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Austin the capital of Texas and home of the University of Texas at Austin was established by the three-year old Republic of Texas in 1839 to serve as its permanent Capital and named in honours of the founder of Anglo-American Texas, Stephen F. Austin. The city stands of the bank of the Colorade River situated in the very heart of Texas surrounded by particularly beautiful area of green hills and large lakes.

The city’s laid back and relaxed attitude has been a major attraction for tourist all over the world. Austin has plenty of museums within the down town area. Some of these are the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum located near the capitol building covering a huge area and includes various exhibits and documents from other museums in Austin and Texas, Austin’s Children Museum features various hands on exhibits for all ages and commands fantastic views of the Austin cityscape including the bat infested Congress Avenue Bridge, the main exhibits include creative playscapes for toddlers, creation stations including a studio stage for pre teens and a variety of arts and media for teenagers, the LBJ Museum and Library devoted to the 36 th president, Lyndon Johnson covering the long political career for this distinguished man from this days as state representative and the Kennedy assassination to the Great Society legislation and his resignation over the Vietnam War, and last not certainly not the least is the Texas Memorial Museum devoted to the natural science including a 30 foot / 9 meter mosasaur and an even longer pterosaur being the focus of attention for everyone.

There are numerous art galleries in Austin anc can be found near the capitol building, some of the famous art galleries are the Austin Museum of Art Laguna Gloria located norhtwest of the city center in an early 20 th century and it was once the home of Clara Driscoll Sevier famous for acquiring and preserving the Alamo site among other things, the Elisaber Ney Museum celebrates the eccentric German born artist, Elisabet Ney, the Mexic Arte Museum featuring contemporary Mexican art which contains 20 th century Mexican art, Mexican Revolution photographs and numerous Guerrero masks, and the Texas Fine Arts Association established recently as an art center representing contemporary art from all ethnic backgrounds and genres.

Other popular tourist attractions are the University of Texas a major research facility lying just east of downtown and home to some of the Austin’s most distinguished residents of yesteryears, the Austin Zoo where visitors are able to get extremely close to many of the animals, the Highland Lakes providing excellent opportunities for recreation and the nearest to town, the Town Lake having a shoreline park, the Fiesta Gardens offering good biking and hiking and the Texas Hill Country where the great outdoors is the main highlight with plentiful rock climbing and hiking opportunities and quaint towns offer specialist shopping and a change from the big city bustle.