City of Alamo Museum

Museum Hours:

Monday through Friday
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Closed 12:00 pm -1:00 pm
Saturdays 10 am-2 pm
Closed Sunday and City observed holidays

Museum, visitors will see approximately 1,800 angel figures collected by Shirl Pfeiffer over a period of 30 years! Shirl and her husband Paul are from Wisconsin and were Winter Texans for some time before moving permanently to Alamo. Shirl offered the collection to the City of Alamo, the Mayor and Board of Commissioners and a museum committee which formed in the fall of 2015.

Permanent Exhibits;
• 1940’s Truck Train Accident.
• Karankawa Resurgence
• Alamo Pioneers
• Alamo’s Fire Department Exhibit
• El Gato

Collection for Research;
• William Foster’s research materials
• The Alamo News collection 1928-1982
• Karankawa research materials
• Chronicles, Photos, and Objects

Collections;
• 220 Madonna and Child figurines from around the world
• 300 Nativities Scenes (Demaris Swint Collection)
• 1920’S Dress collection
• Panoramic Photos
• WWII and Vietnam object collection.