The Neill-Cochran House Museum is excited to announce our first ever Movies on the Lawn Summer Series! This summer we will be highlighting our favorite movies all about the wondrous State of Texas. Our second movie is The Best Little Whore House in Texas. It is the late 1970s, and a brothel has been operating […]
The Neill-Cochran House Museum is excited to announce our first ever Movies on the Lawn Summer Series! This summer we will be highlighting our favorite movies all about the wondrous State of Texas. Our first movie is Friday Night Lights and is generously hosted by Thomas J. Henry Law. H.G. Bissinger's best-selling true-life account of […]
One Sunday of the month, the Neill-Cochran House Museum opens its doors to feature hands-on activities, scavenger hunts, and space to enjoy lunch in the shade. Though this version will be more sanitized and socially-distant than previous iterations, we hope you and your family take the opportunity to come out and do some crafts with […]
A performance/lecture written and compiled by Francesca Christian, Ev Lunning and Derek Webster. Charles Dickens never made it to Texas on his tours to the United States, but pioneer Texians certainly read his novels, and his novels still provide striking commentary on Texas history—from the Revolution to the present day. From 1845 to 1855—from immanent […]
One Sunday of the month, the Neill-Cochran House Museum opens its doors to feature hands-on activities, scavenger hunts, and space to enjoy lunch in the shade. Though this version will be more sanitized and socially-distant than previous iterations, we hope you and your family take the opportunity to come out and do some crafts with […]
Come celebrate the opening of our newest art exhibition with its sponsor Art 84! This collection by Cornelius Carter captures the struggle and glory of living life as an African-American in the United States throughout history, along with the artist’s faith in the dream of equality and opportunity for all. We share that faith and […]
Sunday Funday is back! One Sunday of the month, the Neill-Cochran House Museum opens its doors to feature hands-on activities, scavenger hunts, and space to enjoy lunch in the shade. Though this version will be more sanitized and socially-distant than previous iterations, we hope you and your family take the opportunity to come out and […]
Enjoy a peaceful afternoon on the heavily shaded grounds of the Neill-Cochran House Museum and share in some visual inspiration to feed your soul. The Neill-Cochran House Museum hosts Art on the Lawn on Sunday, April 11th from 11 a.m. until 3 pm. Eleven Austin artists representing contemporary art to traditional representations will be presenting […]
Each year, the Neill-Cochran House Museum opens its doors to feature free, hands-on Easter egg dyeing, scavenger hunts, self-paced tours, and (weather permitting) lawn games with space to picnic in the shade. Though the museum will be open for free, the suggested donation for each egg is $2 with all proceeds benefiting ongoing programming at […]
Learn how to stab your stress away in this hour and a half intro to embroidery workshop with Badass Cross Stitch! You will learn about all of the materials and how to use them, how to get set up, designing your piece, how to work with patterns, and backstitch to start. You will be a […]
Like any Texan, the Neill-Cochran House Museum loves bluebonnets. As spring approaches and we shake off the cold, the one thing we can all count on are the beautiful fields of blue that will pepper the Texas landscape. To celebrate the beauty of the Texas State Flower, the Neill-Cochran House Museum is displaying a collection […]
Enjoy a week of the Austin Studio Tour at the Neill-Cochran House Museum, virtually and in-person! Join the Neill-Cochran House Museum the week of November 14 - 22 for Big Medium’s Austin Studio Tour featuring our live or virtual exhibition of If These Walls Could Talk and our wildly popular African American History in Central […]
