SAN ANTONIO — It was mere moments after leaving the newest addition to San Antonio's historic west side when Rita Garza made a decision: She would contribute to it.

"I've got things at home I'm gonna go ahead and give to (staff) to put in there," Garza said. "A can of Pennzoil, tin cans. I've got a Budweiser billiard light – old – and I always thought I could sell it. It's better here."

The "here" referred to by Garza, a 58-year-old Lanier High School graduate who was born and continues to live on the west side, is the Museo del Westside—a brand new community museum that debuted along South Colorado Street on Saturday, the culmination of years of planning involving curators, historians, community organizers, archivists and artists.

To a passerby, the items Garza listed off as things

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