San Antonio, TX–(May 31, 2023)– The city of San Antonio is celebrating a milestone as it approaches the end of revitalization projects along Broadway. The city and the Texas Department of Transportation recently finalized plans to create a safer, more pedestrian-friendly experience along Broadway. Details are still forthcoming on what exactly the revitalization will entail, but, when completed, the project will create a more accessible and connected “Cultural Corridor” for visitors and locals alike.
Mainstays along the Cultural Corridor include the iconic Witte Museum, currently featuring a special exhibit on Antarctic dinosaurs, with an exhibit dedicated to the Tyrannosaurus running through September 4. Further along the corridor, the San Antonio Botanical Gardens is a mainstay of the city’s cultural scene, currently welcoming fantasy-inspired sculptures of Imaginary Worlds: Once Upon a Time, an exhibit conceived in Atlanta. The McNay is housed in a stately 1920s-era mansion that is as much a work of art as the canvases that grace its walls with Womanish: Audacious, Courageous, Willful Art on display through July 2. The exhibit includes female artists collected by the McNay since 2010.
Other cornerstones of the corridor, closer to the city center, include the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA), which is housed in the former Lone Star Brewery. SAMA will open a new exhibit on the city’s beer-making history through art this June. The Pearl, another repurposed 19th-century brewery compound just west of Broadway, provides one-of-a-kind shopping and dining experiences that exist nowhere else in San Antonio, as well as the Hotel Emma, housed in the former Pearl Brewery. The hotel is a work of art on its own.
Of course, culture extends far beyond the Cultural Corridor. The brand new Collections Center at the Alamo showcases diverse historical narratives from the world-famous Alamo World Heritage Site. The contemporary art museum Ruby City, opened in 2019, hosts international artist exhibits and events for visitors including park meditations and talks with artists – admission is free. And the city’s historic San Fernando Cathedral hosts a nightly light show and narrative – think of the immersive van Gogh experience – called The Saga that has been entertaining visitors with San Antonio’s rich cultural history played out on the cathedral’s facade.
Visitors don’t have to wait for the revitalization of Broadway to be completed—which is slated for June 2024; instead, they can experience the Cultural Corridor now and immerse themselves in the visual beauty of San Antonio’s art-filled destinations.
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