Institute of Texan Cultures
The Institute of Texan Cultutres museum is home to exhibits telling the story of how this amazing state came to be what it is today.
Whether you're looking for family fun, a couple's weekend, or a fun stop on a road trip, San Antonio, TX has attractions that can benefit a diverse crowd.
Enchanted Springs Ranch
Take a tractor wagon ride into the Old West to feed the longhorns, zebras, llamas, and numerous other exotic animals living on this 86-acre working ranch. This western-style ranch provides many entertaining options for visitors with pony rides, horse drawn wagons, live music, and reenactment groups.
Other Entertainment Options
- Line Dancing Instruction
- Pistol Packin' Paula
- Cowboy Illusionist
- Saloon Girls
- Olde Tyme Photos
- Cowboy Story Tellers and Poets
- Reenactment Groups
- Buffalo Soldiers
- Alamo Living History
- Lone Star Living History
- Native Indians
- Bad Land Texas Rangers
Dining
- Chuck Wagon Dinner - Live western music with a barbecue dinner with brisket, sausage, coleslaw, beans and a brownie.
Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch
Take a safari adventure on this exotic ranch, with over 500 animals from 6 continents including giraffes, zebras and buffalo. Along with walking through the park to feed the wallaby babies or lemurs, you can also visit the petting zoo and snack on popcorn and cold drinks.
Institute of Texan Culture
Exhibiting the rich culture and history of Texas, this museum has over 50,000 square feet of space for guests to walk around and enjoy this unique hands-on experience complete with character performers and knowledgeable staff.
Exhibits
- HemisFair 1968 - San Antonio's Introduction into the World - A look back into the sixties, when San Antonio became a national tourist destination.
- Living Texas - A ranch hand takes you back to the early settlers of San Antonio.
- Texans One and All - A walk through the diverse cultural groups that have settled in San Antonio, including German, Chinese, Japanese, Czech, and Jewish influences.
- Creation and Cosmos - A spiritual journey with various Native American tribes.
- Conjunto - Artistic expedition into the paintings, photographs, and sculptures of Mexican-American dancers, musicians and instruments.
- San Antonio Virtual & Interactive Geometry - Interactive presentations of the exploration in geometry and math.
Louis Tussaud's Plaza Wax Museum & Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Enjoy two attractions in one as you navigate the museum's life-like wax figures and Ripley's world of weird.
- Wax Museum - The museum not only houses replicas of famous stars and starlets like Brad Pitt and Brittney Spears, you can also take a trip through time with the historical Freedoms Journey, starting with the 1900's through today. Next, you can visit the Land of Make Believe where fairy tales seem to come alive. Finally, creep through Frankenstein's Laboratory for a scare.
- Ripley's - View unusual artifacts from South American and Africa, like the European Jivaro Indian shrunken head, or animal and human oddities in the Odditorium like the bearded lady or two-headed calf. Ripley also has fascinating art pieces such as the two beautifully carved African fertility statues that have been in exhibit since 1993.
