2025 Dia de los muertos FolklIfe Festival
Saturday, October 25th, 2025 (2PM-6PM)
The community can enjoy festivities that celebrate the Meso-American holiday dedicated to remembering and commemorating ancestors; honoring both death and the cycle of life. This vibrant celebration of Día de Los Muertos features live entertainment, a variety of food and craft vendors, and a special community altar exhibit.
MHM LECTURE SERIES
This annual program takes place every 2nd Saturday of the month starting in October and ending in March. The lecture series features a local speaker, author, or professor with knowledge of topics of local history or culture. The program is free and open to the public. If you'd like to participate as a speaker please email clunderwood@missiontexas.us.
Our next Lecture Series will be Saturday, January 10th, 2026 from 11AM-12PM with culinary historian Melissa Guerra!
ANNUAL MISSION QUILT SHOW
The Annual Mission Quilt show has been taking place for over 15 years. The Mission Quilt Show is open to the public for participants to enter their works of art. The quilt show exhibit features all quilts submitted and is followed by a turning of the quilts program in which award winners are also announced.
Interested in submitting a quilt for the 2026 Quilt Show? Request a submission form via email at missionmuseum@gmail.com or drop by the museum!
2026 Mission Quilt Show - February 6th, 2026
Summer programs
SUMMER CRAFT DAYS
Every Wednesday in July, the Mission Historical Museum welcomes local families to our Summer Craft Days, where children and parents alike were invited to engage in hands-on, history-themed crafts celebrating our community's rich heritage.