For the Tejano’s of San Antonio, the brutal impact of the

In the third episode of Re-Collections of the Museum: War, What is it Good For? we explore the dramatic tale from a 19-year-old Spanish officer's perspective of his first military march into the rebellious state of Tejas.

In the second episode of our new podcast, “10 Steps to War”, we dive into the simmering tensions of the early 1830s through two of the leading families: the Austins and the Whartons. Their rivalry and division mirrored the increasing division between those looking to cry war and those who wanted peace.

In the 1820s, Stephen F. Austin was in a bind. He was land rich and cash poor. He needed his new colony in the Mexican state of Texas to succeed. There was only one major problem. How to attract settlers that was so wild and unknown it didn’t even have a map.

In the first episode of our new podcast “The Map is the Thing!” explore the geography of Texas in the 1820s and 30s through the eyes of the engraver who helped publish Austin's map, the first English printed map of the state.

Revolution: A sudden radical change.

These are the stories of the Star of the Republic Museum.

Its 18-episode mission:

To explore the Texas Revolution's untold stories.

To seek out the objects that witnessed such an important historical moment.

To boldly go where no Texas Revolution podcast has gone before.

Join museum educator Jennifer Parsley every 1st Friday of the month for Re-Collections of the Revolution. Star of the Republic Museum is proudly part of the Texas Historical Commission.