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Museums

Admiral Nimitz Foundation

340 East Main Street

Fredericksburg, TX 78624

830.997.8600

Bronze Members

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The National Museum of the Pacific War honors the millions of Americans who met and defeated the greatest threat to freedom and democracy of the 20th century. It is the most comprehensive and engaging museum dedicated to the Pacific War ever created. Spread across more than six acres, the complex has more than 50,000 square feet of indoor exhibit space including modern, interactive exhibits, state-of-the-art media and an extraordinary array of unique artifacts in addition to the outdoor exhibits that also line the campus. The Pacific Combat Zone is a unique two-acre indoor/outdoor exhibit and one of the museum’s most popular venues. In October of 2015, the museum began construction on its $8 million renovation to the complex and reopened the popular Pacific Combat Battlefield in March of 2017 for its living history weekends. The museum is located in Fredericksburg, Texas, because it is the hometown of Chester Nimitz. Nimitz left the Texas Hill Country for the U.S. Naval Academy in 1901, and later rose to become the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific during World War II. The complex is comprised of seven main components explained below. Highlights: 1. HA-19, one of five Japanese two-man submarines that took part in the December 7, 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor (along with six aircraft carriers and more than 350 attack aircraft). 2. B-25 plane from the Doolittle Raid. 3. Fat Man casing: the casing of an atomic bomb, identical to the weapon dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Had Japan not accepted the Allies’ terms a few days later, this casing would not have been used. 4. PT 309, the only wooden PT boat that saw combat during WWII on display in a museum.

Pioneer Museum
The Science Mill

325 West Main Street

Fredericksburg, TX 78624

830.990.8441

Bronze Members

The Pioneer Museum is dedicated to the conservation, preservation, and celebration of the historical and cultural heritage of the Texas Hill Country. Beyond its collection of artifacts and decorative arts, the museum’s archive collection includes an extensive collection of historical photographs. Also, the Museum is actively seeking, collecting, and storing the oral histories of individuals and families who in their own words recall the past to share with future generations, The Pioneer Museum also maintains and operates the Vereins Kirche, which without a doubt is the “architectural icon” of the community. Its unique octagonal profile is synonymous with Fredericksburg.

101 South Ladybird Lane

Johnson City, TX 78636

844.263.6405

Housed in the historic 1880's feed mill in Johnson City, The Science Mill is a nonprofit regional science center which opened in February of 2015. Its mission is to inspire and engage students of the Texas Hill Country in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and inspire them to pursue career paths and post-secondary education in these fields.

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