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Museum Hours Wednesday-Friday 1:00 to 5:00 PM Saturday 12:00 to 4:00 PM Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 PM |
Museum Tours
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ENTRANCE: The engraved bricks have a key and a notebook with histories of the persons named on the bricks. | |
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ENTRY CLOSET: Contains photo albums, notebooks, and books for browsing. | |
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STUDENT DESK: Is handmade in the mission style | |
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ENTRY: The hall tree was owned by Mrs. Rocky Reagan. The cowboy hat was owned by Luther Stewart, a traditional cowboy. He mended his old hat, and the stitching can be seen. | |
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PLAQUE: Across from the counter is a plaque honoring Grace Armantrout. Nearby is furniture she had in her parlour, mostly from the 1880's. | |
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GIFT SHOP: The gift shop is the counter. Items are stored below: afghans, rocks, historical mugs, hand-painted china, china blanks, some photographs for sale. | |
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DISPLAY ROOM: At the beginning is a safe of old irons and some glassware. | |
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MUSIC ROOM: The next area is called "Grace's Music Room." There is an Edison Cylinder-shaped record player and a player piano. Prints have Maxfield Parrish's famous blue shade. A Sabino glass sculpture is on the side-by-side. | |
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BEDROOM: This area is set up like a Victorian bedroom with a four poster bed. The dresser is the oldest piece of furniture in the museum (1860). Over the bed is a porcelain frame with a beveled mirror. | |
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OFFICE: There are items from the Canfield store and some old books. | |
SMALL ROOM: The smaller display room contains a literary display of history, 1400's through 1600's. "Fact, Fiction, and The New World" is the title. The subtitle is The Role of Books in the Making of America. Maxfield Parrish paintings and art books are being shown along with Gene-Stratton Porter's books and other older books. |
YEARLY ACTIVITIES
Brown Bag Lunches
4th Wednesday
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Winter Bridge Tournament
Spring Barbecue
Community Field Trips
Area Sites and Museums
Student Programs
Trunk Shows for Classrooms
Summer Activities
Arts and Crafts
Calligraphy
Gift Shop
Live Oak County Afghans and Mugs
Old Books
Rocks
China
Grace Armantrout Museum
P.O. Box 248
George West, Texas 78022
361-449-3325
fax 361-449-3295
Mary R. Johnson.....Museum Director