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Spread across three and half acres, the Pioneer Museum Complex showcases the history and culture of a Texas Hill Country community established by German immigrants who settled in the area in the early 19th Century. The original Pioneer Museum site was on West Main Street in the Vereins Kirche, a replica of the 1935 church. In 2008, the museum moved to its current location. The Gillespie County Historical Society, which is in charge of the complex, purchased the historic Kammlah house, store, smokehouse, and barn in 1955. The Pioneer Museum has eleven buildings today.

Nine of them are of historic significance and can be visited during the tour of the museum grounds. The Society also has more than 300,000 artifacts that portray the rich German heritage of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County. A few times a year, the museum organizes events that include docents dressed in period costumes, storytelling, rope and soap making, sheep shearing, and so much more.

Address: Pioneer Museum Complex, 325 W Main St, Fredericksburg, Texas 78624, Phone: 830-990-8441

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