MuseumMuseum of the Americas
Weatherford · Parker County · THC Atlas #4200001262
Texas history, up close and curated.
About this site
Museum of the Americas is a museum in Weatherford, Parker County. It is one of 4 museums documented in Parker County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 204 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7587, -97.7947 near Weatherford. The nearest cataloged historic site is Vintage Car Museum (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Santa Fe Depot, Parker County Courthouse, and Weatherford.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200001262. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Museum of the Americas in Weatherford presents the folk art and crafts of native peoples of the Americas through a collection of largely late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century objects. Holdings range from Northwest Coast carvings and Plains Indian graphics to Seminole costumes, Kuna molas from Panama, a miniature Mexican village, and a nineteenth-century Mexican altar. It is housed in a historic downtown building that has served over the years as a courthouse, library, and school before becoming a museum in the 1990s.
Sources: museumoftheamericas.comen.wikipedia.orgtexastimetravel.com
