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Tuesday 10am - 4:30pm Wednesday 10am - 4:30pm Thursday 10am - 4:30pm Friday 10am - 4:30pm Saturday 10am - 4:30pm

Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum

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Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum

Bringing to life the twin legends of the Texas cowboy and the Longhorn.

The Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum is located in the heart of historic Downtown Cuero, Texas. CTHM aims to preserve the ranching and agricultural heritage of south central Texas, with roots in the great cattle drives of the 1800s. Celebrating the heart of the trail - where Texas cowboys became legends and the longhorn steer an icon.

06/02/2026

🤠Cowboy Camp Counselor Training Time Change🤠

05/28/2026

"Round Up" by Scott Rogers

This dynamic bronze sculpture is the centerpiece for the Steen Roundabout, located in the heart of the Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum campus.

Gifted by the Steen Family Foundation in honor of Lias "Bubba" Steen, this piece evokes the drama and intensity of gathering a herd.

Through his bronze works, Scott Rogers brings people, horses and the spirit of the American West to life.

05/26/2026

Join Mrs. Tracey & the museum team at the Schoolhouse this week - she'll read a story and lead a hands-on activity 🌷🌳 *in* the garden! 🌿🌻

📌 10 AM Thursday, at the English-German Schoolhouse

05/22/2026

🎓We'd like to congratulate one of our favorite new high school graduates, Sawyer Fuchs, on his graduation from Cuero High School. Sawyer has worked part time after school and during the summers at CTHM for 2 years. He is a bright, kind and hard working young man that has really learned how to deal with the "old ladies" at work. We're sure proud of you, Sawyer!

Sawyer is the son of Christi and Troy Fuchs, and plans to attend Texas State University in the fall. We're lucky Sawyer will help us with Cowboy Camp one last time before he goes off to college.

Happy trails, Sawyer! Eat 'em up! 🤠⭐

05/14/2026

⭐ What a wonderful evening welcoming our newest crop of published authors from Nursery, Meyersville and Yorktown elementary schools!

These students wrote first person journal entries from the view of someone - or something - on a cattle drive in the 1800s! This book was part of an engaging field trip experience with 4th and 5th grade students from each school.

🤠Congratulations to these young authors! And special thanks to the teachers and school leaders who helped make this project so successful.

👒This program is funded in part by the Debra Baros Education Fund.

05/08/2026

🌟 Happy to host our community partners Cuero Chamber of Commerce and Cuero Development Corporation this week. Both groups do a wonderful job offering diverse resources to local businesses and organizations.

👏 Thank you for supporting Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum !

05/07/2026

🌻 Mother's Day is May 10! Stop by the Oliver-Hamilton Mercantile and shop for mom, grandma, yourself - whoever you think needs some appreciation this holiday. We have an assortment of fine soaps, jewelry, bags, colorful bandanas, serving ware and more.

🎀 Shop local - no shipping delays and we'll even put a bow on it for ya! Free gift wrap with purchase.

Oliver-Hamilton Mercantile
302 N Esplanade | Cuero
Open Tuesday-Saturday 10AM-4:30 PM

05/05/2026

📸 Now open through July 11! Thank you to our community for joining us to celebrate the opening of our newest photography exhibition entitled "Lonesome Dove." We are thrilled to host this exhibition, presented in partnership with and .collections .

⭐ Special thanks to Susannah Broyles, Archivist with The Wittliff Collections, for sharing wonderful behind the scenes archives from the making of the popular mini-series released in 1989. Fun fact: instead of Diane Lane, Lori's role could have been played by Uma Thurman or Julia Roberts!

📌Don't miss your chance to see the exhibition for yourself! Open during normal museum hours, Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4:30pm in historic downtown Cuero, Texas.

05/01/2026

⭐City of Cuero Mayor Emil Garza and Velma Garza recently stopped by for a hard hat tour of the ongoing Trautwein Expansion project. Mayor Garza met with CTHM Board Chair Rick Bluntzer and Vice Chair Patricia Miller to get a better idea of the exciting things to come.

👷🏽‍♂️Special thanks to Weaver & Jacobs Site Manager Aaron Erdelt for coordinating a safe tour and answering questions.

Construction crews are working daily to prepare the space for new use. In addition to 3 new art & history galleries, the second floor of the Trautwein building will become a multi-use community space highlighted by this amazing rooftop deck! Mayor Garza gave two thumbs up! 👍🏼👍🏼

➡️Learn more about the expansion and ways to support our growth >> chisholmtrailmuseum.org/expansion-plan

04/28/2026

⭐ Cowpokes gather 'round the Schoolhouse!

📌This week: Thursday, April 30 at 10 AM

Mrs. Kasey and Mrs. Mollie have fun activities up their sleeves - join us at see what they're up to. 🐴🐷

Address

302 N Esplanade Street
Cuero, TX
77954

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	10am - 4:30pm
Thursday	10am - 4:30pm
Friday	10am - 4:30pm
Saturday	10am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+13612772866

Website

http://www.chisholmtrailmuseum.org/

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