Kevin Brady Library Hosts A Time Before Texas Exhibition

THE WOODLANDS, TX -- The Kevin Brady Library, a Montgomery County Memorial Library System library, is excited to announce a special exhibition this summer at their location, 2250 Buckthorne Place in The Woodlands.

Beginning June 1, Kevin Brady Library will present A Time Before Texas, an exhibition created by the Texas Department of Transportation, and presented in partnership with Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In the last decade, archeologists have made a number of fascinating new discoveries about the way Paleoindians lived and even how they arrived in the land we now call Texas. These first peoples passed on knowledge and traditions through the generations, eventually giving rise to many culturally distinct Tribes and Indigenous American communities.

Some Indigenous Americans traditional stories say that their ancestors were always here.

Archeologists, who study objects and evidence left behind from early cultures, believe people have lived here for at least 16,000 years. Both ways of understanding the past are important to the study of Paleoindian history. A Time Before Texas considers both current science and cultural tradition to explore what life was like for the first people to call early Texas home.

The exhibition will be on display for the public from June 1, 2026 to July 25, 2026 as part

of the library’s Summer Reading Program, Unearth a Story. An initiative to encourage reading and growth throughout the summer for all ages.

For more information about the exhibit or the library’s Summer Reading activities contact Kevin Brady Library Manager Laci Martinez at (936) 522-2689.

Humanities Texas develops and supports diverse programs across the state, including lectures, oral history projects, teacher institutes, museum exhibitions and documentary films. For more information, please visit Humanities Texas online at http://www.humanitiestexas.org or call (512) 440-1991