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First Museum Scholarships Awarded to CHS Seniors

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...

International Museum Day celebrated Thursday

May 16, 2023 | News from Columbia Historical Museum

Photo by Tracy Gupton Columbia Historical Museum will be hosting a special open house Thursday, May 18th, during regular business hours in celebration of the Brazoria County Museum Alliance’s “International Museum Day.” Posing with the banner that is now on display in...

Womack’s impact on museum immeasurable

May 12, 2023 | From The Vault of Texas History, News from Columbia Historical Museum

Longtime Columbia Historical Museum director Bill Womack pictured with his grandson Carrson Karl at the West Columbia museum in happier days By Tracy Gupton Hearts are heavy among those of us who serve as members of the Columbia Historical Museum Board of Directors as...

Former Museum President Schwebel Passes Away

Apr 29, 2023 | News from Columbia Historical Museum

Former Columbia Historical Museum President and board member Donna Lyn Schwebel of West Columbia, Texas, passed peacefully next to her husband on April 18, 2023, at their second home in Rockport, Texas. Even though she has been taken away from this world, we’re...

New Sign Placed at WC Rosenwald School

Apr 13, 2023 | News from Columbia Historical Museum

Expressions of gratitude go out to Wade Weems for donating the new Rosenwald School sign and to Bill Womack for overseeing the installation of it this week on the grounds of the historic old schoolhouse located at the intersection of Broad Street and Clay Street in...
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