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The WOW Heritage Center at Rosewood Courts
Community Stories.Living History.What's Next.
What once was is the foundation for what's being built now. Join E4 Youth and the Rosewood community at a permanent home for storytelling, learning, and opportunity.
Rosewood Courts, August 1943 · Archival photograph
Rooted in place. Built with community.
A new home. A story that keeps growing.
The WOW Heritage Center is E4 Youth's first permanent home, located at 1141 Chicon Street, Building 1, in East Austin's African American Cultural Heritage District.
Neighbors, young people, educators, artists, culture-bearers, and partners continue to shape the Center. Share what matters and help build its next chapter.
Visit: Tuesday - Thursday 11AM - 5PM. Saturdays as scheduled.
Explore the Center →The story is still being written
The people who carried the history are helping shape what comes next.
The WOW Heritage Center grows from the memories, creativity, knowledge, and aspirations already held across East Austin.
The next chapter
Keep building with us.
Gatherings, stories, and creative experiences are taking shape at the Center. Explore upcoming events and find your way into the conversation.
Explore, listen, create, connect
Step inside the story.
Community participation continues beyond opening day. Explore ways to connect with the stories and people shaping the Center.
Experience what is already here
Meet history where it happened.
WOW uses location-based storytelling, augmented reality, and 3D guides to connect historic places with the people and memories that give them meaning.
- Six place-based stories
- A self-guided East Austin route
- Built for phones, classrooms, and community exploration
Youth-powered storytelling
Young people are helping carry the story forward.
Young people are not only learning the history. They are researching, interpreting, presenting, and shaping how East Austin's stories are shared.
At WOW, youth leadership, media skills, and creative technology connect community memory with opportunities for the next generation.
Bring a school or group →Living culture
Stories are preserved by being shared.
Music, food, performance, conversation, and celebration are part of how communities carry memory forward.
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Build with us
Help shape what comes next.
Neighbors, alumni, artists, educators, culture-bearers, and partners are shaping the growing community around the WOW Heritage Center.