Episode 36: The Donald & Louise Yena Spanish Colonial Collection

Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
Episode 36: The Donald & Louise Yena Spanish Colonial Collection
As we close out Preservation Month, our focus turns to collectors - people who scour the world for artifacts and preserve them for the historical record. Donald Yena is a renowned Western artist. Alongside his wife Louise, he amassed more than 400 artifacts from Spanish Mission life in Texas. He used them to make sure his paintings are historically accurate.
Today we reveal the personal stories behind the collection, the hidden treasures you can spot in each painting, and why the Yenas chose the Alamo as the permanent home for this collection of a lifetime. Featuring Donald Yena, Louise Yena, and the Alamo's Senior Researcher & Historian Kolby Lanham.
More about the Yena Collection: www.thealamo.o...
See the Yena Collection at the Alamo: www.thealamo.o...
Watch as the Alamo unveiling Donald Yena's seventh donated painting: • The Alamo Unveils Late...
Photos from the painting unveiling: / pfbid02ivptjsfm4zv2ur3...

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Emily, Donald, Louise, Kolby. Thank you for an interesting podcast. This type of podcast demonstrates to me that there much more to the Alamo than just the church and thirteen days. Regards from the UK. Bob