Humanities Texas is the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

WHAT DOES HUMANITIES TEXAS DO?

• Administers a competitive grants program to support humanities projects and events.

• Creates and circulates traveling exhibitions on historical, literary, and cultural topics.

• Manages a speakers directory that allows nonprofit organizations to offer high-quality humanities presentations to local audiences.

• Holds teacher institutes to support humanities instruction in Texas schools.

• Administers awards recognizing Texans’ outstanding contributions to the humanities.

• Develops publications related to the humanities.