Current exhibits include:

A recreation of a portion of Dr. Sofie Herzog's office as portrayed in a c. 1908 photo.  The colorful lady surgeon who set up a practice in Brazoria in February of 1895 or 1896 is thought to have been the first woman surgeon in Texas; and, upon her appointment as Chief Surgeon for the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad in 1907 newspapers all over the nation proclaimed her the first woman surgeon for a major railroad in the world.  Eclectic in both methods of practice and lifestyle, Dr. Sofie's furnished her office with animal heads, snake skins, beautiful bric-a-brac, lace (much of it made by the doctor herself) and various collections including walking canes from around the world and jars of medical oddities.  She also collected the bullets removed from her patients and had those from her most interesting cases made into a necklace.  At her request, she was buried in her bullet necklace, but a bust of the doctor wearing a facsimile of the necklace is on display.  Dr. Sofie received her early training in Vienna.  A program on the doctor featuring a monologue by Dortha Riggs Pekar as Dr. Sofie is available by calling Pekar at 979-345-3719.  The program is free if presented in the museum.  

    A large collection of knives taken from prisoners in the various correctional facilities located in Brazoria County is a favorite exhibit.  Many of the knives are fashioned from everyday materials and exhibit a great deal of creativity.  The collection from the estate of Harold Graves includes the infamous "Lucky Strike Machete" which was used to decapitate.............

The "Women's Work" exhibit includes a selection of clothing and textiles, spinning wheels, irons, needle work, sewing machine and needle working supplies and tools.

There is a selection of artifacts found at the site of Jane Long's tavern; a display of items from Jefferson Lake Sulfur Company; a selection of cash registers, ledgers and other information from early merchants in the area.  The museum also houses a model oil derrick, early telephone switch equipment, sandstone from the 1896 (?) Brazoria courthouse, a large group old of bottles, many found locally (some included in the Dr, Sofie exhibit), old medical books and many other items of local historical interest.   There is an exhibit honoring local cowboys in its beginning stages.  Doc Stanger, Cowboy Hall of Fame honoree, will be the focus of the exhibit which will also feature many local cowboys/ranchers and the history of ranching in the area.  This exhibit, though small now, will be greatly expanded when we move to our new facilities in the 1933 school building.

Reference materials are available for use in the museum and books about area and Texas history are for sale there.