Texas Heritage Museum Hillsboro, Texas

Mailing Address

PO Box 619
Hillsboro, TX 76645

Street Address

Hill College Campus
Hill College
112 Lamar Drive
Hillsboro, TX 76645

Phone: 254-582-2555x295
Fax: 254-582-7591
Email:
Web: www.hillcollege.edu/museum/museum.html

Related Links

www.hill-college.cc.tx.us/museum/crc/complex.htm
www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/kch8.html

Museum Hours

Monday - Thursday	8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday	8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Admissions

Free admission

History

The Texas Heritage Museum began with the personal collection of Hill College history professor Harold B. Simpson in 1963, and has continued to grow. In 1997, state funding was secured to renovate the old library building and establish the Texas Heritage Museum as a state museum. Today, the Texas Heritage is comprised of three separate divisions: the Galleries and Collection, the Historical Research Center and the Hill College Press. The museum’s mission is to explore Texas and Texans during wartime and how those experiences affect us today.

Artifacts Collections

Artifacts from past military conflicts in which Texans have been involved, including the War between the States, Spanish-American War/Philippine Insurrection, World War I, World War II, and Vietnam War. Notable among artifact holdings are uniforms, medals, and personal belongings and clothing of Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier in World War II.

Research Collections

The Research Center at the Texas Heritage Museum holds over 5,000 books, major reference works on the War between the States, capsule histories of both Confederate and Union units, clipping files, extensive periodical holdings, original letters and documents, and microfilm copies of muster rolls, compiled military service records, post returns, 1860 Texas census, and Texas newspapers.

Library

Research Center is open to the public by appointment only. Holdings, all of which are non-circulating, include published and manuscript materials. Appointments are recommended. Contact the Research Center director concerning rights and reproductions. Photocopy reproduction fees average $5 to $15.
Appointment required: False

Services




Facilities

Approximately 15,000 square feet in areain History Complex serving museum, research center and press. All areas are wheelchair accessible

Programs

Tours conducted by staff by prior arrangement; museum exhibits accessible for self-guided visits. Annually since 1979, the Texas Heritage Museum sponsored an annual Confederate History Symposium held on the first Saturday in April (except on Easter weekend). The Hill College Press, established in 1964, is also part of the Harold B. Simpson History Complex. To date, the press has published twenty-five full-length books and six monographs, several of which have won literary and historical awards.

Staff

Rosa Flores, Front Desk Clerk
Phone: 254-582-2555x295
Fax: 254-580-9529
Email:

Dr.  B.D. Patterson, Dean
Phone: 254-582-2555 x256

Mrs.  Peggy Fox, Research Center Director
Phone: 254-582-2555 x242

Dr.  Odie Faulk, Hill College Press Director
Phone: 254-582-2555 x374

Dr.  T. Lindsay Baker, Museum Director
Phone: 254-582-2555 x391

Mrs.  Sandra Rich, Administrative Assistant
Phone: 254-582-2555 x258

Jason S. Schubert, Curatorial Assistant
Phone: 254-582-2555


Museum Type

History

Governance

Type: Junior College District



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