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Buggy Barn Museum Presents
An Educational Opportunity to Step Back in Time

Buggy Barn Museum is family owned and operated and located in the beautiful Hill Country of Blanco. Buggy Barn Museum is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing a unique educational opportunity to step back in time to the late 1800s and early 1900s and view the carriages, wagons and buggies that played such a significant role in the country's history, development, and heritage. Expansion of the museum's collection and promoting the preservation of these modes of horse drawn transportation and commerce are two of the museum's primary goals. The museum also provides excellent educational opportunities for school children (public, home, private). The museum staff is actively involved with helping make school field trips and group visits fun and educational. Buggy Barn Museum provides many opportunities for people to get together for meetings, reunions, educational purposes, lunches, and even lessons on how to harness a horse or drive a stage coach!

Buggy Barn Museum is home to more than 100 buggies, carriages, and wagons. Among the unique carriages are a 1903 Studebaker, as well as an elaborate hearse. Buggy Barn Museum carriages can be seen in many movies such as "There Will Be Blood", "True Grit (2010)", "Lonesome Dove", "Hidalgo", "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter", "The Redemption of Henry Myers", "Deliverance Creek"; as well as the television series "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" and "Revolution". There is also a gift shop with many items available including ropes, hats, glasses, coffee cups, purses, kids items, Amish made toys, Amish made lotion and more!

Buggy Barn Museum is hosting their 4th annual Hill Country Western Showcase in November. This showcase is a two day event with Friday being dedicated to hosting schools from all over. The schools are welcome at no charge and are able to experience all the activities that are offered, including a tour of Buggy Barn Museum. They also have a chuck wagon set up, taxidermy demonstrations, blacksmith demonstrations, LBJ National Park with a wagon, a petting zoo, entertainment, singers, reenactments, and an old west skit made especially for their showcase. The lineup of entertainers includes Mikki Daniel, KR Wood, Rebecca Henricks, Bandera Cattle Company, and Ric Maddox and the cast of "Redemption", a skit was specifically made for the showcase.

Buggy Barn Museum is in the process of building an old west town, with a church already built; but plans to have a jail, general store, and more. The Hill Country Western Showcase used this town as the back drop for the old west skit, which included horses, a gun fight and more!

The Hill Country Western Showcase is a fun filled weekend for all ages! Price is $5 per person with kids under five free! Saturday a chuck wagon plate available for $5 a plate. Hours are as follows: Friday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., and Sunday we will have a Cowboy Church and breakfast at 8 a.m.

Buggy Barn Museum is growing, but is in need of help to expand. Not only do they provide tours and other educational experiences, but they also provide a scholarship to one or two local high school students every year. Buggy Barn Museum is an active part of the community and would love to expand and grow even more. There are many opportunities to help them achieve their future goals; donating to the museum, sponsoring the Hill Country Western Showcase, helping to promote the museum and showcase, and they are also working on forming a "Friends of the Buggy Barn Museum" and more. If you are interested in helping the Buggy Barn Museum become a highlight stop in the Hill Country, please consider donating or sponsoring.

The museum is located at 1915 Highway 281 North in Blanco. For more information, Call 830-833-5708, email [email protected] or visit buggybarnmuseum.com.

Texas Hill Country Magazine