Alamo Collections Center will open Friday in San Antonio, displaying artifacts donated by Phil Collins

Around 500 artifacts from the fight for Texas independence, including those donated by British pop star Phil Collins, will debut this Friday at the $20 million Alamo Collections Center. The two-floor, 24,000-square-foot-complex is the first new building erected on the Alamo's hallowed grounds in nearly 70 years, according to museum officials. In addition to Collins' collection, the museum will feature a vest once worn by legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett and items from both the Donald and Louise Yena Spanish Colonial Collection and the Alamo Collection, the Express-News reports.