Harry Ransom Center

The easiest Gutenberg Bible to see in the US. Admission is free, and the Ransom Center at the University of Texas holds one of only five complete copies of the Gutenberg Bible in the country, acquired in 1978 and kept on view. It shares the building with another landmark in recording the world, Nicéphore Niépce's heliograph, the earliest surviving photograph made in a camera obscura. Two firsts of reproduction a few steps apart make it a worthwhile detour for anyone passing through Austin, even with only an hour to spare.