Cotulla: Brush Country Museum

Bust of Lyndon Baines Johnson on an old school desk in a room full of photos on the wall

LBJ’s first job was teaching 5th, 6th, and 7th grade at a segregated school in Cotulla.

Small white house with sign saying Brush Country Museum
A kitchen with an antique stove
Small white house with sign saying Brush Country Museum and a narrative marker saying Cotulla’s First School
Photo of school children and teacher titled Wellhausen Athletic Club 1928

President Lyndon B. Johnson with his students in Cotulla, circa 1928

1966 photo of President Lyndon Baines Johnson surrounded by a large group of children

President Lyndon B. Johnson revisits the Welhausen School, circa 1966 (Humanities Texas)

Cotulla’s Brush Country Museum curates La Salle County history within the walls of an onsite home and school building. The museum interprets early-20th-century domestic life in Texas, and illuminate Lyndon B. Johnson’s role as educator and principal at the adjacent Welhausen School.

 Brush County Museum

  • Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 2 – 4 p.m. Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Admission: None 
  • 201 S. Stewart St., Cotulla, TX          
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