Description
Our museum has been described a the best small museum for our population base; run a group of ladies that enjoy creating history out of their past. We have just completed the restoration of an ecilpse windmill for our front lawn and enjoyed working with a group of retired gentlemen in Spearman whose association restores windmills for various groups.
We also have a mural in one of our nearby towns that we are seeking grants for its restoration. This month has as our exhibit the art work of all of our county students. During this exhibit the schools arrange field trips to the museum and we have games with the kids centered around the art and the artifacts in the museum.
We are having a board work meeting in May to establish museum priorities and projects using our two recent consultant reports as our resource. Our vision at this time is to enlarge our facility with the addition of an adjacent building for equipment , cars,etc. We also need to redesign our archive area with proper storage equipment, etc.
Lastly, we are focusing our financial viability through the development of fundraising strategies involving possible endowment fund, memberships, etc.
This is all the plans which is pretty good, I think , for a volunteer staff with one part-time salary. What do you think. come see us.
History
Organized by the Lipscomb County Historical Committee in 1982, a contest was held in 1986 to rename the museum from Lipscomb County museum to the winning name of Wolf Creek Heritage Museum.
We were officially incorporated as a 501c3 nonprofit corporation in 1998.
Two rooms of the old Lipscomb School House became the original home for the museum. The Texas Preservation Trust Fund Grant Program contributed $5000 to assist with the remodeling of an L-shaped room in the school building to house the museum collection . Volunteers did much of the remodeling. Another room was used as storage and workroom.
In 1996, the board decided to build a new museum. The goal was $224,000 for an insulated 50 ft x 100 ft metal building with central heat and air conditioning . The building was completed in April, 2000 with Grand opening in Sept. 2000.
Our hours have progressed from one Sunday a month to five days a week and two hours on Sunday. With 6 fulltime volunteers and over 50 Sunday angels and 13 board members.
The museum participates in TexasHELP, Texas Plains Trail, and local groups. We are members of TAM, and Northwest Texas Museum Association and American Association for State and Local History.
Artifacts Collections
Our emphasis and mission is Lipscomb county so all are artifacts tell the story of the county.
Artifacts include early fossils and indian arrowheads, pottery, etc.
Ranch development as seen through saddles, chaps, furniture, spurs, guns, hats.
Early settlers documents, possessions
Local Paintings that portary early life including the gathering tree, polly station for wagon trains and stage coaches.
Large photographs of every stage of life including the 1947 Tornado. and the dust bowl
Obituitaries cataloged by name and town
Military display from Spanish American War to present.
Large collection of old German song books, bibles
Research Collections
County Newspapers
Obituitaries
Tax Records
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