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Joint Base San Antonio
5:32 pm
Mon February 11, 2013

Fort Sam Houston Museum Gets New Home At Quadrangle

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Quadrangle will provide new home for Fort Sam Houston Museum
Future location of Fort Sam Houston Museum to open early 2014
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Fort Sam Houston Museum Director, Jacqueline Davis, explains howfield uniforms evolved into the Army Combat Uniform
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A peahen nests in a giant oak tree inside the Quadrangle at Fort Sam Houston
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Centuries-old trees still line the inside of the historic Quadrangle
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The existing Fort Sam Houston Museum was built in 1905 and takes visitors through the history of the Army in San Antonio from establishment of the post in 1845 to present day JBSA-Fort Sam Houston.

Much like other areas of the rapidly-growing military presence in San Antonio, the museum has outgrown its space, and the building was old and deemed not up to standards. The U.S. Army Center of Military History said to shut it down, but Army North invited the museum to relocate to the historic Quadrangle.

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Texas Museums
9:41 am
Mon December 3, 2012

A Way-Cool Look At How To Build A Museum, And A Dinosaur

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By Rick Holter

Originally published on Fri November 30, 2012 4:56 pm

The new Perot Museum of Science and Nature is tough to avoid in these parts, with its opening Saturday and the weeks  of coverage leading up to the big debut. But one of the coolest products just arrived: a time-lapse video showing the construction of architect Thom Mayne's landmark building.

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