El Campo's newest addition of history and time-worn artifacts is the El Campo African-American Museum. Their vision is not just to preserve their culture and heritage, but also to promote and boast the pursuits of African-Americans nationwide.

The museum has received contributions that cater to all aspects of the American heritage. It offers a display on major African-American inventors and their creations. It will help to educate its visitors on blacks' technological achievements which do not always receive significant recognition in the textbooks.

The museum's board of directors hopes to highlight African-American contributions in a variety of accomplishments, from agriculture to medicine, to military and the arts.

                                                 The museum serves an important role in the African-American community. By educating youth about their ancestors' accomplishments, it can aid in the motivation to succeed.

The agricultural artifacts show the "tools of the trade" rural African-Americans used for everyday work in the past.

The collection features a variety of old implements such as ice tongs, a cotton scale, and a hand-cranked meat grinder. This helps to preserve the history, and to educate those that have never seen these tools.

For more information on the museum please call the Chamber at
979-543-2713 or
Harold Simmons, Museum director
at 979-578-9339