The Heritage Museum of Montgomery County celebrated 40 years in January, Director Suann Hereford said.

The details

The museum features two historic homes: the Grogan-Cochran House, which is the main museum and houses four galleries and the gift shop; and a second house from Conroe Oil Field, which is a Sears Home Kit that was popular in the 1930s, Hereford said. The Grogan-Cochran House is 100 years old, built in 1924 in Conroe, she said.

By the numbers

In 2024, Hereford said the museum had 3,780 visitors from 36 states and 15 countries.


Also of note

The museum has exhibits dedicated to Black History Month including the primary exhibit filled with magazines featuring the Obamas, Diane Carroll, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Tina Turner, Prince, Oprah and Black Barbies from the toy's Inspiring Women series. The second exhibit, called The Faces of Tamina, showcases a series of photographs and stories from the book "The Ground on Which I Stand: Tamina, a Freedmen's Town."

Quote of note

"It's a wonderful thing to be able to share the history of Conroe and Montgomery County with our visitors," Hereford said.