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UTSA s Institute of Texan Cultures at HemisFair Park is a neglected treasure. Now, community leaders are negotiating to secure its future.
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Willa Walter reads through an old book while sitting in a one-room school house during the Texas Folklife Festival on the grounds of the Institute of Texan Cultures.Billy Calzada /Staff photographer
Every San Antonian who has lived here since 1968 has a story about the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures. Those stories are likely to be more emotional and personal than memories of other cultural institutions in town.
Hundreds of thousands of people traipsed through the institute’s doors as children, and millions more have attended its Texas Folklife and Asian festivals. Over the years, tourists have made ITC a top destination, too.