Location: 

Hours:

414 Smith Street, approximately 10 blocks east on St. Lawrence Street off US Hwy 183, with the Eggleston House located directly behind the Museum on St. Louis Street.

Tuesday through Saturday:
10:00am - noon and 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Sunday:
1:00pm - 5:00pm

Closed Monday and major holidays

Gonzales Memorial Museum and Amphitheatre was built  in 1936-1937 as a Texas Centennial project, and is owned by the city of Gonzales, and sponsored by the Thomas Shelton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  Historical artifacts, including the "Come and Take It" cannon are included as exhibits of the museum.

The building is made of Texas shell stone trimmed in Cordova cream limestone.  The building contains two wings divided by a large rotunda, which serves as the entrance.  The back wall of the amphitheatre, which can seat 500,  features a beautiful marble memorial mural honoring the eighteen men who defended Gonzales in 1835.

The Eggleston Log House, now under the custodianship of the Gonzales Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, was built in the 1840's by Horace Eggleston.  Logs were hand-hewn and notched in half dove-tail fashion. 

Visitors are encouraged to step onto the porch of the house and activate the speaker box, which provides a description of the building and two illuminated rooms.

The "Immortal Thirty-two" monument was constructed of a shaft of axed Texas pink granite, 8' 10" in height, tapering from 5' 6" at the base to 3' 8" at the top, and 1' 4" thick, standing on a 3" base.  The bronze sculpture on the front tells the story of the 32 men who answered Travis' call at the Alamo.