FIRST WEEKEND AT THE MUSEUM
2026 PUBLIC PROGRAM SERIES
Friday before 1st Saturday of Month
Located at the Gillespie County Historical Society Sanctuary
312 W. San Antonio St.
Doors open at 3 p.m.
Program + Q&A from 3:30 - 5 p.m.
February 6
Medicinal Native Plants of the Texas Hill Country
Lauren Peterson, White Deer Apothecary
March 6
Spring History Harvest
Tim Dooley, Evelyn Weinheimer and Dave Schafer
April 3
Easter Fires of Fredericksburg
Glen Treibs & the Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association
May 1
Founders Day Weekend
Telling the story of German Immigration to Texas at the Pioneer Museum and Vereins Kirche.
Evelyn Weinheimer
June 5
History through Photography
Grant Hanson, National Museum of the Pacific War
July 3
Schuetzenfest in Gillespie County
Speaker details coming soon
August 7
Antique Tractor Club
Speaker details coming soon
September 4
Geology of the Texas Hill Country
Dana Rowan
October 3
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Speaker details coming soon
November 6
Fall History Harvest
Now taking submissions for presenters.
Email info@pioneermuseum.org
December 4
No public program - Kinderfest on Saturday December 5
Sponsors of Live Stream and Archival Videos
FIRST WEEKEND AT THE MUSEUM
Held the 1st Saturday of the Month
Come Share Our Story!
Also included are our regularly scheduled First Weekend activities.
ADMISSION INCLUDES:
• Pioneer Museum open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Temporary Exhibit in the Museum Store
Spinner Demonstration
Handwerker Demonstration
Blacksmithing Demonstration
Frontier History Company Interpretive Living Historians
A hands-on, family activity
Museum-wide scavenger hunt
Museum Store – 10% off Book of the Month
• Vereins Kirche Museum at Marktplatz, open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Historic Jail, 117 W. San Antonio St., with Interpretive Living Historians 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.