Most visitors to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin gravitate toward catching a glimpse of its two star artifacts: a rare Gutenberg Bible and the world’s oldest surviving photograph. Fewer people head upstairs, where the true treasures await.
Go through a quick, free registration and informational training and you can be granted access to the Hazel H. Ransom Reading and Viewing Room, where you can peruse a mind-boggling 36 million literary manuscripts, one million rare books, five million photographs and more than 100,000 works of art. And wow, is there something for everyone.
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| Landmarks – University of Texas en | 1km | site_izi | |||
| The neighborhood of Texas State University en | 0.9km | site_izi | |||
| ‘Hi, How Are You’ Mural | 2020 | 0.1km | site_ao | ||
| James Turrell’s Skyspace at the University of Texas | 2017 | 0.5km | site_ao | ||
| Austin’s Stickwork Sculptures | 2018 | 1.2km | site_ao | ||
| The Animatronic LBJ in Austin, Texas | 2017 | 1.2km | site_ao | ||
| Perry–Castañeda Library | 1974 | 0.3km | site_brutalism | ||
| Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas | 0km | site_brutalism |
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