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
  • Coastal Cowboys Exhibit UH Latino cARTographies Digital Board Exhibit Info and Tickets Texas America250 Exhibit Mexican History Mural Project Permanent Exhibitions Past: Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo HLSR Exhibit Past: Karankawa Exhibit: An Enduring Culture of Texas Past: The New Red Book: Houston's Black History Past: Agatha Babino Slave Narrative and Connecting with Your Families Past Exhibit Past: Kennedy LULAC Exhibit Postcard Exhibit Sponsor an Exhibit
  • Programs for Adults Evening Speaker Wine Reception Series Lunch and Learn Speaker Series Facebook Live! with Mister McKinney of Mister McKinney's Historic Houston History on Tap Children's Programs Badge Workshops for Scouts Programs for Educators School Field Trips School and Community Outreach Research Library Resource Links Karankawa Exhibit Programs
  • 250th Anniversary of USA
  • Calendar - Current and Future Events See Interesting Places (SIP) 2025 Evening of Heritage 2025 Heritage Months - 2025 Past Events Happy Birthday Houston 2025 Juneteenth Houston Heritage Luncheon Platinum Jubilee 2025 Express Weddings - Valentine's Day Annual Candlelight and Carols Tour 2025 Evening of Heritage 2024 National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 UH Houston History Preservationists Panel 2024 Urban Cowboy Movie at Sam Houston Park Houston Heritage Luncheon 2024
  • Weddings & Venues
  • Description of THS Collections Collecting Scope Collection Donations Donation FAQs Collection Donation Form
  • Support Membership Annual Fund Giving Tuesday Planned Giving
  • Joanne Zumbrun Board Member Houston History Hare Greyson 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/
    • Coastal Cowboys Exhibit
    • UH Latino cARTographies Digital Board
    • Exhibit Info and Tickets
    • Texas America250 Exhibit
    • Mexican History Mural Project
    • Permanent Exhibitions
    • Past: Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo HLSR Exhibit
    • Past: Karankawa Exhibit: An Enduring Culture of Texas
    • Past: The New Red Book: Houston's Black History
    • Past: Agatha Babino Slave Narrative and Connecting with Your Families Past Exhibit
    • Past: Kennedy LULAC Exhibit
    • Postcard Exhibit
    • Sponsor an Exhibit
  • Programs and Education/
    • Programs for Adults
    • Evening Speaker Wine Reception Series
    • Lunch and Learn Speaker Series
    • Facebook Live! with Mister McKinney of Mister McKinney's Historic Houston
    • History on Tap
    • Children's Programs
    • Badge Workshops for Scouts
    • Programs for Educators
    • School Field Trips
    • School and Community Outreach
    • Research Library
    • Resource Links
    • Karankawa Exhibit Programs
  • 250th Anniversary of USA/
  • Events/
    • Calendar - Current and Future Events
    • See Interesting Places (SIP) 2025
    • Evening of Heritage 2025
    • Heritage Months - 2025
    • Past Events
    • Happy Birthday Houston 2025
    • Juneteenth
    • Houston Heritage Luncheon
    • Platinum Jubilee 2025
    • Express Weddings - Valentine's Day
    • Annual Candlelight and Carols Tour 2025
    • Evening of Heritage 2024
    • National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
    • UH Houston History Preservationists Panel 2024
    • Urban Cowboy Movie at Sam Houston Park
    • Houston Heritage Luncheon 2024
  • 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/
    • Joanne Zumbrun Board Member
    • Houston History Hare Greyson
    • 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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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/
    • Coastal Cowboys Exhibit
    • UH Latino cARTographies Digital Board
    • Exhibit Info and Tickets
    • Texas America250 Exhibit
    • Mexican History Mural Project
    • Permanent Exhibitions
    • Past: Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo HLSR Exhibit
    • Past: Karankawa Exhibit: An Enduring Culture of Texas
    • Past: The New Red Book: Houston's Black History
    • Past: Agatha Babino Slave Narrative and Connecting with Your Families Past Exhibit
    • Past: Kennedy LULAC Exhibit
    • Postcard Exhibit
    • Sponsor an Exhibit
  • Programs and Education/
    • Programs for Adults
    • Evening Speaker Wine Reception Series
    • Lunch and Learn Speaker Series
    • Facebook Live! with Mister McKinney of Mister McKinney's Historic Houston
    • History on Tap
    • Children's Programs
    • Badge Workshops for Scouts
    • Programs for Educators
    • School Field Trips
    • School and Community Outreach
    • Research Library
    • Resource Links
    • Karankawa Exhibit Programs
  • 250th Anniversary of USA/
  • Events/
    • Calendar - Current and Future Events
    • See Interesting Places (SIP) 2025
    • Evening of Heritage 2025
    • Heritage Months - 2025
    • Past Events
    • Happy Birthday Houston 2025
    • Juneteenth
    • Houston Heritage Luncheon
    • Platinum Jubilee 2025
    • Express Weddings - Valentine's Day
    • Annual Candlelight and Carols Tour 2025
    • Evening of Heritage 2024
    • National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
    • UH Houston History Preservationists Panel 2024
    • Urban Cowboy Movie at Sam Houston Park
    • Houston Heritage Luncheon 2024
  • 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/
    • Joanne Zumbrun Board Member
    • Houston History Hare Greyson
    • 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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See OUR EXHIBIT PROGRAMS

