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Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture, New Braunfels, TX

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Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture

New Braunfels museum showing 19th-century furniture made by German cabinetmakers in the Biedermeier style.

1370 Church Hill Drive, New Braunfels, TX, 78130 · New Braunfels, TX

About Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture

Run by the Heritage Society of New Braunfels, this Hill Country museum holds an extensive set of furniture and household objects from early European settlers in Texas. Its strongest holdings are locally built pieces from the town's German immigrant craftsmen, including work by two known master carpenters made in the mid-1800s Biedermeier style. The museum sits on wooded grounds along the historic El Camino Real de los Tejas, where native plants, wildflowers, and old live oaks grow. Guided tours cover the handmade furniture and the German immigrant story behind it.

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