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Since our Coffee Cake Baking Class is super popular, we decided to add a second November date for the class! Interested in learning how to make a Wendish Coffee Cake? We are offering an in-person class at the museum on Saturday, November 23 from 10AM-12PM led by Joyce...
Announcements / Events / Museum / Traditions
Interested in learning how to make a Wendish Coffee Cake? We are offering an in-person class at the museum on November 3 from 2-4PM led by Joyce Jenke. To sign up for the class, fill out this form: https://forms.gle/fo1VNi7c8ohgEw8X6. If you have any questions, contact us at 979-366-2441...
Announcements / Events / Museum / Traditions
Are you interested in learning how to make your own Wendish Embossed Easter Eggs? Our next class at the Texas Wendish Heritage Museum will be on Saturday, October 19 from 9AM-4PM. If you would like to sign up for the class, contact us at (979) 366-2441 or museum@texaswendish.org....
Announcements / Events / Museum / Traditions
Our popular Coffee Cake Baking Class is back! We have three different sign-up dates and would love to share our traditions in the kitchen with yall. Click on the class date that fits your schedule and fill out a form to register: March 24 Class, April 27 Class,...
UPDATE: CLASS IS NOW FULL! Please let us know if you have interest in attending a future class. Limited Space Available! Reserve your spot soon! See flyer for details.
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...
The following article was written by Trudla Malinkowa for an issue of the Sorbian cultural magazine Rozhlad. Her original article was written in Wendish; however, she graciously translated the original to German, and David Goeke translated the German to English. We express our sincere gratitude to Trudla for sharing her...
Few could have imagined that the small Wendish Culture Club chartered by five women in the early 1970s would blossom into today’s Texas Wendish Heritage Society and one of the most important Wendish gatherings outside of Germany. It’s a long way from Budyšin to Serbin, and it’s a...
When I started making bonnets over five years ago, I would draft a pattern for each of the bonnets in our Museum collection or of the bonnets loaned to me for our exhibit. I would then sew the bonnet and model it for my family. My husband, Chuck,...
Museum / News / Traditions
As announced in the last issue of our newsletter, we were awarded a grant from the Texas Historical Foundation to support the development of a collection of visual media for an interactive display that will be installed in the Peter Building. Since receiving the award, we have purchased a tablet...
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Museum Closed from November 25-30 for Thanksgiving
November 14, 2024
Coffee Cake Baking Class at the Museum on November 23
October 22, 2024
Coffee Cake Baking Class at the Museum on November 3
October 19, 2024
Wendish Fest featured in Texas Monthly
October 10, 2024
TWHS Membership Meeting & Olde Tyme Wendish Sunday on October 20
October 9, 2024
Wendish Embossed Easter Egg Decorating Class on October 19
October 2, 2024
Thank You, Wendish Fest 2024 Sponsors!
September 20, 2024
Wendish Fest 2024 – Know Before You Go
August 4, 2024