corn on stalk

Corn: Field to Table (Saturday)

Take in the sights, sounds, and smells of our corn crop undergoing the transition from field to table!

corn on stalk

Corn: Field to Table (Sunday)

Take in the sights, sounds, and smells of our corn crop undergoing the transition from field to table!

Exterior of the museum at San Felipe de Austin

Special Hours: Open Labor Day Monday

Join us on Monday, September 2nd as we have special hours for Labor Day Monday!

A line of six men dressed in 1830s period clothing fire muskets while standing in a green field, white smoke billowing away from the barrels.

Fire!: Arms Demo

Venture to this historic battleground to experience some of the thunderous sounds of battle as San Jacinto Battleground staff demonstrate how to fire a musket and rifle, weapons both the Mexican and Texian armies utilized on the fateful day that won Texan independence.

cooking food

Cooking in the Kitchen & Quarter (Saturday)

Start your experience in the bustle of a busy plantation kitchen and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of a hearth cooked meal being prepared.

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

Spinning and Weaving

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 (Sunday)

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.

cotton in baskets

White Gold: Cotton in Texas (Saturday)

This special program gives visitors the hands-on opportunity to work alongside historic interpreters picking and weighing cotton from the fields.

cotton in baskets

White Gold: Cotton in Texas (Sunday)

This special program gives visitors the hands-on opportunity to work alongside historic interpreters picking and weighing cotton from the fields.

A line of six men dressed in 1830s period clothing fire muskets while standing in a green field, white smoke billowing away from the barrels.

Fire!: Arms Demo

Venture to this historic battleground to experience some of the thunderous sounds of battle as San Jacinto Battleground staff demonstrate how to fire a musket and rifle, weapons both the Mexican and Texian armies utilized on the fateful day that won Texan independence.