Collin County Historical Society and Museum

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1911 Building Today
Our old post office building, now our museum, shows her original paint colors

'Curly Bill'
New book by Randolph W. Farmer available in our shop

Talk about a Challenge!
WWII rationing and recipes. Part of exhibit opening in September
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Hey North Texas, we are getting ready for our fall exhibit, The Texas War Machine of WWII including changing roles of women..Need stories!

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BTW, the exhibit is free….

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See new exhibit with our partners at Collin College Library Central Park campus open 5.30.13. learn about Collin County Civil War soldiers

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Looking for Collin County WWII Soldier’s stories for our fall exhibit. Please get in touch with us at info@collincountyhistoricalsociety.org

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Don’t miss old fashioned bed turning Sat.@ 11 & 2. Quilt Historian Carolyn Miller to discuss provenance & design of quilts from 1850 – 1920

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Collin County Historical Museum

300 E. Virginia St. McKinney, TX 75069

We are located in downtown McKinney one block off the square at Chestnut St. and Virginia St.

We are open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10AM – 3PM for research needs. Please send us an email at info@collincountyhistoricalsociety.org or info@thenthc.org to let us know when you wish to visit.

We are open to the public during exhibitions and events. Please see our calendar for details.
Recent Posts
- COLLABORATIVE CIVIL WAR EXHIBIT
  
  Dear Collin Countians! Are you looking for something to do this summer? Visit the Library at Collin College Central Park Read more →
- “PIECES OF THE PAST” NOW HISTORY
  
  Dear friends of the museum, A sincere thank you goes out to all of you who visited and volunteered to Read more →
- QUILTS, QUILTS, AND MORE QUILTS
  
  Visit us on Saturday, March 16th, and enjoy our exhibit and experience an old fashioned bed turning. We have two Read more →
- THE RICH HISTORY OF QUILTS
  
  Quilting did not start in Colonial America as some may believe. As a point of fact, the British Museum’s Egyptian Read more →
- THANK YOU CAROLYN MILLER AND STEPHANIE HANSON
  
  Our “Pieces of the Past” Quilt Exhibition was greatly enhanced by the hard work of two wonderful quilt historians. Carolyn Read more →
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