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Staff members at JBSA museums keep busy despite lockdown
July 6, 2020 — Historians and staff members at museums throughout Joint Base San Antonio have had to adjust since shutting their doors to visitors in March because of the pandemic... MORE

Bill Manchester, director of the Airman Heritage Training Complex at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland

Present meets past at Fort Sam Houston Museum
November 29, 2019 — Jacqueline Davis, Fort Sam Houston Museum director, shows Mary Jean Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, artifacts from her grandfather's life, during her visit to the Fort Sam Houston Museum Nov. 22... MORE

Jacqueline Davis(left), Fort Sam Houston Museum director, shows Mary Jean Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, artifacts from her grandfather's life, during her visit to the Fort Sam Houston Museum Nov. 22. During her visit, Eisenhower also toured the U.S. Army North headquarters and visited the Eisenhower quarters, still in use today. President Eisenhower was stationed at Fort Sam Houston both as a lieutenant and a colonel, and he even met his wife, Mamie, at the Army post.

Fort Sam Houston Museum planning exhibit improvements for 2019
March 19, 2019 — The Fort Sam Houston Museum is updating and adding new exhibits that will help visitors expand their knowledge on the history of the post and of U.S. military history... MORE

A 100-year-old serape given to U.S. Army Gen. Hugh Scott from famed Mexican Revolution leader Pancho Villa in the mid-1910s will be put on display next to an exhibit at the Fort Sam Houston about Villa, the Mexican Revolution (1910-20), the relationship between Villa and the U.S. and the troubles along the U.S.-Mexico border during that time period. The display of the serape is one of several updates and additions the museum is making to its exhibits this year.