After over a year of construction, the Natural History Museum of Bandera is ready to display their New Spain art collection in the New Spain Art Hall. The New Spain art collection was gifted to the museum by Juan Carlos Infante, and his wife Maly Vargas Infante, founders of the museum. The new art wing will display more than 120 pieces that date from the 1600s to the early 1800s, showcasing antiques furniture, Talavera pottery, ivory sculptures (carved in Asia), and paintings. “Having a permanent collection of this caliber and magnitude that people from Bandera and surrounding counties can easily access will help ...