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The Texas Wendish Heritage Society is excited to announce that the TWHS Scholarship Program application for the 2024-2025 school year is now open! Applications will be accepted online only. The deadline to apply is Friday, July 12 by 5:00PM CT. Applications must be complete and turned in online before the...
A group tour to visit our Wendish/Sorbian homeland in Upper Lusatia is being offered for next year, April 27 to May 8. Tour hosts for the trip are Rev. Dr. Gerald B, Kieschnick and his wife Terry, and Glenn Pittsford and his wife Wanda. Registrations are open and...
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Contact the museum for more information on upcoming classes and workshops offered by the WRE. We would love to have you join us but please keep in mind that registration is required to attend. Please share this with anyone you know who might be interested.
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We are thrilled to announce that the TWHS will host its 34th Annual Wendish Fest on September 25, 2022. We have received a number or inquiries about the festival and wanted to address the most common ones here in an easy to find place. When is Wendish Fest?...
Articles / News / Traditions
The Texas Wendish Heritage Society was invited to do a featured article by our friends at Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative in the March 2022 Texas Co-op Power Magazine. Bluebonnet’s team came out to the museum where they interviewed Marian Wiederhold and Sandra Matthijetz about their Wendish heritage with a...
A SPECIAL VOTERS’ MEETING Sunday, May 23rd (following the 3pm bell dedication at the Museum) TO VOTE ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO TWHS BYLAWS Pertaining to the frequency of membership meetings, how board meetings are held, and giving the board the authority to change bylaws. Voters can review the...
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UPDATE: As of August 1st, we will be open for our normal hours again (Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5pm). Please considering calling ahead if you have a group of 10 or more. We are excited to announce that we will cautiously reopen the museum beginning Tuesday, June 2nd with measures in...
Dr. Joe Wilson made incredible contributions to uncovering our Wendish history, a story he discovered through his Wendish bride, Adele Herbrich. Our paths crossed in 1986 when Weldon Mersiovsky pointed me in Dr. Wilson’s direction for help in my own family research. He was a help to me...
Witaj! (Hello!) from the Wendish Museum! As we start to see the promise of cooler weather (finally!), and with the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidaysjust around the corner, I give thanks for each and every one of our members and supporters. The Texas Wendish Heritage Society and Museum would...
Greetings from Serbin! It has been said that looking back helps one to understand where one is going. In the museum and heritage preservation business, we spend a lot of time looking back. “Looking back” is something I’ve certainly spent many hours doing over the past few years...
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Wendish living history demonstration on April 27
April 4, 2024
Museum Closed from March 26-31 for Easter
March 24, 2024
Coffee Cake Baking Class at the Museum
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Membership Meeting Presentation – October 2023
October 24, 2023
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