SPECIAL EVENTS
Sep 2017
Cotton Pickin' – 09/23/2017
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join the staff in picking heirloom cotton and tending the fields on an 1850s farm. Learn where Dr. Jones’ sold his most important cash crop.… Learn More>>
Oct 2017
Trade Days – 10/07/2017
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The farmer was only one member of a large world market in the 1800s. Other trades in action such as leather working, laundering, woodworking, spinning,… Learn More>>
Stagecoach Days – 10/14/2017
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Fanthorp Inn will host Stagecoach Days allowing visitors to experience what it was like to travel cross country via stagecoach and learn about the Inn’s… Learn More>>
Living History Saturday – 10/21/2017
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Travel back in time to where a nation was born in 1836. On the third Saturday of each month staff and volunteers dressed in period… Learn More>>
Hands on History - Basket Weaving – 10/21/2017
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join museum staff on every Saturday of each month to make crafts and toys that pioneer children made during the Republic time. Visitors can also… Learn More>>
Nov 2017
Foraging for Food – 11/04/2017
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Visitors will discover the wild edible plants plentiful in Texas. Hosted by one of the area’s most intrepid explorers, Dr. Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen, Ph.D. will… Learn More>>
Behind the Farming Tour – 11/11/2017
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Come see how staff keep a works farm running when it is closed to the public. Join them in not-so-period farm work and learn some… Learn More>>
Hands-On-History, Corn Husk Dolls – 11/18/2017
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join museum staff on the third Saturday of each month to make crafts and toys that pioneer kids made during the Republic time. Visitors can… Learn More>>
Twilight Firelight – 11/25/2017
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Board a replica stagecoach in downtown Anderson and travel back to 1850. Enjoy candlelit tours of historic Fanthorp Inn while visiting with interpreters dressed in… Learn More>>
Dec 2017
Christmas on the Brazos – 12/09/2017
10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Begin the holiday season by spending special time at Washington on the Brazos. Activities commence in the early afternoon at Independence Hall and the Star… Learn More>>
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Since most events occur at least partially outside, guests should dress appropriately for the weather and uneven terrain. Programs and events are open to all ages; children must be accompanied by an adult.
