A beautiful park, with an awesome duck pond and several historical buildings that have been moved to this common location. The museum proper is quite impressive, with a multitude of items and artifacts relating to Sam Houston and to Texas history. Loved every bit of it! Well worth the visit! Be advised, however, that the photograph of Sam Houston's grave (shown in the title) is NOT at the museum, but is actually several miles north at the Oakwood Cemetery. Another place well worth the visit!
This is a great area to explore Sam Houston. Tow houses on the property plus museum. We sent Sunday afternoon walking around the area. I greatly admire Sam Houston after learning more about him. Small fee.
thanks to the Mayor and Chamber of Commerce my group was allowed to have a dinner served in the Rotunda.The beautiful surroundings of art and history made it a very special evening. The Museum was closedto the public while we were there!
To see Santa Ana's saddle and sword, lots about Sam Houston and outside on the grounds wonderful original buildings and frequent demonstrations by museum staff of cooking, metal work, clothes-- spectacular. They even re-enacted Sam's funeral!
The first thing I noticed about this museum was the kilt that belonged to Sam. There was a lot of relevant information and this museum has a fee and you are given a tag to wear so that you can get into the other building. i enjoyed it very much.
The museum has a broad range of interesting artifacts and history about and related to Sam Houston. On the grounds are the Steamboat House and the The Woodlands Home amidst beautiful surroundings. The museum is part of Sam Houston State University and is right across the street from the main campus, which is a wonderful. Check out the museum's website before visiting to see if special exhibits or programs are being held. Just a short distance down the street, beyond the town square, is Sam Houston's grave site.
There was no diversity at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum. I know it's about Sam Houston but it should have been more minority friendly. This museum did not offer any kind of Mexican or Native American friendliness. It even made Slave owning sound like a normal profession. I posted a picture of the museum using words like Indian, instead of Native American. I personally do not like the term Indian, Indians are people from India, not Native Americans.
Was very helpful in finding out about the area. Enjoyed the tour of the grounds, his house, and the museum. Staff very knowledgeable.
Now there are over 80 ducks, from ducklings to old 'uns, and a whole passle of chickens. Two houses including the unique "Steamboat House", Sam's law office, blacksmith shop, pottery shed, and grounds. Sam was leader of two nations (Republic of Texas and Cherokee Nation) U.S. Congressman from Tennessee, Senator from Texas, U.S. ambassador to Indian Nations, Cherokee Ambassador to the U.S., hero of two wars (1812 & Texas Revolution) and statesman of unusual proportions (6'4"). Buildings closed on Mondays. Across the street from Sam Houston State University.
Very interesting. Spent about 2 hours in the museum, then another 2 hours touring the historical buildings and watching the blacksmith and pottery demonstrations. Definitely recommend!