Currently, Rivers and Backwoods, is on display in the Discoveroom. The subject ofRivers and Backwoods may seem a quaint topic for the information age, miles away from our day-to-day lives at school and at work. But for East Texans, rivers and backwoods are our past, present and future. The natural wonders of our community are the very reasons that settlers first came to this area; they give forth the resources that we must continue to rely on as our communities prosper in the 21st century. The purpose of this exhibit is to narrate the development of our cultural heritage that begins and ends in our forests and waterways through colorful paintings, historic images, and bright, contemporary photographs. For what we know, we can love. What we love, we will protect.

Rivers and Backwoods was made possible by the following contributors: Angelina Photographic Association; Richard Donovan; Dr. Darrel McDonald and Charles W. Ashton, Jr., Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center; Dr's. F.E. Abernethy and Archie P. McDonald, Professors Emeritus at Stephen F. Austin State University; and Jim Haley.

Rivers and Backwoods is generously underwritten by the I.D. and Marguerite Fairchild Foundation; the Ernest L. Kurth, Jr. Charitable Foundation; the Simon and Louise Henderson Foundation; the Junior League of Lufkin; and the Museum Guild.