BRENHAM HERITAGE MUSEUM TO HOST ‘CROSSROADS’ SPEAKER SERIES

  

The Brenham Heritage Museum will host a speaker series in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program coming to Brenham in December.

The “Crossroads” speaker series program will host professors and experts discussing a range of insightful and historical topics.  All presentations will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Brenham Heritage Museum Bus Depot Gallery, 313 East Alamo Street.

The series will feature:

• November 12^th - Michael Hurd: Author of Thursday Night Lights; Topic: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas
• November 19^th - Marty Merritt: Support Staff at Rice University, Board Member of Houston Mod. Topic: Architect Travis Broesche
• December 3^rd - Michelle Johnson: Project Manager of the William J. Hill Texas Artists and Artisans Archive. Topic: Material Culture of the Washington County Area and info about the Archive
• December 17^th - James Kearney, PhD: Professor at UT, specializing in Texan-German history. Topic: “The Affair of 1885”
• January 7^th - Walter Kamphoefner, PhD: Professor at A&M, Topic: Germans/Afro-German relations in Washington County
• January 21^st - Walter Buenger, PhD: Professor at UT, Topic: German experience in Washington County

The speaker series program is sponsored in part by the Ant Street Inn/Main Street House. 

Admission is free for museum members and $5 for non-members per presentation. 

Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to RSVP by emailing admin@brenhamheritagemuseum.org.  For more information, visit the museum’s website at www.brenhamheritagemuseum.org.