{"id":390599,"date":"2026-07-29T14:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390599\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:17:13","slug":"new-witte-museum-exhibit-maps-sas-friesenhahn-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390599\/","title":{"rendered":"New Witte Museum exhibit maps SA’s Friesenhahn Cave"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new exhibit at San Antonio\u2019s Witte Museum<\/a> is letting locals spelunk a space few ever get to see. “Adventures in Texas Deep Time<\/a>\u201d maps out Concordia University Texas<\/a>\u2019 Friesenhahn Cave<\/a>, once the home of one of the Ice Age\u2019s most fearsome cats.<\/p>\n

The joint effort between the museum and university used LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology to scan the North Bexar County cave. For most, the resulting video will be a first look into the active paleontological site, considered one of the United States\u2019 most significant Ice Age finds.<\/p>\n

Only Los Angeles\u2019 famed La Brea Tar Pits has yielded more Pleistocene vertebrate fossils. The cave has produced more than 4,000 specimens across ice age mammals, reptiles, and birds. The only entrance, used since the earliest twentieth-century explorations, is a vertical twenty-eight-foot shaft, and there are no plans to open Friesenhahn to the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Friesenhahn Cave offers an extraordinary window into Texas\u2019 distant past and new technology allows us to advance our research into unearthing many of the cave\u2019s secrets,\u201d said Dr. Jennifer Hofmann, associate professor of biology at Concordia Texas, in a statement.<\/p>\n

In addition to exploring the den of the scimitar-toothed Homotherium serum, \u201cAdventures\u201d digs up millions of years of history from archaeological and paleontological sites throughout the state. The exhibit features research into the Battle of Medina and a glimpse at ancient West Texas rock art.The display also walks visitors through the research. Patrons can discover giant Texas mosasaur fossils, search for hidden artifacts using archaeological tools, and create their own dinosaur trackway.<\/p>\n

The broad range of subjects is no accident for the museum. \u201cAdventures\u201d is timed to both Concordia Texas\u2019 and Witte\u2019s 100th birthdays. The new exhibit will run concurrently with the institution\u2019s anniversary exhibit \u201cThe Witte Museum: 100 Years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a century, we have invited Texans to explore their land, their history, and their culture in ways that are active, engaging, and meaningful,\u201d said CEO Dr. Michelle Cuellar Everidge in a release.<\/p>\n

“Adventures in Texas Deep Time\u201d runs through March 14, 2027, and the anniversary exhibit runs through January 9, 2027. For non-members, both are included in the price of regular admission, ranging from $11-$17. The Witte Museum is located at 3801 Broadway by Brackenridge Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new exhibit at San Antonio\u2019s Witte Museum is letting locals spelunk a space few ever get to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[35641,11879,8832,2419,1915,86383,82,84,83,3837],"class_list":["post-390599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-archaeology","tag-broadway-corridor","tag-exhibits","tag-history","tag-museums","tag-paleontology","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-universities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}