IRVING ARCHIVES

In 2017, planning began on renovating the first floor of 801 W. Irving Blvd (now the Jack D. Huffman Community Building) into the Irving Archives and Museum. The 22,000 square foot facility opened in February 2020. Funding for the project was provided by hotel occupancy tax revenue as well as generous donations from the Irving Heritage Society, the Irving Heritage Festival Fund, and the Friends of the Irving Museums. The museum continues to be primarily funded from hotel occupancy tax revenues and receives additional support from the fundraising efforts of the Friends of the Irving Museums and generous residents and businesses... Although the road to creating the Irving Archives and Museum was long, it did not mean local history lovers remained still. A small museum was created at Williams Square in Las Colinas dedicated to the Mustangs of Las Colinas sculpture. In the early 1990s, the Irving Heritage Society and the City of Irving worked together to create the Jackie Townsell Bear..

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