Frisco Heritage Center

01/03/2024

Hi everyone! We're going to be posting a lot less on this page/Instagram account for the foreseeable future. Please follow our department's main page Play Frisco - Parks & Recreation for facility updates, the latest programs, events, and other fun happening at the Heritage Museum!

10/31/2023

10/31/2023

Happy Halloween from the Heritage Family to yours!👻

10/24/2023

👻🎃 Come join us for a spine-tingling Heritage Halloween event! 🍬 Enjoy goodie bags, scavenger hunts, tin-type photos, ghost stories, and more! Costumes are encouraged for all ages, and there will be no jump scares for the little ones.

Save the date for October 28 at Frisco Heritage Museum for some ghoulish holiday fun! 🎉👻🧙‍♀️

*Tintype Photography will be available during the event on a first come first serve basis. Due to the historic, time-consuming process to develop each photo, only six 30-minute slots are available during the event.

Cost: $45/photograph - paid to the photographer at the time of photo.

Pre-registration is available here to reserve your spot. If slots are still available, you can sign up in person inside the Depot during the event.

https://calendly.com/playfrisco/heritage-halloween?month=2023-10&date=2023-10-28

09/18/2023

09/11/2023

We love our volunteers!

We are looking for volunteers to help lead school field trips and greet museum visitors at the Frisco Heritage Museum.

Docents and museum greeters need to be 18+. No previous experience or deep knowledge of Frisco's history required. The Museum team will give you everything you need to thrive!

If you'd like to learn more about volunteering with the museum, please email Brandi Norton at [email protected].

08/18/2023

Come and check out the new exhibit! A massive thank you to everyone who made this possible!

07/08/2023

07/08/2023

Our History of Play event is underway! Come have fun playing all kinds of games at the Depot. We’re here til 4pm!

06/30/2023

Independence Day marks the historic date in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress. The declaration stated that the American colonies were no longer subject to British rule and declared their independence as the United States of America. Today, Americans celebrate their country's birthday with parades, fireworks, cookouts, and picnics. You can join in the festivities by stopping by the Frisco Heritage Museum’s visitor's center on July 1 from 1-3 p.m. where we will be hosting a festive craft activity.

Picture Above:
The Methodist stand at the Frisco 4th of July Picnic from 1923 (100 years ago)! In the photo you can see Mr. Connally, wearing a cap, Rev. S. W. Miller with his cane, John Northcutt behind the post, Romayne Haggard with a big hat (center), Mrs. Northcutt, leaning over, Mrs. Young with face hidden behind plank, and Mattie Acker with white dress.

06/02/2023

You're invited to join us for a fun-filled celebration of Juneteenth at the Frisco Heritage Center on June 17! This family-friendly event will feature learning activities about this important national holiday, as well as a craft station where you can make your own Juneteenth friendship bracelets. So come on out and join the fun!❤️💛💚

Juneteenth, or Freedom Day, is the oldest national celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on June 19, 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, enslaved people were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation. The day was first recognized as a federal holiday in 2021.

📸: Pictured here is Jim Peace, a former enslaved person, who arrived in Frisco with the Acker family c. 1880. Born c. 1868, Peace and his family lived on the Acker farm until they were able to purchase their own land in the Little Elm area. Peace died in 1955 and is buried at the Peace Holmes Family Cemetery in Denton.