The Heritage Society
  • Historic Building Tours Black History Tours Elevated Tour Experience - Black History Women's History Tours German American Heritage History Tours Museum Gallery UNESCO Map & Parking Sam Houston Park FAQ Special Traffic Alerts
  • Kellum-Noble House Nichols-Rice-Cherry House San Felipe Cottage Pillot House St. John Church Old Place Staiti House Yates House Fourth Ward Cottage Baker Family Playhouse
  • Exhibit Info and Tickets Karankawa Exhibit: An Enduring Culture of Texas Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo HLSR UH Latino cARTographies Digital Board Mexican History Mural Project Permanent Exhibitions The New Red Book: Houston's Black History Agatha Babino Slave Narrative and Connecting with Your Families Past Kennedy LULAC Postcard Exhibit Sponsor an Exhibit
  • Programs for Adults Karankawa Exhibit Programs Lunch and Learn Speaker Series Children's Programs Badge Workshops for Scouts Programs for Educators School Field Trips School and Community Outreach Research Library Resource Links
  • Houston Heritage Luncheon
  • Calendar - Current and Future Events Juneteenth Heritage Months - 2025 Past Events Platinum Jubilee 2025 Express Weddings - Valentine's Day Annual Candlelight and Carols Tour 2024 Evening of Heritage 2024 National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 UH Houston History Preservationists Panel 2024 Happy Birthday Houston 2024 Urban Cowboy Movie at Sam Houston Park Houston Heritage Luncheon 2024 SEE INTERESTING PLACES (SIP)
  • Weddings & Venues
  • Description of THS Collections Collecting Scope Collection Donations Donation FAQs Collection Donation Form
  • Support Membership Annual Fund Giving Tuesday Planned Giving
  • Minnette Boesel Receives George Christian Award Alayna Davis Poet in Residence 2024 2025 Resident Poet Kate-Yeonjae Jeong History Poems by Katrina Machetta Hillary Jasso International Junior Miss Texas Teen Cannonball 2021 A Doggie Named Azalea Askew Pharmacy B.A. Shepherd Baker-Meyer Building Banking in Houston Bandstands in Houston's Parks Battelsteins Beating the Heat Camp Logan Emma Richardson Cherry Cleveland Rocker 1928 Democratic National Convention Foley's Ford Model T General Store Henke & Pillot Historic Woodland Heights House Moving in Houston, Then and Now Houston Floods Houston's Historic Squares The Ice Industry in Houston Magnolia Brewing Building Main Street History Zerviah Noble Rice Hotel William Marsh Rice and His Legacy Sears Building The Shamrock Hotel: gone but not forgotten Still Learning about San Jacinto Henry Staiti Texas Beds Texas Company Building Transportation Turnverein Heinrich Warneke Westheimer Family W E Wood Map Jack Yates Pinkie Yates New Year's and Resolve Churches and Faith Thanksgiving and Appreciation National Philanthropy Day and Charity All Saints Day and Spirituality National Farmer's Day Celebration World Architecture Day Citizenship Day and Immigration Labor Day and Politics Harris County's First Woman Juror Gloom Chasers Club
  • Gift Shop Houston & Texas History DVDs
  • About THS Visitors Information In The News Employment Facility Rentals Board Staff Annual Report Photography Policy Video Production Press Releases 2023 Year-End Letter Accessibility
  • Volunteering
  • Animals
  • Contact
The Heritage Society
  • Tours/
    • Historic Building Tours
    • Black History Tours
    • Elevated Tour Experience - Black History
    • Women's History Tours
    • German American Heritage History Tours
    • Museum Gallery
    • UNESCO
    • Map & Parking
    • Sam Houston Park
    • FAQ
    • Special Traffic Alerts
  • Historic Buildings/
    • Kellum-Noble House
    • Nichols-Rice-Cherry House
    • San Felipe Cottage
    • Pillot House
    • St. John Church
    • Old Place
    • Staiti House
    • Yates House
    • Fourth Ward Cottage
    • Baker Family Playhouse
  • Exhibitions/
    • Exhibit Info and Tickets
    • Karankawa Exhibit: An Enduring Culture of Texas
    • Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo HLSR
