Elgin Depot Museum

Elgin Depot Museum We are a nonprofit museum dedicated to preserving Elgin’s local history, one story at a time.

We have extensive archives of photographs and historic papers and a number of artifacts pertaining to the railroads, local industry, and historic technology.

02/26/2026

SAVE THE DATE:
EHA Annual Meeting
Saturday, March 21, 2026

06/21/2024

Elgin Depot Museum
open Saturday, 10-4
for Western Days

06/12/2024

The Kerr Community Center in Bastrop honors Juneteenth and its 110th anniversary with the 9-foot sculpture of Harriet Tubman by the Wofford Sculpture Studio

12/08/2023

MOMS, DADS AND GRANDS:
Santa Claus will be at
Elgin Depot Museum
Saturday, December 9th
2:15 to 3:35

12/01/2023

Santa Claus will be in the Depot
Saturday, December 9th,
from 2:15 to 3:35

12/01/2023

Museum open 1-4 for
Holiday by the Tracks

08/31/2023

2023 Labor Day weekend, the
museum will be closed. Stay safe.
We reopen on September 8, 12-4 pm.

06/15/2023

Old Story=New Book
"Milestones: Elgin, Texas History" is now in stock at the museum for just $20! A commemorative look at our town in the shiny Sesquicentennial project which debuted last year. Perfect graduation gift!

06/06/2023

The Juneteenth story has resulted in diverse communities of Black churches. "Vision Boards of Black Elgin Churches" opens this weekend and will stay until early July. Hours 12-4, Friday and Saturday.
All are invited.

07/15/2022

Now open Friday and Saturday
12-4

04/09/2022

In this week's episode of the Audio Elgin Podcast, Homer Johnson reads a story from the Elgin, etc book and tells us about growing up in the Carlson communit...

04/07/2022

DID YOU KNOW that April is National Volunteer Month? And National Volunteer Week is April 17-April 23. This museum would not exist without many volunteers. Many groups in Elgin, including the museum, welcome some help keeping things
going. Contact us at elgindepot@gmail if you are interested.
APRIL 2022 started off sort of rough, with an E-2 tornado hitting areas in and around Elgin on March 21. Volunteers have made the difference in helping
so many who have lost whole houses, roofs, trees, barns and everything in between. The miracle is that there was no loss of life.

Address

14 Depot Street
Elgin, TX
78621

Opening Hours

Friday 12pm - 4pm
Saturday 12pm - 4pm

Telephone

+15122852000

Website

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