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SARITA
Kenedy Ranch Museum of South Texas
The Kenedy Ranch Museum of South Texas opened its doors on
October 25, 2003. The museum is located
at 200 E. La Parra Ave. in Sarita, Texas, county seat of Kenedy
County. It is about 20 miles south of Kingsville off of highway
77. The museum is housed in the former Kenedy Pasture Company
building which was built in 1927 and is a program of the John G.
and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation of Corpus Christi.
The museum was designed by Steve Harding Design of Houston and
tells the story of the Kenedy family and South Texas history in
a very different aspect, through murals. The murals were drawn
and painted by Daniel Lechón of Houston. Lechón is originally
from Mexico City and as a young man worked and painted with the
famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. There are over 400 figures
in the murals with over 70 of them
depicting real life persons. To accompany the murals, the other
art work represented are seven sculptures
done by artist Kim Crowley of Santa Fe, New Mexico depicting key
figures of the Kenedy Ranch, a vaquero
and his son, a clerk, priest, rancher and the only real likeness
of a person, Sarita Kenedy East.
There is a nice piece of technology called an audio wand that is
given to visitors at the start of their tour
that guides them through the rooms narrating the history behind
the murals.
In a separate building, the Carriage House and which is the
museum ’s media center, a short documentary
on the lives of the Kenedeños, the vaqueros and their families
of the Kenedy Ranch, is shown in a nice
theater setting with some very comfortable rocking chairs to sit
in.
The visitor can then spend some time walking around the
beautifully landscaped grounds and see some other attractions
that one would see on the ranch.
The hours of the museum are:
Tues. —Sat. 10:00 a.m. —4:00 p.m.
Sunday —Noon—4:00 p.m.
Closed on Mondays and major holidays
Admission is: $2.00 or Seniors
3.00 for Adults
2.00 for Young adults 13-18 years
Children under 13 years and organized
school groups are free
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Phone: 361-294-5751 • Fax: : 361-294-5228 - Website:
www.kenedyranchmuseum.org |
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