Archives of the Austin Music Network are now part of the AHC collections.
Austin Music Video Archives
- Austin History Center, P.O. Box 2287, Austin, TX 78768-2287
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(512) 974-7305
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tim.hamblin [at] austintexas.gov
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Tim Hamblin, Archivist
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- Music archives • Television programming • Video distribution
- South Austin Museum of Popular Culture - Advisory Board Member; Texas Music Museum-- Advisory Board Member
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Established: 1994
Austin Music Video Archives are now under stewardship of the Austin History Center. The tapes in the AMV Archives are part of a permanent collection documenting the history of Austin's vibrant music scene. The archives contain the master tapes of music videos and performance footage produced since Austin Music Network's inception in 1994.
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
- P.O. Box 12874, Austin, TX 78711
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(512) 936-2311
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David Denney, Public Programming
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- Music archives
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Established: 2001
The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, located at 1800 North Congress Avenue, includes the Texas Sports and Music exhibit includes biographical information and artifacts on Van Cliburn, Mary Martin, The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, T-Bone Walker, Jack Teagarden, Red Garland, Lydia Mendoza, Bob Wills, and Light Crust Doughboys.
St. Edward's University Archives
- 3001 South Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78704
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(512) 448-8476
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mblair1 [at] stedwards.edu
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Dianne Brownly, Archivist; Armando Garcia
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- Classical
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- Music archives
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Established: 1958
St. Edward's University houses the Silvestre Revueltas Collection including programs, articles, personal correspondence and recordings; the St. Edward's school song and its many incarnations; and the history of the St. Edward's music program with records dating from circa 1880 to present.
South Austin Popular Culture Center
- 1516-B South Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78704
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(512) 440-8318
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samopc [at] gmail.com
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Emma Little, President; Scout Stormcloud, Secretary; Michael Kleinman, Vice President & Treasurer; Leea Mechling, Executive Director
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- Music archives
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Established: 2004
The South Austin Popular Culture Center presents, exhibits, documents and interprets Austin art and culture of the past 50 years and makes that history accessible to local, national and international audiences. Our programs trace the evolution and the social context of Austin’s cultural production from the early 1960s through the present and interpret the local, state and national impact of the artists, art forms and recurrent themes that have profoundly shaped the city’s self-conception over the past 50 years.
Tejano Artist Music Museum, Inc.
- 2908 Overdale Road, Austin, TX 78723
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(512) 928-3122; (512) 698-4124
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musica_usa [at] hotmail.com
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Marcelo Tafoya, President; Miranda Tafoya; Tony Tafoya, Editor
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- Latin/Spanish, Regional Mexican, Tejano
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- Music archives • Organizations/Associations
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Established: 1968
The Tejano Artist Music Museum, Inc. (TAMMI) is dedicated in preserving, promoting and serving the Hispanic heritage, its music, and its performers. Planned as a traveling museum. A nonprofit group. Musica is a free newspaper that informs its readers about what is happening in Hispanic music such as hits, new releases, new artists, and what's being played on the radio. Musica is distributed in all states where the Hispanic community is prominent. The importance of Mexican American Culture has grown tremendously in Texas. The museum would allow the Latin music industry to provide not only talent, but also education to the public. This unique museum will provide historical facts and pictorials to educate the community.
Texas Archive of the Moving Image
- 501 North IH-35, No. 204, Austin, TX 78702-3201
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(512) 485-3073
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info [at] texasarchive.org
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Caroline Frick, Executive Director
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- Country, Regional Mexican
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Established: 2002
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) celebrates the state's home movies, industrial films, television output, and regional cine-club product as well as Hollywood and internationally produced images of Texas. Valuable to state history, these films also serve an important collaborative role in the preservation and restoration of the larger motion picture heritage for the United States. TAMI is an independent 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the preservation of Texas film heritage. Every year, home movies, television programs, and locally produced films are lost as these visual records of Texas rapidly decompose or are simply thrown away. TAMI works to discover these "orphan" films and to educate the public about moving image history and contemporary preservation practice.