    • UH Latino cARTographies Digital Board
    • Mexican History Mural Project
    • Permanent Exhibitions
    • The New Red Book: Houston's Black History
    • Agatha Babino Slave Narrative and Connecting with Your Families Past
    • Kennedy LULAC
    • Postcard Exhibit
    • Sponsor an Exhibit
  • Programs and Education/
    • Programs for Adults
    • Karankawa Exhibit Programs
    • Lunch and Learn Speaker Series
    • Children's Programs
    • Badge Workshops for Scouts
    • Programs for Educators
    • School Field Trips
    • School and Community Outreach
    • Research Library
    • Resource Links
  • Houston Heritage Luncheon/
  • Events/
    • Calendar - Current and Future Events
    • Juneteenth
    • Heritage Months - 2025
    • Past Events
    • Platinum Jubilee 2025
    • Express Weddings - Valentine's Day
    • Annual Candlelight and Carols Tour 2024
    • Evening of Heritage 2024
    • National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
    • UH Houston History Preservationists Panel 2024
    • Happy Birthday Houston 2024
    • Urban Cowboy Movie at Sam Houston Park
    • Houston Heritage Luncheon 2024
    • SEE INTERESTING PLACES (SIP)
  • Weddings & Venues/
  • Collections/
    • Description of THS Collections
    • Collecting Scope
    • Collection Donations
    • Donation FAQs
    • Collection Donation Form
  • Support/
    • Support
    • Membership
    • Annual Fund
    • Giving Tuesday
    • Planned Giving
  • Stories/
    • Minnette Boesel Receives George Christian Award
    • Alayna Davis Poet in Residence 2024 2025
    • Resident Poet Kate-Yeonjae Jeong
    • History Poems by Katrina Machetta
    • Hillary Jasso International Junior Miss Texas Teen
    • Cannonball 2021
    • A Doggie Named Azalea
    • Askew Pharmacy
    • B.A. Shepherd
    • Baker-Meyer Building
    • Banking in Houston
    • Bandstands in Houston's Parks
    • Battelsteins
    • Beating the Heat
    • Camp Logan
    • Emma Richardson Cherry
    • Cleveland Rocker
    • 1928 Democratic National Convention
    • Foley's
    • Ford Model T
    • General Store
    • Henke & Pillot
    • Historic Woodland Heights
    • House Moving in Houston, Then and Now
    • Houston Floods
    • Houston's Historic Squares
    • The Ice Industry in Houston
    • Magnolia Brewing Building
    • Main Street History
    • Zerviah Noble
    • Rice Hotel
    • William Marsh Rice and His Legacy
    • Sears Building
    • The Shamrock Hotel: gone but not forgotten
    • Still Learning about San Jacinto
    • Henry Staiti
    • Texas Beds
    • Texas Company Building
    • Transportation
    • Turnverein
    • Heinrich Warneke
    • Westheimer Family
    • W E Wood Map
    • Jack Yates
    • Pinkie Yates
    • New Year's and Resolve
    • Churches and Faith
    • Thanksgiving and Appreciation
    • National Philanthropy Day and Charity
    • All Saints Day and Spirituality
    • National Farmer's Day Celebration
    • World Architecture Day
    • Citizenship Day and Immigration
    • Labor Day and Politics
    • Harris County's First Woman Juror
    • Gloom Chasers Club
  • Shop Gift Store/
    • Gift Shop
    • Houston & Texas History DVDs
  • About Us/
    • About THS
    • Visitors Information
    • In The News
    • Employment
    • Facility Rentals
    • Board
    • Staff
    • Annual Report
    • Photography Policy
    • Video Production
    • Press Releases
    • 2023 Year-End Letter
    • Accessibility
  • Volunteering/
  • Animals/
  • Contact/
The Heritage Society

The Heritage Society Museum at Sam Houston Park

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The Heritage Society
  • Tours/
    • Historic Building Tours
    • Black History Tours
    • Elevated Tour Experience - Black History
    • Women's History Tours
    • German American Heritage History Tours
    • Museum Gallery
    • UNESCO
    • Map & Parking
    • Sam Houston Park
    • FAQ
    • Special Traffic Alerts
  • Historic Buildings/
    • Kellum-Noble House
    • Nichols-Rice-Cherry House
    • San Felipe Cottage
