Search site

This is real travel for real people™

Susanna Dickinson Museum

This museum is the one-time home the “Messenger of the Alamo,” Susanna Dickinson, a survivor of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo who carried the news of its fall to General Sam Houston. Her eyewitness account of the battle remains a benchmark for historians. Inside, the museum houses rare Dickinson family artifacts and a library area where you can peruse the history of early Texan life and other historic frontier women. Her home was opened as a museum on March 2, 2010, Texas Independence Day.

QUICK FACTS

[one_half][icon name=”map-marker”] 411 E. Fifth St., Austin, TX 78701[/one_half]

[one_half][icon name=”phone”] (512) 974-3830[/one_half]

[one_half][icon name=”globe”] WEBSITE[/one_half]

[one_half][icon name=”clock-o”] Wed.-Sun. 12pm-5pm[/one_half]

[one_half][icon name=”info-circle”] NOTICE: July 2, 2020 – Per the COVID-19 Mayoral declaration, the museum is closed to the public until further notice. Check the Closure page for updates.[/one_half]

Map of central Austin highlighting streets and numbers. Key locations include the University of Texas at Austin, State Capitol, and Visitor Center. Main roads labeled include Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, E 12th St, and I-35.