Author: Chelsea Beck

Easter Holiday at the Museum

The Texas Wendish Heritage Museum will be closed April 14th-18th to allow our staff and volunteers to celebrate Holy Week and Easter. We will reopen with our normal hours on Tuesday, April 19th. If you need to reach us, please email us at museum@texaswendish.org .

Wendish Fest 2022

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?...

Wends Featured in Texas Co-op Power Magazine

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...

The museum will be closed Thursday afternoon, May 20, 2021, in memory of Hattie Schautschick, TWHS Board member Emeritus. Her funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at St. Paul. Hattie, our noodle lady, was a big part of TWHS, making noodles for many, many years. She...

Attention All TWHS Members: Special Voters’ Meeting

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...

Online Scholarship Fundraiser T-Shirt Sale!

We are working hard to get another fundraiser meal put together, as we had to cancel the annual one back in January. In the meantime, please visit our Etsy store (linked below) to purchase a Wendish Culture Club T-shirt designed by volunteer, Jeremy Clifton! Proceeds from the sale...

Museum Closed for Easter

Rjane jutry! Happy Easter! The Texas Wendish Heritage Museum will be closed April 2-5 to allow volunteers and staff to celebrate with their families!

Holiday Closures

Žohowane Hody! Strowe Nowe lěto! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! The Museum will be closed December 23rd – January 4th. We are excited to see you when we return on the 5th!