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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center vs Mexic-Arte Museum
Both Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and Mexic-Arte Museum are praised by professional reviewers. Overall, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is the choice of most reviewers compared to Mexic-Arte Museum. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center ranks #1 in Austin with positive reviews from 5 reviews including Frommer's, Michelin Guide and Fodor's.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
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4801 La Crosse Ave, Austin, TX 78739
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Travel + Leisure
"Enjoy the native gardens and plants. The center uses solar power, has a green roof, and offers community outreach programs to restore the environment."
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Fodor's
"This 43-acre complex, founded in 1982 by Lady Bird Johnson... has extensive plantings of native Texas wildflowers that bloom year-round."
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Michelin Guide
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"Created by the former First Lady... this facility is the only one in the US dedicated exclusively to conserving and promoting the use of indigenous plants."
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Time Out
"Mark your calendar for Thursday nights in June. On those evenings, the center hosts Nature Nights, which features interactive presentations, hikes led by various experts and “nature crafting” for kids."
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Afar Magazine
"It has a series of gardens, educational facilities,a cafe, library, trails and an arboretum...the Center's gardens and landscape are a learning laboratory."
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Mexic-Arte Museum
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419 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701
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"Founded in 1984, this museum is a beguiling, moderate-size museum devoted to traditional and contemporary Mexican and Latino art."
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Travel + Leisure
"Art from South of the Border includes several José Clemente Orozcos and Rufino Tamayos."
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Time Out
"There’s so much more to know about the capital city’s connection to Mexican, Latino and Latin American art and culture, both historical and contemporary. "
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U.S. News & World Report
14.0
"Perched along Congress Avenue, just a couple blocks south of The Driskill, the Mexic-Arte Museum is devoted to the conservation of Mexican and Latin American art and culture."
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Frommer's
"It has a small permanent collection of 20th-century Mexican art, photographs from the Mexican revolution, and a fascinating array of masks from the state of Guerrero."
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