The Heritage Society currently offers several community outreach programs to the public. These include presentations for adults onsite and/or Zoom, and a traveling trunk show for students in afterschool or during school presentations.

Trunk Shows

Trunk shows are an outreach program that allows schools, museums, and other education-oriented organizations to bring a hands-on experience from The Heritage Society to their site. During this 45–60-minute show, our docent dresses up as a nineteenth century frontiersman moving to Texas for the first time. They pull out a number of objects from their trunk that show what they might’ve needed to survive and how their technology worked. This offering is great for elementary-aged kids as it provides an opportunity to touch objects and ask questions. The shows are designed for one classroom’s worth of students (up to 40) as it is a hands-on engaging experience.

Pricing:

$75/show with add-ons at $50

Travel Fees:

·       Inside 610 loop: Free

·       Inside Beltway 8: $15

·       20-30 miles away: $30

We do not provide trunk shows outside of a 30-mile radius of our campus.

Speaker’s Events

The Heritage Society will gladly travel to your event and give a 30 to 45-minute lecture with time for questions. Topics range from the founding and mission of The Heritage Society itself to the history of Juneteenth, women’s suffrage and more. The price for one speaker is $150. Please direct inquiries to educationoutreach@heritagesociety.org.

Educational Booths

Education booths are our way of bringing Houston history outside of Sam Houston Park. The Heritage Society transports these micro histories to fairs and events at schools, libraries, and community centers. Right now, we have two educational booths ready to go: children’s history in historic toy demonstrations and German heritage via the Houston chapter of Turn Verein. This year, we are hoping to create booths on black history, Hispanic heritage, and art/architecture. Ther is no charge for our educational booths, so if you have an event that you would like us to attend, please send the details to educationoutreach@heritagesociety.org.