EXPLORE TEXAS HISTORY: Open Thursdays through Sundays

Looking for a place to safely escape the travails of Modern Day Texas?

Hitch up your wagon, load up the family and come out to Pioneer Farms, Central Texas’ premier living-history museum you can step back in time to 1800s Texas, to the days of log cabins and cattle drives and small family farms. We’ve got plenty of room to stretch your legs, take a deep breath of fresh air and shake off your cabin fever from being cooped up at home.

Even looking at our log cabins, if you like.

Our General Store, historic sites and hiking and nature trails are open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays for self-guided, family-group tours and a unique outdoor experience.

On our bucolic nearly 100-acre grounds, you can see a real 1840s Tonkawa Encampment along the picturesque banks of historic Walnut Creek. Or poke around a restored 1860s German Emigrant cabin, an 1870s Texian Farm with a dog-trot porch or an 1880s cotton farm. Or see a working blacksmith shop in an 1890s village.

Watch chickens, donkeys, turkeys and longhorn cattle. Walk through the 1850 Scarborough Barn, the oldest in continual agricultural use. Walk peaceful nature trails in a greenbelt where important Texas history once took place.

Come out! It’s all here.

See our current lists of exhibits and weekly features for specifics.

Online classes in urban farming and pioneering skills are now being offered, and we hope to again offer in-person classes in blacksmithing, hand-tool woodworking and other trades in just a few weeks. A list of scheduled classes are available here.

It’s not just any way to get out of the house, it’s a way to get outside, to de-stress and to learn about and experience Texas history, a fun outing for families.

Our General Store is also open, selling farm-raised eggs, locally made foods, Old Texas sodas and snacks — as well as cleaning products, soaps and other provisions missing from the shelves of most modern stores.

Just remember: There’s no cabin fever at Pioneer Farms, just cabins.

Come visit! We look forward to seeing you!