Nov 18, 2025 | News from Columbia Historical Museum
By Tracy Gupton For a couple months now, visitors to West Columbia’s museum have been getting used to a new face working with the volunteers in the old First Capitol Bank building at 247 East Brazos Avenue. The Columbia Historical Museum Board of Directors hired...
Oct 25, 2025 | Events, News from Columbia Historical Museum
Due to an unforeseen medical emergency involving a family member of the couple from Baytown who was scheduled to put on a program at the Columbia Historical Museum Saturday, October 25, 2025, that program has been cancelled. The free program that was going to focus on...
Jun 1, 2025 | News from Columbia Historical Museum
THE COLUMBIA HISTORICAL MUSEUM was recognized “for their great work in preserving our history and being a great part of our community” at the May 29th meeting of the Frontier Masonic Lodge No. 28 in West Columbia. Accepting the Community Grant at the...
May 19, 2024 | News from Columbia Historical Museum
Over $800,000 in college scholarships were handed out to graduating Columbia High School seniors at Thursday night’s awards program in the local high school’s auditorium. For the second consecutive year the Columbia Historical Museum awarded two seniors...
Jul 5, 2023 | News from Columbia Historical Museum
By Tracy Gupton The addition of Michael Bailey to the Columbia Historical Museum management team is being heralded by museum board president Naomi Smith as an important move in bringing improvements to West Columbia’s downtown museum. The hiring of Bailey as the...
May 20, 2023 | News from Columbia Historical Museum
A pair of deserving seniors at Columbia High School were presented $1,000 college scholarships from the Columbia Historical Museum at the West Columbia high school’s senior awards program Thursday night. Taryn Fojtik received the Emma Womack Memorial Scholarship...
