Winter Wonderland exhibits

Institute of Texan Cultures presents 'Winter Wonderland'

(Dec. 6, 2004)--"Winter Wonderland" is back for a second year at UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures to delight visitors of all ages. Exhibits with the theme "Home for the Holidays" can be viewed through Jan. 16.

This year visitors can enjoy tin soldiers, intricately decorated dollhouses provided in part by My Doll House, Inc. and a model railroad with more than 120 feet of track sponsored by the San Antonio N-Trak Association.

ITC docents will be stationed at the displays to discuss the exhibit and to guide children as they play with a Holiday, Texas, train ticket game card. Visitors can also wander indoors through a forest of trees decorated in the styles and traditions of a variety of cultures.

The Wiggle Waggle Kids Express train will run outdoors Saturdays and Sundays, weather permitting. Tickets for the train are $2 per child.

Fran Hayslip, a local miniaturist, will demonstrate how to create miniature foods for dollhouses at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Dec. 7, 9, 14 and 16. A dollhouse workshop is 12:30-4:30 p.m. Sundays featuring staff working on dollhouses and available to answer questions.

Winter Wonderland exhibits and activities are included with ITC admission. Admission is $7 for adults; $4 for seniors (65 years and older), military personnel (ID required) and children 3-12 years of age; and free for children under age 2.

For more information, call (210) 458-2330.

--Tina Luther