Tomball Museum Center — Attraction in Tomball

Every year, the museum has a wreath laying ceremony the Thursday before Memorial Day Weekend. A local boy scout troop presented the flags and led the pledge of allegiance. Local veterans, Tomball's mayor, the local VFW leadership, and the public attend, some say a few words to the crowd.

The ceremony remembers the 9 Tomball High School students who lost their lives in WWII, but all veterans are honored. There was a missing man table, and a veteran read a powerful explanation of the symbolic items on the table.

The ceremony was somewhat casual but still full of dignity and respect. It's less than an hour long, and many of us brought our own chairs so we could take it in and not stand in the heat. This Tomball tradition shares some local history and reminds us what Memorial Day is really about.

For history buffs, the museum hosts other interesting events throughout the year. I've been to an afternoon tea and a few other things. The museum offers a membership, and the volunteers that keep it up and put on the events are passionate about their local history outreach. I thought I heard theyre available for events and weddings. The grounds...

We tried to call ahead but could not reach anyone. SO we came on Thursday morning at approximately 9:30, a half hour before they opened. We intended to pay for a couple tours and have a quick ceremony with my fiancee(now wife) under the gazebo, out of the rain. Take a couple photos and head off to a bed and breakfast. The lady working met us at our vehicle, asked if she could help us, we explained the scenario, and she informed us that it would be $400 to do that. We said oh, ok, well we will wait for the preacher to meet us and we would go find another location. As the preacher arrived at 10:00 am, when they officially opened, the Tomball police showed up. We couldn't believe that she had called the cops on us for waiting on the preacher. We drove to the city park 4 blocks away, said our vows and were married in less than 15 minutes. Unbelievavle how some...

I came here with my granddaughter last year, on a School field trip and it was fun and educational. I loved it! If I could make a suggestion for the summer months, please roll the phone over to the Chamber of Commerce so people can find out the hours that the museum is open without having to drive all the way over there. Of course, the Chamber of Commerce needs to know the hours because they were no help when I called them. Ditto with the Railroad Depot Museum, they thought it was open Monday -...