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Local Museums are Home to Lost History

What is History?

History is the impact a person, group of people or object had. In fact, you are making history right now! Your photos, jewelry, high school jacket, the quilt your mother-in-law made, or wedding dress could be an artifact. At Scurry County Museum we value everything from high school yearbooks to veteran uniforms to that photograph that won first place at the county art show. History is not only the big things but it is those treasured moments that make you smile every time you think about them.

Remember those Lota' Burger burgers and fries?

Recall circling the square and riding the drag for hours looking for that certain person?

Recollect ballgames, parades, proms, theater, band, choir, that favorite teacher, cutting up with friends?

How about watching your kids grow up, attend church, or enjoy a beautiful West Texas sunset?

Your Past Is Worth Preserving

But how quickly they can be forgotten!

  • The Scurry County Museum is dedicated to preserving the past, your past.

  • The mission of the Scurry County Museum is to be an educational research resource for our community and all who visit through engagement with the diverse history and culture of Scurry County.

  • We have a professional staff and a facility that are part of the communities history

  • Our collection includes over 16,000 artifacts safely stored under climate-controlled conditions.

  • We supplement formal learning with tools for children and adults alike.

  • Ever-changing temporary exhibits keep the museum fresh and inviting.

  • We are FREE to everyone and serve 10,000 community members per year.

  • Provides artists with a professional space to exhibit work

Be part of your community.

A donation today helps preserve our shared past.

$50 Donation:

  • Museum Membership

  • Online Newsletter

  • Periodic updates and invites to Museum activities

  • Send us your history and receive a file in our archives, especially for you and your family.

$100 Donation:

  • All of the above

  • Special VIP invitations to events like our Mystery in the Museum series.

$ Any Amount

  • The knowledge that you are a preserving a part of your past in Scurry County.

 

Make a donation today.

 

Without you, important history could be lost.

For the past year, we have been working to recover from the effects Covid had on our institution. We are back in the community connecting and gathering history. Our biggest project has been working to digitalize our collection, and our community's stories, and work to make it accessible to everyone at any time. Visit our Website or Youtube to listen to our members of our community share their history. To continue to preserve and digitalize history, we need state-of-the-art equipment and staff members to focus on this task. Our goal is to have our entire collection of over 16,000 artifacts photographed, videoed, and scanned into an online database available 24/7 through our website by 2023. This is important because technology has become a core part of our society. As it evolves and changes so must museums and research institutions or history will be lost forever.

You can be a caretaker of Scurry County history.

Your support for the Museum will help:

  • Provide 10,000 yearly visitors with engaging experiences

  • Grow educational programs

  • Increase access to under-served communities

  • Support the preservation of over 16,000 artifacts

  • Inspire the next generation of community leaders

  • Ensure public access to research and informed conversations on historical topics