Bullock Texas State History Museum

“Only death will end my love affair with Texas,” reflected former Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock. As it turns out, though, that wasn’t quite true. In April 1999—two months before he would die—Bullock managed to attend the groundbreaking for a new museum, one that would not only be named for him, but would also showcase the history of the state he loved.

The Bullock Museum of Texas State History—all 175,000 square feet of it—reflects Bullock’s larger-than-life personality and his love of Texas. It features two theaters—a 320-seat IMAX and the multi-sensory “Texas Spirit Theater”—an impressive rotunda that doubles as exhibit space, and three themed floors including hundreds of artifacts highlighting millennia of history.