The Heritage Farmstead Museum Plano, Texas

Mailing Address

1900 15th Street
Plano, TX 75075

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1900 15th Street
Plano, TX 75075

Phone: 972-881-0140
Fax: 972-422-6481
Email:
Web: www.heritagefarmstead.org

Museum Hours

June 1 through August 31

Monday - Friday		House tours from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Saturday and Sunday		One single tour at 1:00 pm
Holidays		Museum is closed on Holidays

September 1 through May 31

Monday – Sunday		One guided tour at 1:30 pm
Sunday – Saturday		Grounds open from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Holidays		Museum is closed on Holidays

Admissions

Self Guided Grounds Tours - $2.00 per person
Adult Guided Tours - $5.00 per person
Seniors (66 plus) and Children (3-18) - $3.50 per person

Description

The Heritage Farmstead Museum consists of an authentically restored fourteen room 1895 Victorian farmshouse complete with all of its original outbuildings. The Museum is located in the very center of Plano, Texas corporate home of some of the nation's most high tech multinational corporations. Truly a "community museum" the four acre site underwent a million dollar restoration paid for by local citizens in 1986. During 1996 nearly four hundred volunteers invested over 10, 000 hours of volunteer time in various Museum programs.

The museum is open seven days a week and sponsors many educational and special interest programs as well as tours for a variety of groups such as seniors, special education, and civic tour groups. Two of the most popular programs during 1997 was the production of "Charlotte's Web" which was attended by over 1400 local children and the annual Scout Day which had 1200 in attendance. Last year the Museum had over 20,000 visitors from almost every state and fourteen foreign countries.

The Farmstead is in the final stages of completion of a professionally conducted long range site plan which will be a road map for both programs and facilities for the institution's next ten years.

The museum has received full accrediation from the American Association of Museums.

History

The Heritage Farmstead Museum opened to the public in 1986 for the purpose of interpreting rural life on the Blackland Prairie in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The museum's main building is the restored 1891 Farrell-Wilson House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The four-acre site consists of seven restored original outbuildings, including a potting house, smokehouse, two working blacksmith shops, pole barn, chicken house, ram barns, and the foreman's cottage. Chickens, ducks, rabbits, sheep, a mule, and donkey complete the historically recreated environment. The museum offers year-round educational programs and special events for the 200,000 citizens of the Plano community. Events include old-fashioned Victorian Christmas celebrations as well as school programs.

Artifacts Collections

The collection period for the museum is 1880-1920. Collection includes: Restored 1891 Victorian house and seven restored original outbuildings dating from 1897-1910, including a potting shed, blacksmith shop, smokehouse, sheep and ram barns, and pole barn.

Objects include: In the house - large furniture pieces, small decorative objects, books, and other illustrations which furnish fourteen period rooms in the house. Outside buildings - farm implements, equipment, and large machinery dating 1890-1910. Blacksmith metal tools and forge.

Live animals: mule, donkey, sheep, rabbits, chickens, ducks, a goat, and pig.

Library

Open to general public, students, scholars; and catalogued; does not circulate print material; no appointment necessary; cannot assist with inter-library loans. Collection records computerized.

Services


Gift Shop, Special Event Rental

Publications

·	quartery newsletter for members

Facilities

4-acre historic site; 1891, 14-room Victorian farm house; 1891 historic pole barn (open on one side) used for events/educational programs; bottom floor wheelchair-accessible; other services for people with disabilities available upon request.

Programs

The Heritage Farmstead offers comprehensive docent training; holiday special events; extensive, multi-level school programs; teacher workshops and in-services; costumed, docent-led tours of the house and site; pre-school public programs; family Saturday series; adult history programs; summer camp programs; exhibitions; and Scout programs and events.

Educational kits and accompanying materials could travel now with some adjustments. Kits include objects, games and questions related to historical subjects. "Victorian Woman: Attitudes and Stereotypes"; "What are all those farm animals?"; "Figuring out Perspective: A study of farm architecture"; "Materials workshop"

In borrowing these kits, cost would be estimated at the cost of materials included in the kit, postage, insurance, etc.

Staff

Angie Carroll, Marketing and Publications Rep
Phone: 972-612-8169
Email:

Mary Marks, Office Manager
Email:

Lynda Morley, Director of Education
Email:


Museum Type

Children's
History
Historic House
Historical Society
Specialized

Governance

Type: 501 (c) (3)


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