Fredericksburg: Pioneer Museum

Large two storey limestone building with two windmills and a wooden cart in the front on the lawn
Sketches of four scenes on a piece of paper. A man holding a whip with men in shackles and banner saying “Liberty”, A man in with some dogs, snakes, and pigs, a man smoking a pipe surrounded by bags of money and three other men with their hats out and a b

Frontispiece from John Meusebach's notebook (UTSA Special Collections Library)

Landscape drawing of hills in background, a manwith a flock of sheep in a valley with trees in the foreground, and a village in the center. Named “Friedrichsburg, Texas” by Herman Lungkwitz

Lungkwitz, Herman. Friedrichburg, Texas. Ca. 1840s (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas-Austin)

Tiny wood frame house with a covered porch

Sunday House at the Pioneer Museum (Pi3.124 CC BY-SA 4.0)

Limestone house with a stuccoed front and part of sides, with a covered porch

Kammlah House at the Pioneer Museum.

Young girl using a butter churn in a primitive kitchen

Activities at the Pioneer Museum. (Gillespie County Historical Society)

Children and adults participating in an outdoor activity using two wood frames with a rope pulled through

Activities at the Pioneer Museum. (Gillespie County Historical Society)

Immerse yourself in the life the early Fredericksburg pioneers – most of them German – through historic artifacts, photographs, and motion-activated audio tours at each of the Pioneer Museum’s ten historic buildings. The first Saturday of each month, enjoy living history demonstrations of pioneer crafts.

Pioneer Museum

  • Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Admission: Adults: $5, Age 6-17: $3
  • 325 W. Main St., Fredericksburg, TX
  • 830-990-8441
  • Visit Website
  • National Register of Historic Places
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