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Pioneer Museum in Fredericksburg, Texas is home to ten historic structures, staged to showcase different aspects of life in Gillespie County history. Enjoy hundreds of artifacts, as well as audio and virtual experiences connecting visitors to descendants of our original German settlers.
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Pioneer Museum / Vereins Kirche Museum Admission $12.00 –...
- PIONEER MUSEUM
Pioneer Museum is a combination museum and historical site...
- VEREINS KIRCHE MUSEUM
Vereins Kirche Museum tells the story of the two Vereins...
- HISTORIC JAIL
By 1870, plans were underway for yet another Gillespie...
- VIRTUAL TOURS
Take a virtual experience tour of the 10 historic structures...
- FIELD TRIPS
Field trip groups may visit both the Pioneer Museum and the...
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LIVING HISTORY. GUEST SPEAKERS. SHOP. ARCHIVES. RESEARCH....
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It was her wish to reward the student who expressed the most...
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ABOUT GILLESPIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The first mention of forming a historical society in Fredericksburg was at a Fredericksburg Lions Club meeting in January 1932. Club members wanted to create a memorial to the pioneer founders of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County. The idea was for a historical society to work with the Lions Club to ...
The Gillespie County Historical Society is a historical society founded in 1934 serving Gillespie County, Texas. It operates The Pioneer Museum of Fredericksburg, Texas, intended as "a memorial to celebrate a unique community that was created by early settlers to the Texas Hill Country."
Experience the rich German heritage of Gillespie County. This 3.5-acre museum complex contains superb examples of early German structures and artifacts.
- 325 W. Main St, Fredericksburg, 78624, TX
- (830) 990-8441
Get a hands-on glimpse of that history at the 3.5 acre Pioneer Museum Complex in downtown Fredericksburg, complete with buildings, artifacts and displays of our areas earliest pioneers, including a one-room schoolhouse, log cabin, Sunday house, barn, smokehouse and more.
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Gillespie County Historical Society. 312 W. San Antonio St., Fredericksburg, TX 78624. (830) 997-2835. Visit Website E-mail. About. Historic museum complex includes Social Hall for up to 85 guests; , Sanctuary and 3 pecan tree-canopied areas for up to 350 guests. Map. Amenities. Events.