UTSA will ensure programming, exhibits and museum collections are preserved as they will continue to be vital to how the future museum connects with the public. To properly preserve all existing collections, the university is moving the museum’s artifact collections to a temporary facility until the permanent museum is constructed.
The university is hiring experts trained in moving cultural artifacts to transport all collections to a safe storage facility, outfitted to modern museum and archive standards for humidity and temperature control, that will ensure the protection of valuable museum collections. During this process, museum staff are carefully auditing each item in the ITC collections, ensuring all documentation related to each artifact is up to date.
The ITC museum will continue to properly preserve all existing collections. Museum staff are carefully auditing each item in the ITC collections, ensuring all documentation related to each artifact is up to date. The university is moving the museum’s historic archives and exhibits to a temporary facility until the permanent museum is constructed.
A selection of curated items will be on display at the temporary museum in the Frost Tower, opening in 2025. A calendar of rotating exhibits will ensure the community can continue to enjoy the museum’s extensive collection.
All items will be relocated to the new permanent museum once completed. UTSA is committed to the responsible stewardship of these collections and looks forward to continuing to share the rich stories of Texas with the public.
The planned move of the ITC collection to the temporary offsite storage facility is planned for Fall 2024.
The university anticipates that an offsite storage facility may be required for approximately five years. Some items in the collections may be on view in exhibitions in the Frost Tower beginning in 2025, but due to space limitations in the temporary museum site, much of the collections will continue to be stored offsite until a new permanent home for the ITC has been completed. The university is committed to continuing to house all of the items in its collection in a museum-quality storage facility without interruption once items are moved out of the Texas Pavilion.
If you wish to have your loaned item(s) returned to you, please contact the ITC team at TexanCultures@utsa.edu or (210) 458-2300 to arrange a time for pick-up. It takes approximately 3-4 business days to process item(s) for pick-up. Requests for return of loaned items must be received by 5 p.m. on Monday, September 16, 2024 with Friday, September 20, 2024 as the last day to pick up items prior to our move.
Loans that are not picked up by this date will be packed and moved to the temporary storage location, where they will be secured and carefully maintained. We will resume processing requests for loan returns in January 2025.