BRENHAM TO HOST MUSEUM ON MAIN STREET

  

Brenham was selected by the Texas Historical Commission as one of seven towns  to host Museum on Main Street (MoMS), a program of the Smithsonian Institution that brings traveling exhibits to rural communities across the country. The exhibit, Crossroads: Change in Rural America, will be traveling the state in 2024 and 2025 and be in Brenham from December 7, 2024 – January 19, 2025.

City of Brenham Director of Tourism & Marketing Jennifer Eckermann said, “This is a wonderful opportunity for Brenham to partner with the prestigious Smithsonian Institution.”

Eckermann added that plans are underway to make this a cultural, educational, and unifying experience that will impact the community. They are looking create local exhibits and other program activities and outreach, and are seeking community collaborators.

Eckermann, with Visit Brenham, Dr. Tina Henderson, President of the Texas Ten Historical Explorers, Inc., and David Thomas, Executive Director of the Brenham Heritage Museum, are the original application partners and attended orientation workshops kicking off the program in Texas.

Local exhibits, educational programs, and cultural activities developed will tie into the primary themes of the Smithsonian’s Crossroads exhibit, including Identity; Land; Community; Persistence; and Change.

Thomas encourages the community to get involved in the experience as opportunities to participate are shared. He added that they want to kick off the community participation by asking questions of the people who have chosen to live in the Brenham/Washington County area.

An online survey is available at www.VisitBrenhamTexas.com/MoMS, and answers will be shared on that page which will also be used to update the public on the community’s work with Museum on Main Street.