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New Exhibits Planned for Alamo Long Barrack

Big changes are coming to the Alamo’s Long Barrack Museum in 2005. The
current exhibit, which was installed in 1986, is nearly twenty years old.
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas have undertaken a project to create a
new exhibit that will incorporate recent interpretations regarding the
history of the Alamo and its place in Texas history. The DRT intends the
new exhibit as a gift to Texas to commemorate the organization’s one
hundred-years of Alamo custodianship, which will be celebrated in 2005.

Drew Patterson, a professional exhibit designer, has been hired to create a
new look for the museum. Patterson has worked on several high profile
exhibits around the state, including the David Crockett exhibit that
recently appeared at the Texas State History Museum.

George Nelson, whose artwork appears on the Wall of History, has also been
hired to work on the project. His contribution will be to paint seven
scenes that will be fitted into the windows of the Long Barrack. The intent
is to give visitors inside the building a glimpse of historical scenes that
took place outside the Long Barrack. The historical views will include: the
convento courtyard (ca. 1785), the Spanish military hospital (1805); the
Green Flag Revolt (1813); the Alamo Company (1835); the Siege of Béxar
(1835); the Battle of the Alamo (1836); and the U.S. Army Quartermaster
period (ca. 1860).

Events are planned throughout 2005 to bring attention to the new Long
Barrack exhibit. The DRT will make a formal public announcement of the
project January 26, 2005. Two of Nelson’s painting will be unveiled at this
time. The new exhibit will be completed and installed by October 2005.