Crawford Family Historical Museum, San Marcos

About Crawford Family Historical Museum

The Crawford Family Historical Museum in San Marcos displays artifacts, photographs, and documents about the Crawford family and allied families. Visitors explore an early Texas furniture collection and examine genealogical records tracing Scots-Irish heritage and pioneering settlement patterns. The archives contain extensive primary sources for Crawford family research, including documents of local history. Founded in 1982, the museum grew from Mary Amanda Eloise Crawford's personal dedication to preserving family heirlooms and historical records. The collection documents how Crawford families established themselves across Texas as frontier settlers. History enthusiasts and those researching their own family genealogy find detailed primary sources and period artifacts here, making the museum a resource for understanding early Texas settlement and family heritage.