August 29, 2007 from 10-3, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin will be having their homeschool day. That means that general admission is free to homeschooling families, and there are discounted rates on the movies. We’re definitely going to try to make it over there sometime this year.

Even though it’s not part of the official La Salle Odyssey exhibition, the first floor of the museum is dedicated to the exploration of Texas, especially encounters between European explorers and their interactions with the native Texan tribes. It also houses many of the artifacts from La Belle.

You can download a museum guide for more information. If you’re visiting as a field trip, you’ll want to visit the education part of the museum’s site and download the cards that go along with the exhibits.

If you’re going to Austin, there are lots of places to visit, in addition to the Texas History Museum– so many that I’ll have to dedicate a complete post to that subject later on. For now, I’ll just say that the museum does have a cafe, and it seems to have a pretty decent assortment of choices. Since our trip to the museum is probably just going to be a day trip, we’ll probably just eat there. But look for my future post on Austin as a multi-day field trip.