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Museum of the Big Bend

Wedding venue in Alpine, Texas

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About Museum of the Big Bend

The Museum of the Big Bend, a department of Sul Ross State University, is on the university campus in Alpine, Texas, in the Big Bend region. Its Cultural Events Center, in the Emmett & Miriam McCoy Building, is available to rent for private and public events. The interior space opens to an attached exterior patio, with the Davis Mountains as its backdrop. It accommodates up to 300 people, and up to 80 can be seated indoors. The room includes a built-in projector and presentation setup with flexible arrangements for speakers. Smaller gatherings can be held in the research library and education room in the historic Texas Centennial Building, and large events with breakout sessions can rent all three spaces together. Catering can be arranged through the museum or through outside vendors with museum approval. Guests can add guided tours led by a curator or docent, including tour-and-luncheon or tour-and-happy-hour options. The museum is handicap accessible, and visitor parking is across the street from the campus entrance.

The facts

Guests
Up to 300 guests
Pricing note
Rental pricing is customized, not published. It depends on event length, number of participants, catering specifications, time of event, and staffing needs. Catering is priced separately from the event rental.
Setting
Indoor & outdoor
Kind of place
Museum
Last updated
November 2026

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