Texas State Capitol

Reminder! Next week! Special presentation on Thursday, October 30th beginning at 3:30 pm at the Capitol Visitors Center.

The GLO Senior Deputy Director for Heritage, Mark Lambert will talk about their incredible new book: "Texas Takes Shape: A History in Maps from the General Land Office". His presentation, “From Austin’s Beginnings to an O. Henry Ending, Maps and the Old Land Office Building” will focus on the maps that were drawn or archived in the Capitol Visitors Center when it was the General Land Office Building between 1858 and 1916.

Event schedule:

3:30 pm Mark Lambert presentation
4:15 pm Question and answer session
4:30 pm Book signing (the book "Texas Takes Shape: A History in Maps from the General Land Office" is available for sale in the Capitol Visitors Center Gift Shop)

Capitol Visitors Center, 112 E 11th St., Austin, TX 78701
Free 2-hour parking at the Visitors Parking Garage located at 1201 San Jacinto Blvd.

In advance of the event, you can visit the Capitol Visitor Center Gift Shop to purchase a copy of "Texas Takes Shape: A History in Maps from the General Land Office".

Welcome to the 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯, gallery talk at the Capitol Visitors Center! Please visit at 4 pm today to enjoy stories shared by artist Lee Jamison about his East Texas travels chronicled in his book and exhibition 𝘖𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘴.

𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘶𝘴𝘬, 𝘚𝘢𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 by Lee Jamison, 2015