    • Pillot House
    • St. John Church
    • Old Place
    • Staiti House
    • Yates House
    • Fourth Ward Cottage
    • Baker Family Playhouse
  • Exhibitions/
    • Exhibit Info and Tickets
    • Karankawa Exhibit: An Enduring Culture of Texas
    • Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo HLSR
    • UH Latino cARTographies Digital Board
    • Mexican History Mural Project
    • Permanent Exhibitions
    • The New Red Book: Houston's Black History
    • Agatha Babino Slave Narrative and Connecting with Your Families Past
    • Kennedy LULAC
    • Postcard Exhibit
    • Sponsor an Exhibit
  • Programs and Education/
    • Programs for Adults
    • Karankawa Exhibit Programs
    • Lunch and Learn Speaker Series
    • Children's Programs
    • Badge Workshops for Scouts
    • Programs for Educators
    • School Field Trips
    • School and Community Outreach
    • Research Library
    • Resource Links
  • Houston Heritage Luncheon/
  • Events/
    • Calendar - Current and Future Events
    • Juneteenth
    • Heritage Months - 2025
    • Past Events
    • Platinum Jubilee 2025
    • Express Weddings - Valentine's Day
    • Annual Candlelight and Carols Tour 2024
    • Evening of Heritage 2024
    • National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
    • UH Houston History Preservationists Panel 2024
    • Happy Birthday Houston 2024
    • Urban Cowboy Movie at Sam Houston Park
    • Houston Heritage Luncheon 2024
    • SEE INTERESTING PLACES (SIP)
  • Weddings & Venues/
  • Collections/
    • Description of THS Collections
    • Collecting Scope
    • Collection Donations
    • Donation FAQs
    • Collection Donation Form
  • Support/
    • Support
    • Membership
    • Annual Fund
    • Giving Tuesday
    • Planned Giving
  • Stories/
    • Minnette Boesel Receives George Christian Award
    • Alayna Davis Poet in Residence 2024 2025
    • Resident Poet Kate-Yeonjae Jeong
    • History Poems by Katrina Machetta
    • Hillary Jasso International Junior Miss Texas Teen
    • Cannonball 2021
    • A Doggie Named Azalea
    • Askew Pharmacy
    • B.A. Shepherd
    • Baker-Meyer Building
    • Banking in Houston
    • Bandstands in Houston's Parks
    • Battelsteins
    • Beating the Heat
    • Camp Logan
    • Emma Richardson Cherry
    • Cleveland Rocker
    • 1928 Democratic National Convention
    • Foley's
    • Ford Model T
    • General Store
    • Henke & Pillot
    • Historic Woodland Heights
    • House Moving in Houston, Then and Now
    • Houston Floods
    • Houston's Historic Squares
    • The Ice Industry in Houston
    • Magnolia Brewing Building
    • Main Street History
    • Zerviah Noble
    • Rice Hotel
    • William Marsh Rice and His Legacy
    • Sears Building
    • The Shamrock Hotel: gone but not forgotten
    • Still Learning about San Jacinto
    • Henry Staiti
    • Texas Beds
    • Texas Company Building
    • Transportation
    • Turnverein
    • Heinrich Warneke
    • Westheimer Family
    • W E Wood Map
    • Jack Yates
    • Pinkie Yates
    • New Year's and Resolve
    • Churches and Faith
    • Thanksgiving and Appreciation
    • National Philanthropy Day and Charity
    • All Saints Day and Spirituality
    • National Farmer's Day Celebration
    • World Architecture Day
    • Citizenship Day and Immigration
    • Labor Day and Politics
    • Harris County's First Woman Juror
    • Gloom Chasers Club
  • Shop Gift Store/
    • Gift Shop
    • Houston & Texas History DVDs
  • About Us/
    • About THS
    • Visitors Information
    • In The News
    • Employment
    • Facility Rentals
    • Board
    • Staff
    • Annual Report
    • Photography Policy
    • Video Production
    • Press Releases
    • 2023 Year-End Letter
    • Accessibility
  • Volunteering/
  • Animals/
  • Contact/
  • Tours/
    • Historic Building Tours
    • Black History Tours
    • Elevated Tour Experience - Black History
    • Women's History Tours
    • German American Heritage History Tours
    • Museum Gallery
    • UNESCO
    • Map & Parking
