Visitor Center and Museum

The Alamo Visitor Center and Museum, which Bexar County recently approved $25 million in funding for over the next five years, will open in 2026 and repurpose the historic Crockett and Woolworth buildings.

The Visitor Center will also feature a special event space, rooftop restaurant, and retail space and will be home to the entire Phil Collins Texana Collection.

Topics explored in the museum exhibits will include the Battle of the Alamo, the Texas Revolution, the rise of Texas as a nation and the Alamo's lasting significance in history, indigenous history in the region, and the San Antonio Civil Rights movement in the space where it happened in the Woolworth building.

The Visitor Center will be over 100,000 square feet in total, with 32,000 square feet dedicated to museum galleries for programming. This exhibit space will be in addition to the 10,000 square feet of space found in the upcoming Alamo Exhibit Hall & Collections Building, bringing the amount of exhibit space that the Alamo has today from 1,800 square feet to over 42,000.

The Alamo Hall/Annex, which displays only 1% of the artifacts in the Alamo Collection today, will be transformed into an education center. This learning space will keep Alamo history alive with classes for all ages, a studio for distance learning opportunities, and a space for guest lectures.

Gallagher & Associates estimates that the Alamo Visitor Center and Museum will create $12 billion in economic benefits, over 8,100 jobs, and more than $600 million in tax revenues for the State of Texas. This data is based off pre-pandemic Alamo attendance numbers and covers the first two years of museum construction and the subsequent five years of operations after opening.

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