MuseumThe Wittliff Collections
San Marcos · Hays County · THC Atlas #4200001395
Texas history, up close and curated.
About this site
The Wittliff Collections is a museum in San Marcos, Hays County. It is one of 5 museums documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 200 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.8889, -97.9431 near San Marcos. The nearest cataloged historic site is Texas State University (college & university), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Main, Beverly Hutchison House, and First United Methodist Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200001395. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Wittliff Collections is an archive, museum, and research center on the seventh floor of the Albert B. Alkek Library at Texas State University in San Marcos. Bill and Sally Wittliff founded it in 1986 as the Southwestern Writers Collection with a gift of J. Frank Dobie's papers; a Southwestern and Mexican photography collection followed in 1996 and a Texas Music Collection in 2017. A major 2020 expansion brought the center to 15,000 square feet, with galleries including one devoted to the film Lonesome Dove.
Sources: thewittliffcollections.txst.eduen.wikipedia.orgnews.txst.edu
