Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Museum

Inside the Museum:

period furniture pieces wall of braillers one of the first superintendents two turn-of-the-century superintendents view of expanded core concepts in ribbon around wall dentist cabinet from the early 1900s

corner of learning Deaf-Blind Annex door Early history and photographs on the wall Sesquicentennial gathering, January, 2006 The framed act that created the school in 1856 The 1915 blueprint of the school

view from the door another framed superintendent

Random photos from history:

6th Grade in 1912. 10 students 1 teacher Braille station set up at museum with Perkins Brailler. Girls on the Grass, circa 1912.

Sixth Grade, 1912. Braille Station in the museum, five young ladies in the uniforms of the day, a building at the corner of 19th and I-35, Samuel G. Haynie and Wendy from the Deaf Blind Annex, William Andreas Trenckmann, who held the first postal permit in Austin (received from Burleson, the first postmaster) for his German newspaper. At the museum, we have many historic photos, stories from a rich and marvelous history. We've been around for over 150 years and our story is Austin's story, as well. Come see why.

MUSEUM PHOTOS

Inside the Museum:

Random photos from history:

TSBVI MUSEUM 1100 W. 45TH STREET HOURS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: CALL AHEAD FOR WEEKDAY TOURS: 512-206-9207 EMAIL

TSBVI MUSEUM
1100 W. 45TH STREET
HOURS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: CALL AHEAD FOR WEEKDAY TOURS: 512-206-9207
EMAIL