Editing Austin, Texas (section)

===Museums and other points of interest===
[[File:LBJ Library 2017.jpg|thumb|The [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library]] on the [[University of Texas]] campus in Austin]]
Museums in Austin include the [[Texas Science and Natural History Museum]], the [[George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center]], [[Thinkery]], the [[Blanton Museum of Art]] (reopened in 2006), the [[Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum]] across the street (which opened in 2000), [[The Contemporary Austin]], the [[Elisabet Ney Museum]], the [[Women and Their Work]] gallery, and the galleries at the [[Harry Ransom Center]]. The [[Texas State Capitol]] itself is also a major tourist attraction.

The [[Driskill Hotel]], built in 1886, once owned by [[George W. Littlefield]], and located at 6th and Brazos streets, was finished just before the construction of the Capitol building. [[6th Street (Austin)|Sixth Street]] is a musical hub for the city. The Enchanted Forest, a multi-acre outdoor music, art, and performance art space in South Austin hosts events such as fire-dancing and circus-like-acts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Austin Enchanted Forest |url=http://www.austinenchantedforest.com/ |access-date=February 4, 2010 |publisher=Austin Enchanted Forest}}</ref> Austin is also home to the [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum]], which houses documents and artifacts related to the Johnson administration, including LBJ's limousine and a re-creation of the [[Oval Office]].

[[File:TMI castle austin 2014.jpg|thumb|The HOPE Outdoor Gallery, overlooked by the historic Texas Military Academy building, the oldest standing educational building in Texas; the gallery has since been demolished.]]Locally produced art is featured at the [[South Austin Museum of Popular Culture]]. The [[Mexic-Arte Museum]] is a Mexican and Mexican-American art museum founded in 1983. Austin is also home to the O. Henry House Museum, which served as the residence of [[O. Henry]] from 1893 to 1895. Farmers' markets are popular attractions, providing a variety of locally grown and often organic foods.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Austin Farmer's Market |url=http://www.austinfarmersmarket.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107064818/http://www.austinfarmersmarket.org/ |archive-date=January 7, 2010 |access-date=February 4, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Austin also has many odd statues and landmarks, such as the ''[[Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial]]'', the [[Willie Nelson statue|''Willie Nelson'' statue]], the Mangia dinosaur, the Loca Maria lady at Taco Xpress, the Hyde Park Gym's giant flexed arm, and [[Daniel Johnston]]'s ''[[Hi, How are You]]?'' Jeremiah the Innocent frog mural.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wildly Austin |url=http://www.wildlyaustin.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628043941/http://www.wildlyaustin.com/ |archive-date=June 28, 2009 |access-date=February 4, 2010 |publisher=Wildly Austin}}</ref>

The [[Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge]] houses the world's largest urban population of [[Mexican free-tailed bat]]s. Starting in March,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congress Bridge Bats |url=http://www.austincityguide.com/content/congress-bridge-bats-austin.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822084039/http://www.austincityguide.com/content/congress-bridge-bats-austin.asp |archive-date=August 22, 2009 |access-date=February 15, 2010 |publisher=Austin City Guide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=To the Bat Bridge! |url=http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/resources/keeptexaswild/bats/mexicanfreetailedbat.phtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126100341/http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/resources/keeptexaswild/bats/mexicanfreetailedbat.phtml |archive-date=January 26, 2010 |access-date=February 15, 2010 |publisher=austin.com}}</ref> up to 1.5&nbsp;million bats take up residence inside the bridge's expansion and contraction zones as well as in long horizontal grooves running the length of the bridge's underside, an environment ideally suited for raising their young. Every evening around sunset, the bats emerge in search of insects, an exit visible on [[weather radar]]. Watching the bat emergence is an event that is popular with locals and tourists, with more than 100,000 viewers per year. The bats migrate to Mexico each winter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keep Texas Wild |url=http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/resources/keeptexaswild/bats/mexicanfreetailedbat.phtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126100341/http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/resources/keeptexaswild/bats/mexicanfreetailedbat.phtml |archive-date=January 26, 2010 |access-date=February 4, 2010 |publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife Department}}</ref>

The [[Austin Zoo]], located in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] western [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]], is a [[Rescue coordination centre|rescue zoo]] that provides sanctuary to displaced animals from a variety of situations, including those involving neglect.

The HOPE Outdoor Gallery was a public, three-story outdoor [[street art]] project located on Baylor Street in the [[Clarksville, Austin, Texas|Clarksville]] neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HOPE Outdoor Gallery |url=https://www.austintexas.org/listings/hope-outdoor-gallery/7825/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002141704/https://www.austintexas.org/listings/hope-outdoor-gallery/7825/ |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |access-date=October 1, 2018 |website=Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau}}</ref> The gallery, which consisted of the foundations of a failed multifamily development,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rambin |first=James |date=January 9, 2018 |title=With Demolition Pending, Castle Hill's Graffiti Gallery Isn't Long for This World |url=https://austin.towers.net/with-demolition-pending-castle-hills-graffiti-gallery-isnt-long-for-this-world/ |access-date=October 1, 2018 |website=Austin TOWERS |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002141642/https://austin.towers.net/with-demolition-pending-castle-hills-graffiti-gallery-isnt-long-for-this-world/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was a constantly-evolving canvas of [[graffiti]] and [[murals]]. Also known as "Castle Hill" or simply "Graffiti Park", the site on Baylor Street was closed to the public in early January 2019 but remained intact, behind a fence and with an armed guard, in mid-March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Rachel |date=January 2, 2019 |title=Austin's Iconic Graffiti Park Closes As A New Canvas Is Prepped Near The Airport |url=http://www.kut.org/post/austins-iconic-graffiti-park-closes-new-canvas-prepped-near-airport |access-date=January 5, 2019 |website=www.kut.org |language=en |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104230902/http://www.kut.org/post/austins-iconic-graffiti-park-closes-new-canvas-prepped-near-airport |url-status=live }}</ref> The gallery will build a new art park at Carson Creek Ranch in Southeast Austin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flores |first=Nancy |date=July 17, 2018 |title=Exclusive: Graffiti park's move to Carson Creek Ranch moved to 2019 |url=https://www.statesman.com/news/20180717/exclusive-graffiti-parks-move-to-carson-creek-ranch-moved-to-2019 |access-date=October 1, 2018 |website=Austin American-Statesman |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002102400/https://www.statesman.com/news/20180717/exclusive-graffiti-parks-move-to-carson-creek-ranch-moved-to-2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>