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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...
- LITTLE PIONEERS
Little Pioneers programs bring Gillespie County history to...
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The visitor experience at Pioneer Museum is a self-guided...
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Copies of The Material Culture of German Texans and A Guide...
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From the first meeting of the temporary GCHS to today, the Society has collected materials that tell the story of Gillespie County. The collection includes almost 70,000 individual items, including: Over 45,000 images from both individual families and from the Radio Post newspaper
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."
GILLESPIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY64th ANNUAL HOME TOUR. Welcome to A WALK THROUGH TIME showcasing the evolution of architecture in Fredericksburg. The first of five types of homes featured on the tour, the Pioneer homes, were preceded only by the log houses that the immigrants first built out of necessity in 1846.
The Gillespie County Historical Society exists to preserve and make accessible the history of Gillespie County. Many of the materials collected by the society come from the county seat of Fredericksburg, which has a deep connection with its German roots.
Experience the rich German heritage of Gillespie County. This 3.5-acre museum complex contains superb examples of early German structures and artifacts.
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The museum features ten historic structures and exhibits on different aspects of life in Gillespie County history. The museum store offers a unique and varied selection of historical books by authors from the Texas Hill Country and beyond.