Austin, TX
Bullock Museum makes its history collections fully available in Spanish
The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.
What began with the bilingual exhibition “Becoming Texas” in 2018, led to three complete floors of now bilingual historical exhibitions, along with print and digital guides now available in both languages.
“Since our founding by the Texas Legislature, the Museum’s mandate has been focused on the educational benefits of making the story of Texas as accessible as possible,” said Margaret Koch, director of the Bullock Museum. “Creating bilingual experiences has been a key element in strengthening and respecting the positive and thoughtful interactions our Spanish-speaking visitors are able to have with their families during their visits.”
The Austin Museum embarked on a comprehensive refresh of each individual gallery. It partnered with professional translators to ensure its exhibits “fully portray the story of Texas that the Museum aims to tell” to Spanish and English speakers alike.
To make exhibits more relatable to a broader audience, historical narratives were reevaluated to incorporate more diverse perspectives.
Aiming for more of this inclusivity, the museum is now collaborating with other institutions to make exhibits on loan bilingual for visitors in Texas. A prime example is the “Sharks” exhibit, initially in English but made bilingual for the Bullock at their request by the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
“Sharks” will continue on after its exhibit at Bullock in a bilingual presentation.
Angie Glasker, curator at the Bullock, said all future exhibitions will also be available in English and Spanish as the museum continues to set new standards.
“With every new artifact put on display, new text will need to be translated, allowing us to refine and adapt the translation process and our standards. The words we use, the language they are written in, and the way we present them matters.”
The project was completed with the finalization of the Reconstruction gallery on the Museum’s second floor in December.
Visitors can find more information about the newly translated Texas History Galleries at thestoryoftexas.com
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin firefighters responded to a blaze at an apartment building under construction Sunday night in southeast Austin.
The fire was reported at approximately 8:10 p.m. at 4601 S. Pleasant Valley Road.
Authorities have closed the road and are urging the public to avoid the area while crews work to extinguish the fire.
At 9:03 p.m., AFD reported the fire was under control.
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No civilian or firefighter injuries have been reported.
Fire officials say South Pleasant Valley Road will remain closed for the next few hours.
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The cause of the fire is under investigation.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — For some, the day dawned sunny. For some, the day started with clouds and fog. Higher dew points and light wind contributed to fog over eastern Williamson and northeast Travis Counties eastward.
Minimum temperatures fell to 39° at Llano to 40s and 50s elsewhere. Most of the 40s were in the Hill Country. Low to mid 50s were reported along I-35, including 52°, and mid to upper 50s in the eastern counties.
These numbers may be lower approaching midnight thanks to today’s cold front.
A dry cold front is moving through Central Texas this morning leaving a strong northwest to north wind. Wind will get as high as 20 to 30+ mph especially this afternoon.
High temperatures reached the 70s Saturday afternoon. Most highs today will peak in the mid to upper 60s with a few cities south to southeast of Austin rising to the low 70s.
Overnight lows will be cold as temperatures drop to the 30s in most of the area. Monday will be much cooler because of the cold start with most high temperatures rising only to a range of mid 50s to low 60s.
After another cold start Tuesday, with most lows again in the 30s, highs return to the mid to upper 60s to some low 70s.
Further warming results in highs Wednesday reaching the mid to upper 70s, then many around 80° Thursday.
The next cold front moves south late Thursday night leading to a cooler end to the week with highs back down to the mid to upper 50s to low 60s.
Next weekend will be cold. Lows both Saturday and Sunday mornings will drop to the low to mid 30s. Highs Saturday will reach the low to mid 50s, then warm to the mid to upper 50s Sunday.
Austin, TX
WrestleTix: WWE Smackdown | Fri • Dec 05 | Moody Center ATX at Austin, TX – Wrestlenomics
WWE Smackdown
Friday, December 5, 2025
Austin, TX at Moody Center ATX
Estimated tickets distributed: 7,881
Market-to-market comparisons (Austin, TX):
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2022-06-18 (Sat) – UFC Fight Night: 13,935 (-43% vs. 7,881)
- 2022-06-24 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,199 (+27%) – SAME EVENT TYPE
- 2023-05-17 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,603 (+71%)
- 2024-08-12 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 12,269 (-36%)
- 2025-01-24 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 9,953 (-21%) – SAME EVENT TYPE
Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2025-Q4 WWE Smackdown average: (7,824) vs. 2024-Q4 (10,248): -24%
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