ROUND TOP AREA ARTS
Watercolor by Harold Phenix
 THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL INSTITUTE AND CONFERENCE CENTER AT
FESTIVAL HILL - A year round cultural center presenting an internationally famous Festival of
classical music, home of the Texas Festival Orchestra. The campus features extensive herb
gardens, trails, historic buildings, special collections and a 1200 seat air-conditioned Concert
Hall.
ROUND TOP CHILDREN'S LIBRARY - Round Top is the smallest town in Texas with a public library! The Round Top Library is now open six days a week, and serves
patrons from all over Fayette, Austin, Colorado, Lee and Washington counties. It offers over 12,000 items available for checkout, eight free public access computers, and a full schedule of fine arts and other programs for both chidren and adults. The Round Top Library is home in the Sterling and Marianne McCall Library building, a beautifully restored 1920's gothic church.
SHAKESPEARE AT WINEDALE - Celebrating its 25th year in 1995, this festival offers
groundbreaking public performances of the plays of William Shakespeare each summer
(July-August) and spring (last Friday and Saturday in April). The performances, recognized
nationally as innovative theatre, occur in a restored log barn on the campus of the Winedale
Historical Institute.
WINEDALE HISTORICAL CENTER - This University of Texas center is dedicated to the
perservation and interpretation of 19th century German Texas culture. The property, which holds
many restored buildings, also serves as a conference center for seminars and educational
symposia and as a site for arts and crafts festivals and performances of German and other folk music from early Texas.
TEXAS PIONEER ARTS FOUNDATION - Henkel Square is a museum village that serves as a
center for the research and preservation of German Texas culture, its architecture and decorative
arts. The museum is open daily from 12:00 noon until 5:00 PM. Just off the town square, Henkle
Square offers tours of restored pioneer German architecture and furnishings.
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