This was a fantastic stop, unplanned, but thanks to Yelp for the recommendation…read more First of all, admission is free. How, I don't know. It would be worth admission. It took about a solid hour to tour the exhibits. Parking in the area was free. There was a Bob Hope traveling exhibit that was wonderful. There's no coffee shop inside, but plenty in the area. There's employees were so friendly!

Check out this cool museum located downtown…read more It takes an hour or so to tour, if you read the placards. Much less if you breeze through. The history of the area is portrayed. I would definitely return here, the price is right!

Finding this museum was a great surprise for us. We wanted to learn more about this area of the…read moreworld. It's an area of GREAT historic and cultural significance in the world. There are beautiful pieces of artwork , dolls, ceramics and etched glass. It reminds of treasured pieces that I seen in other museums, but never at on time and in one place. Make sure to see the short 9 minute video. Czech people are freedom lovers. Their struggle to get to the USA was intense. As many others coming from war torn areas or under communist regimes will agree, this country is unique and a place they cherish. They have many events, speakers and community programs. They also offer a low-cost membership to help support the museum and events.

Learned a lot about the Czech culture, their struggles and persecutions during Communism. So many…read moreCzechs came to Texas- I didn't know this- for Freedom, Farming and their Families. The museum told a detailed story of their history, heroes and the curator, Ken, was very knowledgeable. His stories increased my understanding & I also understood that this is the story of every immigrant. Make sure to watch the short movie. I want to learn more, I bought "Talks with T.G. Masaryk" by Karel Capek in their gift shop. This museum and the group that supports it has many Speakers, and events. Quite a fantastic tour!

YELP 100 CHALLENGE 2018 - PART 2: 51/100…read more Big bro was initially assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division before he was reassigned to the 4th Infantry Division (now relocated to Colorado Springs, CO.) (NOTE: He has since retired.) Whenever he has out-of-towners coming through, he always takes them to Fort Hood and never fails to make a stop at this museum. As many times as I've visited, I seem to get more and more educated about this Division. Displayed outside are different types of military transportation - land and air, both foreign and domestic. If you have some time to look around, I suggest reading up on the relics. The museum structure/building doesn't look like anything bangin' from the outside, but it's quite surprising how much articles and artifacts there are inside. Walking through and doing a bit of reading will inform you on the various steps its taken to transition from how it began to where they currently are. I still find it interesting. Admission is free, but you have the option of making a donation, if you so choose. A must-visit if you ever find yourself inside the base.

An excellent collection of vehicles and aircrafts from various wars in history. They have done an…read moreextremely good job on this collection. Outstanding for families just looking for something to do. An educational visit that took us down the memory lane. It was a very good walk. We had a superb afternoon. The museum is free.

Right away I will say we enjoyed it here more than in The thinkery! I am referring to a toddler…read more I think the set up and various stations are just perfect for safe and fun play time. For 1,5 hours we were able to go through entire place without any rush and issues. The fun part that register has scanning light and makes beeping noise. And they use reusable bags for shopping. Musical instruments are also available and they even have x-ray machine in doctors cabinet. 3 clean bathrooms on site and diaper changing room are available. My little one cried, she did not want to leave. I let her explore outside in outdoor kitchen. Toys are in a good condition and all is well organized and in order. Ticket cost is only $6 per person, makes it affordable to come as often as possible. Staff was very nice and helpful. I will definitely go back. For someone who gave only 1 star just for parking, I was able to park easily right in front of entrance on Wednesday afternoon. No problem. Even though plenty parking around the area. For someone who mentioned that staff was reminding to keep toys organized and in order, I was told only once when purchasing tickets and no reminders. Maybe because I was constantly behind kids and helping them to put everything back. Perfect time to teach them to clean up after themselves. If anything the mother who's kid was quite loud did not take any actions.

We came here for a birthday party and had a lot of fun! I was surprised how much they had for a…read moresmaller town! Lots of different sections to pretend play (grocery, doctor, vet, camping, etc). My girls really enjoyed it.

We were already looking around the town when we decided to step inside the museum to take shelter…read morefrom the cold winds. This is a small one room museum. There are some neat things like arrowheads, a rusted gun and honestly I had never heard of or seen a friendship ladder before coming here. There's some information on the town and how it's changed, on a large banner, but in all honesty you could be in and out in about 10 minutes.

Great history of 3 ACR to include a lot of TX campaign history. Was the former 4th ID museum before…read morethey moved to FT Carson.great museum inside and lots of vehicles outside!

Awesome exhibit. Lots of 3rd Cavalry Regiment history. The grounds are well maintained and the…read morestaff is very friendly. The gift shop is rather tiny but has plenty of souvenirs. Hard to find, like a diamond in the rocks.

Went to san antonio on a budget. Aside from the party people getting on board and wanting everyone…read moreto wake up, the ride.... though long...was pleasant. I got repremanded by an employee because one of the drunks hit up on me and i declined their attention. I am not sure what was told to the employee, but i nearly got kicked off the train. The train cars were clean and there was snacks on board.

