Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas
The Library and Museum is devoted to education and preservation of history. The major collection in the Library is comprised of Masonic and Texas histories and biographies. Exhibits in the Museum include the Republic of Texas Collection, the Military and Holocaust Collection, the Railroad Collection and the Masonry in Texas Collection with the addition of…
Read MoreMayborn Museum Complex
Located on the Baylor University campus, the Mayborn Museum Complex features a natural science and cultural history museum focusing on Central Texas with walk-in dioramas including one on the Waco Mammoth Site, and exploration stations for geology, paleontology, archaeology, and natural history. In addition to the natural history exhibits, there are seventeen themed discovery rooms…
Read MoreMcCulloch House Museum
The original two room structure was built by Dr. Josiah H. Caldwell as a home for his wife and five children. In 1870, the house was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Champe Carter McCulloch who expanded the structure to its present size. The house was occupied by family members of the McCulloch family until 1971. Along…
Read MoreLee Lockwood Library & Museum
Discover the majesty of Waco’s own Lee Lockwood Library and Museum. The home of the Waco Scottish Rite of Freemasonry also hosts a variety of public and private events. Lee Lockwood Scottish Rite Library and Museum (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Monday thru Thursday 8:00 AM -5:00 PM and Friday 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM) The…
Read MoreInstitute for Oral History
Through dynamic, recorded interviews, oral history preserves the stories of individuals who helped create the fabric of history and whose lives, in turn, were shaped by the people, places, events, and ideas of their day. The Institute for Oral History has recorded and preserved oral histories since 1970, earning along the way a strong reputation…
Read MoreDr Pepper Museum
Visit the Original Home of Dr Pepper and enjoy two buildings of exhibits, including three floors in the historic bottling plant building. Book one of our popular experiences like Make-A-Soda, Taste-A-Soda, the Extreme Pepper Experience, and the Paranormal Tour. All experiences must be booked online in advance, but admission tickets must be bought at the…
Read MoreEarle-Harrison House & Pape Gardens
First floor and Gardens are ADA accessible. Built at the edge of an unsettled frontier, this Greek Revival-style mansion stands as the only restored antebellum home open to the public in Waco. Dr. Baylis Wood Earle and his wife, Ann Eliza Harrison Earle, moved from their plantation in Aberdeen, Mississippi, to the fertile cotton land…
Read MoreEarle-Napier-Kinnard House Museum
In 1855, John Baylis Earle moved to Waco from Alabama and began construction on one of the earliest brick homes of Waco. Mr. Earle briefly served in the Confederate Army, but had to leave due to his poor eyesight. In 1866, Earle moved his family to East Waco. In 1868, after the Civil War, Dr. John…
Read MoreEast Terrace House Museum
Every princess needs a castle! After moving from Tennessee in 1858, industrialist J. W. Mann built this beautiful house for his bride, Cemira. In 1874, J. W. Mann, his wife, and their two young boys, Howard and J. W. Jr., moved into East Terrace. Mr. Mann was involved in several businesses, including the brick company…
Read MoreArmstrong Browning Library
The ABL and M is an architectural gem and repository of thousands of items related to the Victorian poets Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, others of their literary milieu and British Victorian culture, literature and life. Closed Sundays
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