Only the pyramidal glass roofs are visible from above ground. Sixteen feet below ground several different ecosystems surround a courtyard and pond. Exhibits recall days of cowboys and Indians, gunfights, trail drivers, cattle barons, and gunfights. Western art gallery. Carver Cultural Center Center traces its historic roots back some 85 years.
Facility is both a gallery for contemporary art exhibits and a theater for performing artists.
226 N. Hackberry. Don't miss the multimedia show four times daily in the Institute's central dome. In addition to the Alamo, four other San Antonio missions were established by Franciscan friars in the early 18th Century. Massive church with twin towers and cupola is oldest unrestored stone church in U.S., standing as completed in 1755. Adjacent cloister arcade is partly restored.