WC Museum Planning Second Runaway Scrape Ball

The Second Annual Runaway Scrape Ball will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at Heritage Hall in West Columbia. The public is invited and encouraged to join members of the Columbia Historical Museum for the big gala in the old gymnasium at what used to be West...

Unity Quilt and Charlie Brown Highlight Feb. 7th Event

The Columbia Historical Museum’s First Saturday of the Month program for February 7th at the historic Rosenwald School will inform those in attendance about Charlie Brown, who at the time of his death in 1920 was the wealthiest Black man in Texas. Educating...

Funeral Tuesday for Former CHM Officer Betty Hodges

Funeral Services for Betty June O’Berry Hodges will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at C.T. Baker & Sons Funeral Home, 634 South Columbia Drive in West Columbia, Texas, with Pastor Paul Kucera of the Bethel Presbyterian Church of East...

Public Invited to WC Museum’s Annual Meeting

The Columbia Historical Museum invites the public to attend the West Columbia museum’s annual meeting tonight. A review of the museum’s events and highlights from 2025 will be related to visitors while three new directors will be welcomed to the board of...

Rain Puts Damper on Meet Your Ancestors Event

Mother Nature took center stage at this year’s Meet Your Ancestors program at Columbia Cemetery. The annual event, co-sponsored by the Columbia Historical Museum and Columbia Cemetery Association, was held November 1, 2025. Ominous dark clouds hovered off in the...

Sunday Open House at Museum Slated in WC

The Columbia Historical Museum and historic Rosenwald School will be open for visitors this Sunday afternoon. Those who will be shopping in the stores along East Brazos Avenue in West Columbia Sunday, November 23rd, during the city’s annual Christmas Open House...