Texas Heritage Songwriters Association | Texas Heritage Songwriters' Hall of Fame
- 5201 Cuesta Verde, Austin, TX 78746
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(512) 964-3381
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info [at] texasheritagesongwriters.com
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Carlton Wade, Executive Director; Terry Boothe, Chairman of the Board; Joe Ables, Executive Producer; Bill Schneider, Boardmember; Miranda Bolton
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- Music archives • Organizations/Associations
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Established: 2003
The mission of the Texas Heritage Songwriters Association, in the interest of Texas cultural preservation, is to honor and celebrate Texas songwriters who have played an important role in defining and interpreting Texas' distinctive culture. The Texas Heritage Songwriters Association is a non-profit organization 501(c)3. Officially recognized by the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas on May 22, 2003, The Texas Heritage Songwriters Association was commended for its effort to preserve this significant Texas tradition.
Texas Music Museum, Inc.
- 1009 East 11th Street, No. 100, Austin, TX 78702-1913
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(512) 472-8891; (512) 471-0520
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cshorkey [at] mail.utexas.edu
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Dr. Clay Shorkey, President; Rudy Martinez, Vice President; Laurence Egle, Secretary; Joyce Christianson, Treasurer
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- Blues, Country, Tejano
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- Music archives • Organizations/Associations
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Established: 1984
The Texas Music Museum is a non-profit corporation that celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2014. The museum conducts research, and collects and preserves photographs, artifacts, and documentation relating to all aspects of Texas music. Texas Music Museum presents free music history exhibits and live music programs, creates satellite exhibits for other organizations, and provides information and exhibit materials to various public facilities and publications. Individual exhibits are continually updated, and are presented in the Texas Music Museum galleries at 1009 East 11th Street. The museum is free to the public each weekday for self-guided tours, and offers free tours and special programs for students, seniors, and persons with special needs. Exhibits explore all genres of Texas music history and culture, including regionally focused spotlight exhibits. The long-range goal of the organization is to establish a world-class multimedia Texas music history center in Austin.
University of Texas at Austin | Benson Latin American Collection | Border Cultures: Conjunto Music
- University of Texas at Austin, Sid Richardson Hall 1.108, Austin, TX 78713-8916
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(512) 495-4582
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schroer [at] mail.utexas.edu
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Craig Schroer
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- Tejano
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- Music archives
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Established: 1921
The University of Texas at Austin's Benson Latin American Collection (located on the corner of 2200 block of Red River and Manor Street) provides information about the conjunto musical style, its history, cultural significance, and artistry. Links include: Música fronteriza / Border Music - by Manuel Peña (from Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies); "Yo soy de aqui" by Daniel J. Schaefer (a photo exhibit of Central Texas conjunto accordion players); and The Arhoolie record label which has been a longtime proponent of conjunto music. The exhibit includes photos, album covers, liner notes, and sound samples of some of their classic recordings of conjunto artists.
University of Texas at Austin | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
- Sid Richardson Hall 2.101, 1 University Station D1100, Austin, TX 78712-0335
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(512) 495-4515; (512) 495-4559
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jr.wheat [at] austin.utexas.edu
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John Wheat, Coordinator for Sound Archives; Amy Bowman, Photography Services Coordinator
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- Country, Tejano
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- Music archives
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Established: 1950
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History (located on the 2300 block of Red River) contains major archives of Texas and Southern music including commercial recordings, sheet music, books and journals, photographs, posters, etc. Collections include: Archives of the Touring Entertainment Industry, Texas Music Collection, SXSW, Inc. Archives, Rod Kennedy Presents, Inc. Archives, Huey P. Meaux Collection, Armadillo World Headquarters and Soap Creek Saloon Archives, Townsend Miller Collection, Ed Ward Collection, Tary Owens Collection, Texas Composers Collection, Tara Veneruso Video Collection, Mance Lipscomb Collection, Doug Hanners Music Collection, Eric Graham Video Collection, Bob Johnston Collection, John A. Lomax Family Papers, UT Folklore Center Archives, and Texas Poster Art Collection. Full reference and photographic services.
