Located in the historic Kerr-Wilson House, built in 1890, the Bastrop County African American Cultural Center (BCAACC) is just a few blocks from the heart of downtown Bastrop. The museum was founded in 2019 by eleven Bastrop freedom colony descendants to preserve and share the remarkable stories of how their enslaved ancestors founded over 50 freedom colonies in Bastrop County after Emancipation. The self-reliant communities, built on their own property around a church, a school, and homesteads, provided safe spaces where Black Texans could better avoid the perils of debt bondage and racialized violence. The BCAACC has four exhibit spaces that explore freedom Colonies and the contributions of their community members. Permanent exhibits include the T.C. Clemons collection of artifacts and tools of survival. The museum also offers rotating exhibits, examples of which include a display of Ancestral Memory Jugs and the Bastrop Freedom Colonies Group Quilt Project.
Plan A Visit
During operating hours docent docent-guided tours are available at the museum and questions are always welcome.
1303 Pine Street, Bastrop, Texas
512-535-6949
info@bcaacc.org