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History Exhibit Sheds New Light on Life on the Butterfield Mail Route

March 17, 2023 Leave a Comment

Texas history buffs will love The Grace Museum’s newest exhibition that tells the unique story of Smith’s Station and the old Butterfield Overland Mail Route, located on Chimney Creek Ranch just over 30 miles northeast of Abilene. Established in 1876, Chimney Creek Ranch is home to cattle and native animal species along with conserved grasslands and vital water sources. … [Read more...]

Terry Cockerham’s Photos Capture Big Bend’s ‘Desolate Beauty’

January 27, 2023 Leave a Comment

Artists don’t always begin as artists. Sometimes successful professional artists start their careers with an entirely different focus before finding their creative path. This has been true for Terry Cockerham, a Texas photographer who came out of college with a science degree and joined the army. “When I finished my undergraduate degree in science in December 1971, I was … [Read more...]

The Grace Welcomes Paul Manes Exhibition ‘Odyssey’

November 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

Visitors to The Grace Museum this fall should prepare to be wowed by larger-than-life paintings they will encounter in the main gallery. The museum’s newest featured art exhibition (which opened Oct. 14) is a solo show of recent paintings by Paul Manes, a respected painter whose work has been exhibited across Texas, California, New York, and throughout Europe. Manes could be … [Read more...]

The Grace Partners with ACU on New Cultural Heritage Exhibits

July 22, 2022 Leave a Comment

Learning about your heritage can be eye-opening. Hearing about the struggles, the victories, and the realities of generations of people who came before you can be a true source of pride. Part of The Grace Museum’s mission is to preserve and share the history of people in our area. That means sharing people’s real stories – everyone’s stories. The museum wants its visitors to … [Read more...]

A Shared Conversation: Art & Language

May 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

Links between art and language can be traced all the way back to the earliest prehistoric pictures and symbols drawn onto cave walls by our ancestors. Over time, these symbols evolved into our known alphabets and later into complex languages. In the old world, cuneiform pictographs were pressed into clay and parchment scrolls were used to document trade, events, and … [Read more...]

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