Elisabet Ney Museum – Austin, Texas
If you are a fan of great sculpture then you will want to visit this museum which is the former studio and portrait collection created by nineteenth-century sculptor Elisabet Ney. The museum is touted to be one of the oldest museums in Texas.
The studio was built in 1892 in Hyde Park, Austin, Texas where Ney sculpted the "great men" of frontier Texas such as the life-sized statues of Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston that stand today in the national and state capitols. Included in her collection were European notables such as King Ludwig II of Bavaria, King George V of Hanover, Otto von Bismarck, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Jacob Grimm, all cherished portraits done by this talented woman.
She was the motivation for the establishment of the University of Texas Art Department, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Texas Fine Arts Association and museums and art schools throughout the state.
Upon her death in 1907 the studio was preserved and contents kept intact as the Elisabet Ney Museum.
Hours: Wednesday – Saturday 10 – 5, Sunday noon – 5
Admission: FREE
Location: 304 East 44th St., Austin Texas 78751
Phone: 512-458-2255
Email: enm@ci.austin.tx.us
Tours can be arranged by calling the museum 458-2255, please, if possible, give a 2 week notice.
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