pink background with text: Cupid's Cards: Historic Valentines, February 3rd-14th

Cupid's Cards: Historic Valentines

Thursday 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Join us at the French Legation to discover the romance (and humor) of Valentines Day throughout the past before making your own!

Exhibit: Tom Lea’s Twelve Travelers Through the Pass of the North

Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Celebrate El Paso's rich history by viewing Tom Lea's "Twelve Travelers Through the Pass of the North" at the Magoffin Home Visitors Center in collaboration with the Tom Lea Institute.

pink background with text: Cupid's Cards: Historic Valentines, February 3rd-14th

Cupid's Cards: Historic Valentines

Friday 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Join us at the French Legation to discover the romance (and humor) of Valentines Day throughout the past before making your own!

Viva Zapata! movie poster

Atomic Age After Dark: Viva Zapata! Movie Night

Friday 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Join us for another movie night showing a 1950s classic that inspired George H.W. Bush & Bill and Hugh Liedtke to name their oil company Zapata Petroleum! The movie is a biographical movie about Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata but is filmed in English. Movie will be shown in the Visitors Center. Snacks and drinks are provided but guests are welcome to bring their own.

A group of bike riders dressed in athletic clothing pedal along the road of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. The shaft of the San Jacinto Monument stands on the left side of the image.

Cycling Saturdays

Saturday 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.

The roads within the San Jacinto State Historic Site will open early for bicyclists. Travel our 7.5 miles of site roads and see the battleground where Texas was won at your own pace. No motorized vehicles will be allowed into the site during this time to promote safe bicycling.

Exhibit: Tom Lea’s Twelve Travelers Through the Pass of the North

Saturday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Celebrate El Paso's rich history by viewing Tom Lea's "Twelve Travelers Through the Pass of the North" at the Magoffin Home Visitors Center in collaboration with the Tom Lea Institute.

husband and wife in 1830s attire cut cake

Fanthorp Wedding and Stagecoach Ride

Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Living history event at the Fanthorp Inn in Anderson, TX

A wooden spinning wheel with spindles and raw fiber rests on a table.

Spinning and Weaving

Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Learn more about traditional spinning and weaving at a demonstration from the Bay Area Weavers and Spinners every second Saturday at the San Jacinto Museum.

cooking food

Cooking in the Kitchen & Quarter (Saturday)

Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Enslaved women and men, such as Mary, Jerry, Willis, Amy, and Charity, were an integral part of the full story of Barrington. Start your experience behind the Jones Home in the bustle of a busy plantation kitchen and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of a hearth cooked meal being prepared. Journey to the other side of the plantation and learn what foods Mary, Jerry, or Willis would prepare for themselves in the Quarter. Contact us at Barrington-Plantation@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x248 for more information.

blueprint of a springfield rifle

The Bullet Revolution: Military Arms in Transition, 1852-1883

Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Explore a pivotal era of transformation in military history as firearms and ammunition evolved from smoothbore muskets to more efficient, deadly, and technologically advanced weaponry. This program offers an overview of the innovations, challenges, and impacts that reshaped tactics and warfare in the mid-19th century.