After having to put the celebrations on hold for a couple of years, the OJAC finally hosted its 40th Anniversary Ruby Gala on February 26th.

One small part of the many preparations was for the Archives to search through the Institutional Repository collection and find images from across the years for a special slideshow. We had a lot of fun looking back, seeing old familiar faces and watching the museum grow before our eyes - the OJAC has come a long way!

1877 Shackelford County Jail Building before restoration, Undated

Co-founders Reilly Nail and Bill Bomar, ca 1982

Old Jail Foundation Membership Publicity Photo, 1982

Groundbreaking of First OJAC Addition, October 20, 1983

Bill Bomar with Jesus Moroles at installation of Sun Symbol in OJAC Courtyard, 1983

Admin Director Betsy Koch with Chinese tomb figures, 1984

OJAC Board Meeting, San Antonio, November 1985

Fort Worth Circle Artists attend Beyond Regionalism Exhibition, 1986

OJAC Staff - Wilma Jo Mitchell, Clint Hamilton, Judith Farmer, Joan Farmer, Dinty Bowman, December 1989

Peeler and Rose Christmas Puppet Show, December 1990

Nancy green tours Lady Bird Johnson through OJAC, June 1991

OJAC Board honors Reilly Nail at his retirement as Director, November 1992

OJAC staff - Dorothy Walker, Joan Farmer, Joeliene Magoto, Wilma Jo Mitchell, Summer of 1994

OJAC Expansion Groundbreaking, 1995

Art of Santera Exhibition, 1996

Betty Law and Ann Jones give a school tour, June 1999

20th Anniversary Gala - Nancy Green, Pat Jones, Patti Jones, Reilly Nail, Melanie McCarthy, Betsy Senter, November 2001

Docent Luncheon - Carolyn Musselman, Grace Leech, Lorene Mccomas, Florence Lynch, Ann Jones, Betty Law, and Margaret Edmison, January 2003

OJAC Staff at Silver Ball - Daniel Alonzo, Shelly Crittendon, Kathryn Mitchell, Holly Phillips, Margaret Blagg, Sage Yerger, Pat Kelly, Dorothy Walker, 2005