SEPTEMBER

  • Women’s International Festival: Saturday, September 6, 2025 - Women’s History Booth at Midtown Park, 3:00 PM

  • History on Tap: Thursday, September 11, 2025 - Dr. Steven Sewell "Choctaw Beer: Tonic or Devil's Brew?", 6:30 PM

  • VisitHouston Signature Experience for the Soul - From Plantation to Emancipation- Saturday, September 13, 10 AM

  • Coastal Cowboys Exhibit Grand Opening - Members Event - Wednesday, September 17, 6 PM

  • Lunch and Learn: Thursday, September 18, 2025 - Dr. Samantha Rodriguez, Hispanic Heritage Month- “Brown and Black Place-Making: Forging Race and Gender Power in Houston”, Noon

  • VisitHouston Signature Experience for the Soul - From Plantation to Emancipation- Saturday, September 27, 10 AM

    OCTOBER

  • Facebook Live with Mister McKinney of Mister McKinney’s Historic Houston: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - “Kirk Farris presents Hidden Houston”, 7:00 PM

  • Evening Speaking Series & Wine Reception: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - “Restoring the Heart of Houston…Market Square!” by Preservation Houston and Minnette Boesel, 6:00 PM

  • See Interesting Places (SIP): Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - An Evening at the Trone-Howe House, 6:00 PM

  • History on Tap: Thursday, October 9, 2025 - 6:30 PM

  • VisitHouston Signature Experience for the Soul - From Plantation to Emancipation- Saturday, October 11, 10 AM

  • Lunch and Learn: Thursday, October 16, 2025- Christean Kapp with Saengerbund.org - “German Americans, German Texans, & German Town Houston”, Noon

  • Evening Speaking Series & Wine Reception: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - “History of the Port Houston” by Erik Eriksson, Chief Legal Officer for Port Houston, 6:00 PM

  • VisitHouston Signature Experience for the Soul - From Plantation to Emancipation- Saturday, October 25, 10 AM

    NOVEMBER

  • Evening of Heritage: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - Moving Forward, Looking Back with Author Robert T. Sakowitz

  • VisitHouston Signature Experience for the Soul - From Plantation to Emancipation- Saturday, November 8, 10 AM

  • History on Tap: Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 6:30 PM

  • Lunch and Learn: Thursday, November 20, 2025 - Family History Research Center, Clayton Library presents “Finding Your Roots”

  • VisitHouston Signature Experience for the Soul - From Plantation to Emancipation- Saturday, November 22, 10 AM

    DECEMBER

  • VisitHouston Signature Experience for the Soul - From Plantation to Emancipation- Saturday, December 12, 10 AM

  • History on Tap: Thursday, December 11, 2025 - 6:30 PM

  • Annual Candlelight & Choirs Tour: December 12 and 13, 2025 -5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

  • Annual Christmas Eve Service at St John Church: Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 3 PM

  • VisitHouston Signature Experience for the Soul - From Plantation to Emancipation- Saturday, December 27, 10 AM


  • 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/
    • Coastal Cowboys Exhibit
    • UH Latino cARTographies Digital Board
    • Exhibit Info and Tickets
    • Texas America250 Exhibit
    • Mexican History Mural Project
    • Permanent Exhibitions
    • Past: Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo HLSR Exhibit
    • Past: Karankawa Exhibit: An Enduring Culture of Texas
    • Past: The New Red Book: Houston's Black History
    • Past: Agatha Babino Slave Narrative and Connecting with Your Families Past Exhibit
    • Past: Kennedy LULAC Exhibit
    • Postcard Exhibit
    • Sponsor an Exhibit
  • Programs and Education/
    • Programs for Adults
    • Evening Speaker Wine Reception Series
    • Lunch and Learn Speaker Series
    • Facebook Live! with Mister McKinney of Mister McKinney's Historic Houston
    • History on Tap
    • Children's Programs
    • Badge Workshops for Scouts
    • Programs for Educators
    • School Field Trips
    • School and Community Outreach
    • Research Library
    • Resource Links
    • Karankawa Exhibit Programs
  • 250th Anniversary of USA/
  • Events/
    • Calendar - Current and Future Events
    • See Interesting Places (SIP) 2025
    • Evening of Heritage 2025
    • Heritage Months - 2025
    • Past Events
    • Happy Birthday Houston 2025
    • Juneteenth
    • Houston Heritage Luncheon
    • Platinum Jubilee 2025
    • Express Weddings - Valentine's Day
    • Annual Candlelight and Carols Tour 2025
    • Evening of Heritage 2024
    • National Hispanic Heritage Month 2024
    • UH Houston History Preservationists Panel 2024
    • Urban Cowboy Movie at Sam Houston Park
    • Houston Heritage Luncheon 2024
  • 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/
    • Joanne Zumbrun Board Member
    • Houston History Hare Greyson
    • 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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