New Braunfels: Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture

Tree in front of a building named Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture

The museum is located in the 1858 Breustedt home.

Dining room showing exposed fachwerk construction with stone and half timbering, in-wall fireplace, wooden table, chairs, and cabinetry

Interior of the Breustedt home. (New Braunfels Convention and Visitors Bureau)

Bedroom in attic area showing exposed beams and rafters, wooden bed frames, tables and chairs

Interior of the Breustedt home. (New Braunfels Convention and Visitors Bureau)

Tools used in furniture making sitting on a table top

Tools used in furniture making in the museum’s cabinet shop.

Tall wardrobe crafted of wood

Wardrobe, an example of German Texan craftsmanship

Entryway to a log cabin with items of clothing hanging on the wall

The 1847 Reininger Log Cabin on the museum property.

Johann Breustedt emigrated to the United States in 1845, settling in New Braunfels. He married Caroline Dauer and acquired 200 acres at the edge of town. Breustedt had built a four-room home with a large central hall, and as the family grew he built a separate rock kitchen off the house. The Breustedts risked imprisonment – or death – by sheltering Union sympathizers during the Civil War. 

The Breustedt home today is the Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture, housed within Heritage Village, and which exhibits more than 70 pieces of Texas Biedermeier furniture, most of it made in New Braunfels.

Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture

  • Hours: Vary seasonally. See website for information. 
  • Admission: Adults: $5, Seniors: $4, AAA members: $3.50, Children: $2
  • 1370 Church Hill Dr., New Braunfels, TX
  • 830-629-6504
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