Before my visit to the Witte Museum

        The Witte Museum was a place that I wasn’t planning on visiting. The reason I chose to visit this museum is because I don’t come very often to San Antonio and had a planned visit to be here for a whole week. So after hearing good recommendations on this museum, I had to pencil it into my places to visit. Then what really got me even more excited about visiting the Witte Museum is when I was with a friend visiting a historical museum in Edinburg, TX. After browsing around the museum, I noticed some brochures for various locations around Texas. One of the brochures caught my attention, which had a picture of a piranha along with information and pictures that described the Amazon. I browsed through the brochure and things like, come and watch the piranhas feed live and see the poison dart frogs who all live in the Amazon. I was hooked and knew that I made the right choice in wanting to visit this museum. Things dangerous and rare interest me so much. I have NEVER seen a piranha, only in movies.

          I went online to see what it was about. I wanted to find out if we get to feed them, how close do we get to them and basically what this overall about. I was able to get on the website to find the phone number to find out the hours of operation along with how much the entrance fee is. Well to my surprise when I called, it was Tuesday morning and the lady informed me on how entrance to the museum is free after 3:00 but the temporarily exhibit of the Amazon was going to be a charge of $3.00. I saved a total $32.00, not bad if I say so myself.

         Something else I found quite interesting was how there were photos and information on dinosaurs that were found in parts of Texas. I thought dinosaurs lived somewhere totally far from Texas. These creatures are popular with anyone and any information that I can learn would be so beneficial for not just myself, but for my students.

         I really hope to learn much more about the various animals that are located throughout Texas. I sadly can say I only know of a few so the plan to visit this museum was an awesome choice since from what I see on the website, it offers tons of information. Here’s to learning! :)