Lithography, a printmaking practice invented in 1796, allowed for the seemingly limitless duplication of text and illustration by applying crayon...
In the Galleries
Arnold & Jim: The Friendship that Forged The Arnold Classic
The friendship between Arnold Sports Festival founders Jim Lorimer and Arnold Schwarzenegger stretches back for over five decades. The “Austrian...
Igor Galanin’s Women of Strength & Skill
Igor Galanin was already an established artist in the Soviet Union when he, his wife, and two children immigrated to...
Stark Center Lobby
The Stark Center Lobby is an open hall welcoming visitors and orienting them to the facility and its collections. An...
Stark Center Reading Room
The Reading Room of the Stark Center library is filled with large, comfortable chairs as only a prodigious academic and...
Joe & Betty Weider Museum
Joe Weider was a visionary and a true believer, and through his entire adult life he has done his level...
He Liked Big Things
Terry Todd was a man of many talents and grand visions. As a fifth-generation Texan he loved his family; Austin,...
Coaching Greatness
In 1956, the Texas Longhorn football team recorded one win and nine losses, its worst ever season. That December, Darrell...
Teresa Lozano Long Art Gallery
The Teresa Lozano Long Gallery is the permanent display of fine art pieces from The Stark Center’s collections, illustrating the...
Muscle Beach
The pioneers of what came to be known as Muscle Beach – people like Les and Pudgy Stockton, Russ Saunders,...
Strong Men, Strong Women
The golden age of professional strength performers – both men and women – lasted from approximately 1890 to 1930. A...
Golf and the Legacy of Harvey Penick
Sports Illustrated described Harvey Penick as “golf’s Socrates – the game’s greatest teacher and philosopher.” Tall praise, yet the record...
Strength & Friendship: Remembering Tommy Kono
During the 2017 holiday season over 40 large boxes were delivered to the Stark Center. The boxes contained a remarkable...
