The Three E’s of Heritage Tourism
Economy, Education, and Equity The National Trust for Historic Preservation defines heritage tourism as “traveling to experience the places, artifacts, and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present. It includes visitation to cultural, historic, and natural resources.” Heritage tourism will always be important in Texas for many different reasons. […]
5 Reasons Your Membership Counts
The Beaumont Heritage Society was established over 50 years ago. Within 10 years, the organization boasted over 800 members! Members who saw the importance of historic preservation for the future of historic education – a mission that began with the John Jay French Museum. Today, a challenging year has seen Beaumont Heritage Society’s membership base […]
Museum REOPENING Scheduled
The Beaumont Heritage Society plans to reopen the John Jay French Museum and the Chambers House Museum beginning on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 with new safety guidelines in place. Both museums will have set tour hours and offer three tour opportunities per day Tuesday-Friday at 10am, 12pm, and 2pm, and two tour opportunities on Saturday […]
Museum Tours Suspended
Amid the current COVID-19 Pandemic, the Beaumont Heritage Society will suspend tours of our two historic house museums; the Chambers House Museum and the John Jay French House Museum. We will return to our regular schedule once the CDC and other relevant official health and government entities feel the situation is fully under control. We […]
Problems in Preservation
Beaumont Heritage Society has had a busy first quarter of the year with efforts in preservation, events, and conferences! January saw exciting things as Executive Director Alicia McKibbin, Executive Assistant Chevelle Thomas, and Assistant Director Shelby Dryden attended the Real Places 2020 conference in Austin to learn about state-of-the-art preservation techniques. They spent three days […]
Holiday Hours
Beginning the week of December 23rd, 2019 our museums will observe the following hours of operation: We are available for tours at the John Jay French Museum and Chambers House Museum on December 26 and December 27 from 10:00am-3:00pm and on December 28 from 10:00am-2:00pm. We are available for tours at the John Jay French […]
History and Halloween
We have been hard at work hosting our two annual Halloween events! Beaumont Heritage Society held the Pumpkin Walk and Haunted Halloween Tour at the John Jay French Museum on Saturday, October 24th from 6-9p.m. with over 350 in attendance. Children and adults were thrilled to vote on the 60 pumpkins decorating the grounds! Guests […]
Thank you to our 2019 Pumpkin Walk Underwriter and Sponsors!
We appreciate the support of these community partners and individuals!
A Blast to the Past: Camp Lookinback 2019
Beaumont Heritage Society once again hosted our annual Camp Lookinback at the John Jay French Museum! Every year, Camp Lookinback aims to educate kids about the French family through activities and practices that the French family might have used. From July 9th-12th and July 16th-19th, the kids stepped into the past one day at a […]
Introducing Rowdee Raccoon!
The John Jay French Museum has a “rowdy” addition in the form of its new mascot, Rowdee Raccoon! Rowdee can be found on our new grounds tour signage, made possible by the financial support of Susan Conn McCurry and The Crawford Foundation. The signage, placed at all of the outbuildings and the family cemetery, allows […]
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