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The Star of the Republic Museum, located in the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Park, was created by the State of Texas in 1970. House Bill No. 634, of the Sixty-first Legislature, in regular session, transferred the control and custody of the museum to Blinn College, Brenham, from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The museum was created to interpret the ten-year history of the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1846. The museum commemorates the site of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the last capital of the Texas Republic. The Star of the Republic Museum is the only AAM-accredited museum in the state devoted exclusively to collecting and interpreting pre-1850 Texas history and material culture.
p>24,000 total, 1/2 archaeological (historic); collections vary, but emphasizes Republic Period (1836-1846); not ethnographic; collections reflect Texas.
4,000 documents; manuscripts, broadsides, etc; mostly first half 19th-century, Texas subjects; available for research
Exhibitions, docent program, gallery tours; not available for tour/loan.