The 51% =3 stars We started out on time and left Austin…read moreshortly after our 930 scheduled departure. Our trip up to Temple just to test the water to make sure that I would not get claustrophobic or motion sick was a huge success. We sat next to each other and loved the fact that we could both enjoy the scenery. We talked about how much fun it would be to take a scenic trip and our seats which were much larger and softer than airplane accommodations, I determined I likely would not get claustrophobic or motion sick. It was only a couple hour trip so we didn't do any exploring. I saw other people come and go and I know there were restrooms available downstairs. There was also an announcement from the dining car explaining that the passengers who had accommodation in their own sleeping quarters would also have first seating at lunch. When they were done the general public, (i.e.: coach class) could come down and eat as well. Evidently they also had snacks and food available at the time of the announcement as many people went ahead and got what smelled like a cooked meal along with snacks and beverages and brought them back to their seats. We really didn't know where to go or how to get to the dining car. It was all good -as I really had not planned on it anyway. Before we knew it we had passed through all the little towns including a couple of Amtrak stations and then reached our final destination of Temple Texas and their Amtrak station as the train then went on all the way to Chicago. The latter 49% of our train trial was really smeared. When we got to Temple we took a Lyft and had lunch in S Temple, and discovered there really wasn't much to do there other than shop. We came back to the station and wandered through the museum-which was really quite nice. In fact the entire Temple Amtrak Station was pleasant. Very clean and a nice attendant. (There was one food and beverage machine that was completely out of order.) The other soda machine worked - there were spotless restrooms and we did sit and wait a couple of hours in the air conditioning as it was quite hot outside as we waited for our 4:30 PM departure. Even though you're in a Station no one gives you any updates so until we went outside for the last half hour to await our train ....and I started looking up info on the app ...we did discover that it was running late. About 30 minutes. No big deal. Next time I looked it was over an hour delay. The next time an hour and a half and then after going back to the station to use the restroom and talking to the Amtrak person we found out that it was quite delayed and might be in by 7:30 PM. Indeed it did arrive about that time so that was a three hour delay and I consider that eXcessive even though I do understand it can't be controlled due to so many factors. I guess we left the station around 7:45 PM and it was predicted we would be in by about 9:45 PM. We showed our tickets and were instructed by one of the boarding people to get in the last car which we did. I have to admit I didn't even think about it I just followed instructions. When we opened the door to go in -we found seats in the very back of the train. The two ladies one sitting on the left side of the compartment & one sitting on the right continue chatting about the poor service, the filthy restrooms, the lack of attendants-especially for challenged people..... They were really very negative, & didn't have a nice thing to say. It discouraged me from trying to navigate to the restroom myself. Worse than that, I didn't realize that being in the last car would be very much like being on a roller coaster in the last car and we would be whipped around hither and yon. So between the movement and the smell it was a very unpleasant ride back with a delay about five minutes from the Austin station. We had to sit for 45 minutes waiting for three different trains to go by-evidently train travel with passengers is not a priority so other freight railroad carriers are able to stop the Amtrak trains to get their trains where they need to go. I was pretty discouraged by this but I haven't given up completely. Since this was essentially an experiment and I would say 51% of it was a success I will just end by saying to take the Amtrak train at your own risk. We would highly recommend getting a roomette or sleeping compartment of your own. I did let Amtrak know of my concerns.

I have been to dozens of rural towns museums throughout Texas. This one though is the Diamond in…read morethe group. On our recent trip to Gatesville we found this gem. Its claim to fame is that it has over 6,000 different spurs, which is the Worlds largest and part of a 10,000 spur collection. You will see spurs that date back to the early 1800, along with Jackie Kennedy's spurs and those worn by Poncho Villa. This place has two floors, housing thousands of rare antiques and artifacts. It is huge, covering a City block with unique artifacts, to include Native arrowheads, millstones and clothing. It is very tastefully laid out with an antique soda shop, a historic school classroom, a transportation section displaying Ford Model T, a full scale log cabin/jail and numerous antique farm equipment, including a huge old case tractor and other early farm artifacts on displays. You will see a full scale doctor's office, a dentist office and partial hospital, displaying artifacts dating back to the early 1800. This is the single most impressive place I've visited in years. We spent two hours in it and didn't see it all. This is a must see museum. It has a gift shop loaded with very interesting merchandise for sale.

My daughter & I visited this lovely place while driving to Gatesville on an errand. It was such a…read moreneat hidden gem. I say hidden because it does not look that big from the outside, but has a lot inside. It was so nice to have visited on their first day of reopening due to getting a new elevator (it has two stories). The volunteers were so sweet and offered up their knowledge on the displays, which was truly appreciated. There is so much history here including the Lloyd and Madge Mitchell world's largest spur collection and stories behind these extraordinary people. I appreciated the diverse history in the museum. There were so many displays and narratives posted, that it would take all day to read through it all. If you appreciate Texas History, it's definitely worth experiencing this museum. I'd like to pop in again if I get the chance to read all of the narratives that I didn't have a chance to get to last time. The hours were: Wednesday - Saturday 10 am to 4 pm.