Texas Border Business
EDINBURG, Texas — The collections department at the Museum of South Texas History preserves and presents materials of enduring historical value. Sometimes this also means recognizing history in the making. The current COVID-19 pandemic is one such event.
The museum is reaching out to the public to help develop their COVID-19 collection. Everyone has been dealing with the situation in their own way. Some people have developed new hobbies, some are keeping journals, some are creating artistic works, some are photographing the new social norms. Unfortunately, there are people who have lost loved ones and might be looking for a way to memorialize them. The museum is interested in collecting it all. The collections department wants to record a complete picture of the events that are happening, and the reactions and resiliency of the Rio Grande Valley.
If you have materials to donate you can use the online form at www.mosthistory.org/covid-19-memories or you can contact museum archivist Kelly Francis-Love at 956-383-6911 or kfrancis-love@mosthistory.org.
About Museum of South Texas History
The Museum of South Texas History is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. It is located downtown Edinburg at 200 North Closner Boulevard on the Hidalgo County Courthouse square. Hours of operation are Sunday 1 p.m.-5 p.m. and Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Founded in 1967 as the Hidalgo County Historical Museum in the 1910 Hidalgo County Jail, the museum has grown over the decades through a series of expansions to occupy a full city block. In 2003, following the completion of a 22,500 square foot expansion, the museum was renamed the Museum of South Texas History to better reflect its regional scope. Today, the museum preserves and presents the borderland heritage of South Texas and Northeastern Mexico through its permanent collection and the Margaret H. McAllen Memorial Archives and exhibits spanning prehistory through the 20th century. For more information about MOSTHistory, including becoming a FRIEND, visit MOSTHistory.org, like us on Facebook and Instagram, follow on Twitter, find on YouTube or call +1-956-383-6911.
