Archaeo-listers,

I recently heard from our old friend Jim Bruseth, who has been serving 
as Guest Curator for the La Belle exhibit at the Texas State History 
Museum in Austin.

Jim invites all who happen to be planning to visit Austin to come on by 
to watch, in person, the crew of specialists re-assemble the ship, 
piece-by-piece (and get an up-close view of the hundreds of fabulous 
artifacts recovered from the cargo in the hold of the ship that are on 
view in the museum).

When completed the restored ship will occupy the place of honor in the 
main rotunda of the museum, which, incidentally, was designed expressly 
to hold this internationally significant ship, and, for those who have 
not, yet, been fortunate enough to have visited, let me assure you, it 
DOES live-up to Texas standards of size and grandeur, and certainly has 
the splendor to adequately showcase this magnificently BIG Texas exhibit.

There is a webcam that broadcasts live and shows the crew as they work 
on the ship (Wednesdays thru Saturdays 9am-5pm ... and I believe it is 
currently paused for the holiday but will re-commence LIVE on this 
coming Wednesday morning at 9am) that can be found/watched at this link:

http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/la-belle

Watch informative videos and read more about La Belle here:

http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/la-belle/the-exhibit

Bob Skiles