PIONEER MUSEUM

In the mid-1840s, Germans looking for a different life risked everything to get here, faced every obstacle and created a unique German colony in the heart of the Texas Hill Country.

The Pioneer Museum is a combination museum and historical site on 3.5 acres. It features historic homesteads and buildings donated by founding families of Gillespie County.

General Information

• Day Passes are exclusively sold at the Pioneer Museum and the Vereins Kirche Museum. Day Passes are good for 24 hours from the time of purchase and provide entrance to the Pioneer Museum, Vereins Kirche Museum, and Historic Jail (when open for programs).

• Admissions - Day Pass Cost Members: Free General Admission: $12 Military and Senior: $7 Student: $5 Children ages 5 and under: FREE

Among the structures is a oneroom school house, log cabin, Sunday house, bath house, barn and a smokehouse. Artifacts and architecture help to preserve and tell stories.

The Fredericksburg Volunteer Fire Department Museum, which displays pieces of early 20th century firefighting equipment, is also housed at the location.

• Monthly Events Living History Days - First Saturday of each month Historic Jail - First Saturday of each month Handwerkers on Pioneer Museum Grounds - First Saturday of each month Spinners on Pioneer Museum Grounds - Second Saturday of each month Fredericksburg Farmers Market at the Pioneer Museum – Every Thursday in October

CALENDAR Sept. 16 – Little Pioneers Program - Bread and Butter Oct. 21 – Little Pioneers Program - Hand-dipped Candle Making Nov. 11 – St. Martin’s Day Celebration Nov. 22 – Holiday Market Preview Party Nov. 23 – Historic Home Tour and Holiday Market Dec. 7 – Kinderfest Dec. 7-8 – Singing Christmas Tree Dec. 13 – Tannenbaum Ball Dec. 26 – Zweite Weihnachten (Second Christmas) Jan. 20 – Little Pioneers Program - Blacksmithing Feb. 17 – 10:15 a.m. - Little Pioneers Program - Quilting Mar. 17-22 – Spring Break Living History Week Apr. 19 – Easter Egg Hunt May 2 – Lenz Fest *Please check Events page to see the dates and details for these programs.