Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, USA

The museum is a modern museum housing art & artifacts reflecting the history & culture of the American West.

Briscoe Western Art Museum: 210 W Market St, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Nestled on the banks of the San Antonio River Walk, the museum’s main building served as San Antonio’s original public library in the 1930s followed by the Hertzberg Circus Collection and Museum in the 1980s. After an extensive renovation, the Briscoe Western Art Museum opened in 2013. A branch of the San Antonio Public Library can be found on the first floor, honoring the building’s origins. The museum is named in honor of Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe, Jr., and his wife Janey Slaughter Briscoe, who envisioned a museum that would share the story of Western heritage and the people behind that story.

The rear entrance to the museum from the River Walk side.

Most of the art pieces are about the American West.

Different styles from the different areas

The windmills are to pump water out from underground.

A model of the battle of the Alamo

This building is what remains now

Janey Briscoe Marmion, Uvalde, died Nov. 6, 2018, at the age of 68. She was born on August 1, 1950, to Janey (Slaughter) and Dolph Briscoe Jr., twice Texas governor and president of Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) from 1960-1962.

Other collections of the Museum.

Wells Fargo Chest