University of Texas at Austin | Fine Arts Library
- DFA 3.200, Austin, TX 78712
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(512) 495-4475; (512) 495-4481
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david.hunter [at] austin.utexas.edu
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David Hunter, Music Librarian
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- Classical, Jazz
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- Music archives
- American Musicological Society; Association of Recorded Sound Archives; Music Library Association
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Established: 1939
The University of Texas Fine Arts Library (located at 23rd Street and Trinity) includes the Adolfo Betti Collection, the Ainslee Cox Collection of 20th Century Orchestral Scores, the Lynn Freeman Olson Collection of Piano Pedagogy Materials, vocal anthology collections, and an extensive reference collection of catalogs, bibliographies and discographies. The Historical Music Recordings Collection (David Hunter, Curator) includes over 200,000 items, covering all types of music in all types of media. The library contains more than 100,000 scores, 50,000 CDs, and 50,000 books about music.
University of Texas at Austin | Latin American Network Information Center Music Resources
- 1 University Station, No. D0800, Austin, TX 78712
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(512) 232-2408
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c.palaima [at] austin.utexas.edu
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Ning Lin, Technical Director; Kent Norsworthy, Content Director; Carolyn Palaima, Project Director
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- Latin/Spanish, Tejano
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- Music archives
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Established: 1992
The Latin American Network Information Center | LANIC (located on the corner of 2200 block of Red River and Manor Street) is affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin. LANIC has received funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and UT Austin's College of Liberal Arts. LANIC is a key component of the International Information Systems, also based at UT Austin. LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. Our target audience includes people living in Latin America, as well as those around the world who have an interest in this region. While many of our resources are designed to facilitate research and academic endeavors, our site has also become an important gateway to Latin America for primary and secondary school teachers and students, private and public sector professionals, and just about anyone looking for information about this important region. LANIC sponsors several related programs, including a number of Internet-related Training Initiatives. LANIC's editorially reviewed directories contain over 12,000 unique URL's, one of the largest guides for Latin American content on the Internet.
University of Texas at Austin | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
- P.O. Drawer 7219, Austin, TX 78713-7219
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(512) 471-3374; (512) 491-6353
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reference [at] hrc.utexas.edu
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Barbara Carr
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- Classical, Jazz
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- Music archives
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Established: 1957
The Harry Ransom Center, renamed in 1983, (located on the corner of Guadalupe and 21st Street) is one of the world's preeminent institutions for literary and cultural research. The principal rare books and manuscripts library of The University of Texas at Austin, its special collections contain approximately 24 million manuscripts, 1 million books, 5 million photographs, over 100,000 works of art, and an important collection on performing arts. Since its inception in the mid-1950s, the major emphasis of its acquisitions has been on twentieth-century literature and fine arts, principally American, British and French.
City: Brady
Heart of Texas Country Music Museum
- 1701 South Bridge Street, Brady, TX 76825-7031
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(325) 597-1895; (325) 597-2119
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tracy [at] hillbillyhits.com
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Tracy Pitcox; Sharon Jackson, Office Manager; Charla Pitcox
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- Country
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- Music archives
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Established: 1989
The Heart of Texas Country Music Museum is open Friday from noon to 4:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5:00 p.m. Our collection is represented by over 150 display items from country music entertainers.
City: Bryan
Texas Polka Music Museum
- 7088 Creek Shadows Drive, Bryan, TX 77808
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(979) 589-2600; (979) 255-5006
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Texaspolkamuseum [at] aol.com
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Glen Chervenka, President; Roy Haag, Treasurer; Herb Schneider, Vice President; Freda Chervenka, Secretary
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- Polka
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- Music archives
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Established: 2004
The museum's mission is to preserve the history of Polka Music in Texas. Items of interest include instruments, band uniforms, recorded music, especially recordings not released, music and words used in performances, photos of bands, band schedules and information about band members. Copies of polka DJ programs, program notes and play list along with radio station broadcast information is also needed. Materials should be from Texas Polka bands and Texas Polka DJ's. Information received will be preserved, and credited to the donors. Donated items will be presented in modern electronic and interactive displays.
