Harry Ransom Center

There’s only one place in the world where you can see the Gutenberg Bible, the world’s first photograph, an original manuscript by James Joyce, and a painting by Frida Kahlo all in one place, and that’s the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (21st and Guadalupe St., on the UT campus, 512/471-8944, www.hrc.utexas.edu, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tues., Wed., and Fri., 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Thurs., noon–5 p.m. Sat.–Sun., free). Self-billed as “one of the world’s finest culture archives,” the Harry Ransom Center is a place where scholars conduct research alongside tourists and the curious. The center houses a robust collection of over 36 million literary manuscripts, including ones by Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, and Tennessee Williams, and over 100,000 works of art that are rotated into view. Along with showcasing its own collections, the center also has temporary exhibits. Parking is at the Dobie Center parking garage on the corner of 21st and Whitis Streets.