Experience, enjoy, and remember your loved ones on Dia de Los Muertos, where family and friends gather to pay their respects and remember those who have passed on with dancing, music, art, and good food. Remembrances include family visits to the local cemetery, processions through town squares, and inventive homemade altars honoring departed family members with photos, sweet bread, and flowers.
Artistic passion flows throughout the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, where they strive to enrich the quality of life by creating art programming and helping people experience art. Being a leader in arts & culture, they manage two free art galleries, welcome film productions, and provide grants to individual arts and nonprofit organizations so they can continue to provide entertainment and education.
The Texas Transportation Museum collects, preserves, and displays historically significant transportation equipment. Their guides operate a working passenger railroad, several model train layouts, and many road vehicles. Venture through the museum and enjoy the entertainment experience that interprets how developments in transportation technology shaped and continue to impact daily life.