Last updated: 2/14/2012
Washington, Texas
Street Address
23200 Park Road 12Washington, TX 77880
Mailing Address
Box 317Washington, TX 77880
phone: 936-878-2461
fax: 936-878-2462
e-mail: star@blinn.edu
web: www.starmuseum.org

Admissions

$4 Adults; $2 Students; children under 6 free; TAM members free.

Museum Type(s)

Staff

Houston McGaugh
phone: 936-878-2461 x238
Dr. Shawn Carlson
phone: 936-878-2461 x241
e-mail:
Anne McGaugh
phone: 936-878-2461 x237
e-mail:
Effie Wellmann
phone: 936-878-2461 x234
e-mail:
Sara Keil
phone: 936-878-2461 x236
e-mail:
Description

Star of the Republic Museum in Washington, TX is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

History

The Star of the Republic Museum, located in the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Park, was created by the State of Texas in 1970. House Bill No. 634, of the Sixty-first Legislature, in regular session, transferred the control and custody of the museum to Blinn College, Brenham, from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The museum was created to interpret the ten-year history of the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1846. The museum commemorates the site of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the last capital of the Texas Republic. The Star of the Republic Museum is the only AAM-accredited museum in the state devoted exclusively to collecting and interpreting pre-1850 Texas history and material culture.

Artifact Collections

p>24,000 total, 1/2 archaeological (historic); collections vary, but emphasizes Republic Period (1836-1846); not ethnographic; collections reflect Texas.

Research Collections

4,000 documents; manuscripts, broadsides, etc; mostly first half 19th-century, Texas subjects; available for research

Educational Programs

Exhibitions, docent program, gallery tours; not available for tour/loan.

Publications

p>Quarterly newsletter, general brochure.

Exhibitions
Museum Events
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