Thank you to so many for stopping by the Tomball Museum Center’s booth at the 4th of July Festival. We, the volunteers, had a wonderful time. Several highlights stand out for us, 1. taking pictures with people in our costumes, 2. playing a game from the 1800s with kids, and 3. the guessing game ” […]
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A rainy day didn’t stop the fun at the Tomball Museum Center. We learned in the one room school house, wrote with feather pins, made whirlygigs, paper hats, and tie-dyed a handkerchief. We played quiots and pickup sticks. It was fun pretending to be in the 1800’s.
The Smokehouse Repair Smokehouse repair at The Tomball Museum Center was performed during the summer of 2019, due to termite damage. The extensive termite damage was discovered in the Smokehouse. The smokehouse, located behind the Theis House was in desperate need of repair. In June and July 2019, a team was gathered to repair the
Enjoy a virtual tour of some of the Historic Buildings at the Tomball Museum complex and gain insight into the local families who settled the region. The museum complex features a collection of historical buildings significant to the Tomball area. (Tour given by Lynn McCoy, Tomball Museum Center, Spring Creek County Historical Association). Video from
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Thank you to Patty McGrath Jones for restoring the original lettering to the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church sign! The sign reads: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Neudorf Dreinigkeits Congregation On Little Cypress Creek Established May 20, 1876 Welcome Neudorf, Texas
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Meet Clark Johnson of BSA Troop #113. He has started on such an important project here at the Museum. Clark will be working on repairing/restoring the WWII Memorials that were dedicated to the former students of Tomball High School who made the Supreme Sacrifice in World War II. We will document Clark’s progress over the
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Ben Scholl’s Moment Saving String and Other Things In spring 2001, the Griffin House, the largest building on the Tomball Museum property, was repainted. The painter had to replace some of the boards and the new boards had to be special-milled to match the existing boards. Since cypress siding is no longer available we replaced
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