    • Sam Houston Park
    • FAQ
    • Special Traffic Alerts
  • Historic Buildings/
    • Kellum-Noble House
    • Nichols-Rice-Cherry House
    • San Felipe Cottage
    • Pillot House
    • St. John Church
    • Old Place
    • Staiti House
    • Yates House
    • Fourth Ward Cottage
    • Baker Family Playhouse
  • Exhibitions/
    • Exhibit Info and Tickets
    • Karankawa Exhibit: An Enduring Culture of Texas
    • Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo HLSR
    • UH Latino cARTographies Digital Board
    • Mexican History Mural Project
    • Permanent Exhibitions
    • The New Red Book: Houston's Black History
    • Agatha Babino Slave Narrative and Connecting with Your Families Past
    • Kennedy LULAC
    • Postcard Exhibit
    • Sponsor an Exhibit
  • Programs and Education/
    • Programs for Adults
    • Karankawa Exhibit Programs
    • Lunch and Learn Speaker Series
    • Children's Programs
    • Badge Workshops for Scouts
    • Programs for Educators
    • School Field Trips
    • School and Community Outreach
    • Research Library
    • Resource Links
  • Houston Heritage Luncheon/
  • Events/
    • Calendar - Current and Future Events
    • Juneteenth
    • Heritage Months - 2025
    • Past Events
    • Platinum Jubilee 2025
    • Express Weddings - Valentine's Day
    • Annual Candlelight and Carols Tour 2024
    • Evening of Heritage 2024
    • National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
    • UH Houston History Preservationists Panel 2024
    • Happy Birthday Houston 2024
    • Urban Cowboy Movie at Sam Houston Park
    • Houston Heritage Luncheon 2024
    • SEE INTERESTING PLACES (SIP)
  • Weddings & Venues/
  • Collections/
    • Description of THS Collections
    • Collecting Scope
    • Collection Donations
    • Donation FAQs
    • Collection Donation Form
  • Support/
    • Support
    • Membership
    • Annual Fund
    • Giving Tuesday
    • Planned Giving
  • Stories/
    • Minnette Boesel Receives George Christian Award
    • Alayna Davis Poet in Residence 2024 2025
    • Resident Poet Kate-Yeonjae Jeong
    • History Poems by Katrina Machetta
    • Hillary Jasso International Junior Miss Texas Teen
    • Cannonball 2021
    • A Doggie Named Azalea
    • Askew Pharmacy
    • B.A. Shepherd
    • Baker-Meyer Building
    • Banking in Houston
    • Bandstands in Houston's Parks
    • Battelsteins
    • Beating the Heat
    • Camp Logan
    • Emma Richardson Cherry
    • Cleveland Rocker
    • 1928 Democratic National Convention
    • Foley's
    • Ford Model T
    • General Store
    • Henke & Pillot
    • Historic Woodland Heights
    • House Moving in Houston, Then and Now
    • Houston Floods
    • Houston's Historic Squares
    • The Ice Industry in Houston
    • Magnolia Brewing Building
    • Main Street History
    • Zerviah Noble
    • Rice Hotel
    • William Marsh Rice and His Legacy
    • Sears Building
    • The Shamrock Hotel: gone but not forgotten
    • Still Learning about San Jacinto
    • Henry Staiti
    • Texas Beds
    • Texas Company Building
    • Transportation
    • Turnverein
    • Heinrich Warneke
    • Westheimer Family
    • W E Wood Map
    • Jack Yates
    • Pinkie Yates
    • New Year's and Resolve
    • Churches and Faith
    • Thanksgiving and Appreciation
    • National Philanthropy Day and Charity
    • All Saints Day and Spirituality
    • National Farmer's Day Celebration
    • World Architecture Day
    • Citizenship Day and Immigration
    • Labor Day and Politics
    • Harris County's First Woman Juror
    • Gloom Chasers Club
  • Shop Gift Store/
    • Gift Shop
    • Houston & Texas History DVDs
  • About Us/
    • About THS
    • Visitors Information
    • In The News
    • Employment
    • Facility Rentals
    • Board
    • Staff
    • Annual Report
    • Photography Policy
    • Video Production
    • Press Releases
    • 2023 Year-End Letter
    • Accessibility
  • Volunteering/
  • Animals/
  • Contact/

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