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Texas State CemeteryvsHarry Ransom Center
Both Texas State Cemetery and Harry Ransom Center are rated very highly by experts. Overall, Harry Ransom Center is the choice of most writers compared to Texas State Cemetery. Harry Ransom Center has a TripExpert Score of 85 with recommendations from 6 publications including Fodor's, Frommer's and Atlas Obscura.
Texas State Cemetery
Fodor's
Condé Nast Traveler
Travel + Leisure
Atlas Obscura
Frommer's
909 Navasota St., Austin, TX 78702
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Fodor's "Today it’s the final resting place of some of the state's most important figures." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Many of the late politicians of Texas are buried the Texas State Cemetery, just a stone’s throw from the Capitol." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The lovely, tree-lined Texas State Cemetery is the final resting place for political figures such as U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan and Texas Govs. John Connally and Ann Richards." Full review
Atlas Obscura "A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived. " Full review
Frommer's "The city's namesake, Stephen F. Austin, is the best-known resident of this East Side cemetery, established by the state in 1851." Full review
Harry Ransom Center Fodor's Travel + Leisure
Time Out
Afar Magazine Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure Atlas Obscura Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure Frommer's
21st and Guadalupe, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78713-7219
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Fodor's "Part of the University of Texas, this is one of the world's greatest collectors and exhibitors of important literary papers and other artifacts related to the arts and humanities." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The Harry Ransom Center, on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, has an enormous collection of literary manuscripts." Full review
Time Out "Past showings comprised pieces ranging from the whimsical artwork of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to photographer Eli Reed’s intense The Lost Boys of Sudan. " Full review
Afar Magazine "Visiting scholars and the public turn to the research center’s wealth of resources and archives to learn about everything from ancient Mexico to the works of great artists and writers." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The Harry Ransom Center, on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, has an enormous collection of literary manuscripts." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The Harry Ransom Center’s holdings are vast, varied and ever-growing, from Frida Kahlo paintings to Woodward and Bernstein’s Watergate notes to Robert De Niro’s papers." Full review
Atlas Obscura "The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures. " Full review
Travel + Leisure "The Harry Ransom Center is a humanities research library and museum with 41 million items, including one of five copies of the Gutenberg Bible in the U"
Austin Travel Guide
March 2, 2021
Travel + Leisure "Hone into your intellectual side at the Harry Ransom Center, which houses almost 1 million books, over 42 million manuscripts, millions of photographs, and 100,000 works of art"
Frommer's "A museum, research library, and archive, with a focus on cultural and literary artifacts, the Ransom Center is the caretaker and keeper of European and American treasures: about a million rare books." Full review
