Recently, my granddaughter and I joined the Volunteers from Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum for a tour of Brownsville’s Museums.  The Brownsville Historical Museum, next to the Historic Stillman House, was on our tour.  We found this Museum to be fun, educational and very well done.  In one small corner of this museum was a trunk of period clothes.  There was a sign that said something like “Try on our clothes.”  My granddaughter, Amy Lees, was fascinated and asked if she could put them on.  I commented, that is what the sign says I suppose they want you to experience that place in time. In a very few minutes, she was dressed and wanting me to take her picture.  Doesn’t she look like she just stepped off the stagecoach in a South Texas town?

We also visited their Fine Arts Museum and saw the Frida Kahlo Exhibit. This is the story of Frida’s life with many facts you may not know.  Frida Kahlo has always been one of my favorite artists and this exhibit is not to be missed.

Wanda J. Greenhill
Board Member Texas Tropical Trail Region

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