11am-3pm, visitors can take part in activities that would have been part of a kid's typical day at a Spanish mission -- learn how to build a jacal, make adobe bricks, grind corn, rope livestock, and design your own brand. See presentations about mission ranching and a demonstration on making corn tortillas. Best for kids (and kids at heart!) ages 5+. All supplies provided. Suggested donation $5/participant to assist with supply costs.

11am-3pm, visitors can take part in activities that would have been part of a kid's typical day 13,000 years ago -- weave a basket or create your own projectile point. See presentations about flint-knapping and fire technology. Best for kids (and kids at heart!) ages 5+. All supplies provided. Suggested donation $5/participant to assist with supply costs.

11am-3pm, visitors can take part in activities that would have been part of a kid's typical day in Texas history -- plant a seed to take home, and learn about foraging for your own food and provisions. See presentations about backyard gardening and Texas native plants. Best for kids (and kids at heart!) ages 5+. All supplies provided. Suggested donation $5/participant to assist with supply costs.

11am-3pm, visitors can take part in activities that would have been part of a kid's typical day in Texas history -- be part of a cannon crew, build a boat, and navigate your own voyage. See cannon-firing and steel and flint demonstrations. Best for kids (and kids at heart!) ages 5+. All supplies provided. Suggested donation $5/participant to assist with supply costs.

11am-3pm, visitors can take part in archaeology activities that help us discover Texas history -- dig and screen for artifacts, make a projectile point out of soap, create pictographs and petroglyphs, and more! Best for kids (and kids at heart!) ages 5+. All supplies provided. Suggested donation $5/participant to assist with supply costs.

11am-3pm, visitors can take part in activities that would have been part of a kid's typical day on a Texas ranch -- create a brand, rope a cow, and make butter in a mason jar. See presentations about life on the cattle trail. Best for kids (and kids at heart!) ages 5+. All supplies provided. Suggested donation $5/participant to assist with supply costs.

4-7 p.m. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at MCB's 2nd annual salsa contest.

5:30 p.m. Jeff Wright, Victoria County Heritage Director and Executive Director of Victoria Preservation, Inc., takes us on a photographic tour of the historic Victoria County Courthouse.

2-5 p.m. Three prominent archaeologists join us for discussions about archaeology in Texas, and in particular the Coastal Bend. Speakers begin on the hour. Lecture attendees are invited to join museum members for the "13,000 Years" exhibit reception beginning at 5 p.m.

5-6:30 p.m. Exhibit Reception; 5:30 p.m. Installation of the Jud Austin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Archaeology

10 a.m. - 6 p.m. MCB provides skull “blanks” and markers, paint, collage, and other media to design your own Día de los Muertos Sugar Skull.

Oct. 27, 6 p.m. and Oct. 29, 3 p.m. Experience the museum by flashlight. Candy encounters included!

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. MCB provides skull “blanks” and markers, paint, collage, and other media to design your own Día de los Muertos Sugar Skull.

Oct. 27, 6 p.m. and Oct. 29, 3 p.m. Experience the museum by flashlight. Candy encounters included!

Dia de los Muertos sugar skulls designed by community members!

5:30 p.m. Bruce Shackelford, Texas History Curator at the Witte Museum, speaks about the cattle industry, beginning with the first recorded cattle drives under Spain. Artifact roundup by appointment.

Nov. 18-23 Get a head-start on Black Friday and holiday shopping with deep discounts in the Museum Store during regular viewing hours.

CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN Nov. 19: Throw spears with atlatls and win prizes!

2pm Tour MCB with a focus on indigenous Texas inhabitants.

Nov. 24-27 Closed for Thanksgiving. MCB reopens for regular viewing hours on Nov. 28.