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Texas Prison Museum Opens Bigger Facility in Huntsville
The Texas Prison Museum debuts a trifold larger facility on Highway 75 in Huntsville, featuring Old Sparky the electric chair, celebrity rodeo carriage, inmate contraband, escapes, famous inmates like Bonnie and Clyde, and a re enactment of the 1934 Eastham Farm prison raid. Visitors will see beyond locking up criminals as the museum aims to attract up to 50 000 yearly guests from across regions and beyond.
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Texas
Highway 75
Huntsville
Coor
Dinate
Weldon Svoboda
Svoboda
Huntsville Item
Sparky
Execu
Bonnie and Clyde
Eastham Farm
Janice Willett
Texas Prison Museum Board of Trustees
Dallas
Houston