MuseumOfelia T. Vasquez Mexican American Culture Museum
San Marcos · Hays County · Dedicated 2010 · THC Atlas #4200001125
Texas history, up close and curated.
About this site
Ofelia T. Vasquez Mexican American Culture Museum is a museum in San Marcos, Hays County, dedicated in 2010. It is one of 5 museums documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.8749, -97.9381 near San Marcos. The nearest cataloged historic site is Southside School (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include San Marcos Milling Company, Farmers Union Gin Company, and Wesley Chapel A. M. E. Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200001125. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Ofelia T. Vasquez Mexican American Culture Museum is one component of Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos, founded in 2010 and located in the heart of one of the city's first Mexican American barrios. The museum presents rotating exhibits and artifacts documenting San Marcos's families, history, and Mexican American heritage. It is named for Ofelia T. Vasquez-Philo, a founder of the Centro who was the first Latina to serve on the San Marcos CISD board and who died in 2017.
Sources: sanmarcoscentro.orgcommunityimpact.com