A River Walk landmark—the San Antonio Library from 1930 until 1968 and then the Hertzberg Circus Museum until 1996—will become the home for the Dolph and Janey Briscoe Western Art Museum. The new museum will celebrate the art, people and history of the great American West, with an emphasis on San Antonio and the South Texas region. The renovation will provide state-of-the-art gallery and exhibition areas on four floors, while respecting the building’s historic architecture. A sculpture garden and two-story outdoor pavilion will be built in the adjacent park.

Originally built int 1930 and designed by Herbert S. Green, the building replaced the earlier Carnegie Library on this site. From 1968 to 2001, the building housed the Hetzberg Circus Museum, and its currently under renovation to become the Briscoe Western Art Museum.