Editing Alamo Mission (section)

===Modern use===
[[File:AlamoMissionSign.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Today the site of the Alamo Mission is a museum]]

As of 2002, the Alamo welcomed over four million visitors each year, making it one of the most popular historic sites in the United States.<ref name=thompson2002p108>Thompson (2002), p. 108.</ref> Visitors may tour the chapel, as well as the Long Barracks, which contains a small museum with paintings, weapons, and other artifacts from the era of the Texas Revolution.<ref name=thompson121>Thompson (2002), p. 121.</ref> Additional artifacts are displayed in another complex building, alongside a large diorama that recreates the compound as it existed in 1836. A large mural, known as the Wall of History, portrays the history of the Alamo complex from its mission days to modern times.<ref name=thompson2002p119>Thompson (2002), p. 119.</ref>

[[File:Alamo Entrance.jpg|thumb|Alamo entrance]]
The site has an annual operating budget of $6&nbsp;million, primarily funded through sales in the gift store.<ref>{{citation|last=Korn|first=Marjorie|title=Hutchison wants more state oversight over Alamo|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=August 24, 2009|page=Section B, pp. 2–3|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2009_4780432|access-date=September 7, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Huddleston|first=Scott|title=State Wants Alamo To Have Director|newspaper=San Antonio Express News|date=September 1, 2011|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/State-wants-Alamo-to-have-director-2150413.php}}</ref> Under the 2011 law, which placed the Alamo under the care of the General Land Office,<ref>{{citation|last=Huddleston|first=Scott|title=State, DRT agree on Alamo Trademark|newspaper=San Antonio Express News|date=November 18, 2011|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/State-DRT-agree-on-Alamo-trademark-2275168.php}}</ref> Commissioner [[George P. Bush]] announced on March 12, 2015, that his office would take charge of the daily operations of the Alamo from the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

Renewed resistance to the General Land Office's master plan for the site, which envisions a quadrupling of the site to include a 100,000-square-foot museum, came from the recent consideration to move the [[Alamo Cenotaph]] to a different location. Other concerns expressed include the proposed $450&nbsp;million cost of the project and any efforts to allow alterations or modifications to the story of the Alamo.<ref>New Battle of the Alamo is brewing over Texas shrine revamp. ''Star-Telegram'' October 20, 2017. [http://www.star-telegram.com/latest-news/article179891631.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021220714/http://www.star-telegram.com/latest-news/article179891631.html|date=October 21, 2017}} Accessed October 21, 2017</ref>