Category Archives: Museum
Wanted: La Vernia school yearbooks – any year
LV Schools – a new series of exhibits
Remembering the Road to Independence – a small two-day-only exhibit Mar. 2 & 3
In celebration of Texas Independence Day, this small exhibit features artifacts from the Alamo and the Cibolo Crossing at La Vernia. Learn more here. Continue reading →
Learn more about the oak tree grown from an acorn of the Deaf Smith tree
Download the handout we shared at the dedication ceremony for the bench donated by the La Vernia Garden Club and placed under the historic tree grown from an acorn of the Deaf Smith tree. Continue reading →
Heritage Museum Hurricane Update
We will not be ready to open the museum as scheduled this Sunday, Sept. 3 due to the necessary preparations we had to make for Hurricane Harvey: We had to move almost all exhibits to a safer area and now … Continue reading →
Searching for descendants of mural photographer
Candelario Alegria was a photographer in Wilson and Bexar Counties in the early 1900s. He captured a beautiful moment in La Vernia’s history when he snapped this image of Chihuahua Street in 1909. His photograph is now the mural on … Continue reading →