VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

On Wednesday, June 16, 2010, Star of the Republic Museum at Washington-on-the-Brazos will open a new exhibit, The Bison: American Icon.

Originating from the C. M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, the exhibit explores the meaning and significance of this iconic creature from the Plains Indian culture of the 1800s through the commercial and national symbol of the present. The exhibit charts the dramatic changes that occurred to the creature and its habitat, and to the people who depended upon it for their daily existence. It also illuminates the human response that eventually led to the bison’s preservation as a species and a symbol in the twentieth century.

The Bison: American Icon will be open through August 11, 2010.

This exhibition has been made possible through NEH on the Road, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is brought to you by Mid-American Arts Alliance.

Daily museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Star of the Republic Museum, administered by Blinn College, is located in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, off Highway 105 on F. M. 1155 between Brenham and Navasota.

For more information, call (936) 878-2461 or go to the website: www.starmuseum.org.