Visit the Farm
Grounds Tours & Visitor Hours
Museum Hours
Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays
10 am-2 pm
Demonstrations & Crafts:
Dallas Handweavers & Spinners Guild
5/15 & 5/31
10am-12pm
Free with purchase of general admission ticket
Museum Information
Visit the 4-acre historic farmstead and learn about agrarian life, during the late 18th-early 19th century. Explore livestock (chickens, goats, sheep, donkey, pigs, and more!) and 15 historic buildings, including the 1891 historic Wilson House. The Farm grounds are ADA compliant, with decomposed granite walkways.
To learn more about the Farmstead history at About
Tickets are available at the museum entrance for $5 per person.
Tour the Wilson House for an additional $5 per person (10am-12pm).
Contact Museum to ensure a Docent is available. The second story of house accessible by stairs only.
Wagon rides are $2 per person (10am-12pm).
Chicken scratch may be purchased for $1 per bag.
If a special event is taking place, prices will be listed at Events.
Museum members receive FREE admission to the Farm and FREE tractor rides every visit. Members at the Family level receive discounts to Little Farmer Fridays and Homeschool Days.
Location & Parking
The Heritage Farmstead Museum is located 20 miles north of Downtown Dallas, Texas using US 75-N / North Central Expressway.
1900 West 15th Street, Plano, Texas 75075
Visitors may park in the attached parking lot or along Pitman Drive. Please do not park at Chase Bank as your vehicle may be towed.
Additional free parking is available in the BT Furnishings parking lot at 1300 Custer Road, Plano, Texas.
What to Expect
When you arrive at the front gates of the Heritage Farmstead Museum, please check in at our Visitors Center and pay for your admission, Wilson House Tour, wagon ride and chicken feed. Bottled water available for $1.
Gift Shop
An assortment of unique gifts, toys, stuffies, jewelry, t-shirts, hats, and bottled water are available in the Visitor Center for our guests.
Payments Accepted: Cash, Debit, Visa, and MasterCard.
FAQs
Visitors may park in the attached parking lot or along Pittman Creek Drive. Parking in the Chase Bank parking lot is not allowed during bank hours and violators may be towed.
Visitors can also find free parking at BT Furnishings located at 1300 Custer Road.
The museum is not a petting zoo. We have livestock and poultry on exhibit to educate visitors on what type of animals would be found on a working farm in the early 1900’s. Chicken scratch is available in the visitor center for $1 per bag. Please note, there are days that the chickens are not able to roam free. Also on occasion, we offer more up-close encounters with the animals through some of our education programs, summer camp, and special events. You can find details on these events on the Events page For the safety of our animals and guests, only museum staff or trained animal care staff are allowed in the pens.
Yes! Picnic lunches are welcome, as are strollers and wagons.
Photographs are allowed on museum grounds; however, they are not permitted inside the Wilson House.
Professional photographers need to purchase a membership for $120 per year. This membership is for professional photographers who are using the museum grounds to take photos of families, couples, individuals, or historic buildings. Membership is for one photographer for 1 year and does not include entrance fees for guests. All guest must purchase admission tickets. Photographers must notify the museum in advance to schedule.
For the safety of our guests and our livestock we do not allow any pets to be brought on the site. We do allow service animals. A service animal must be under the control of its handler. Under the ADA, service animals must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered, unless the individual’s disability prevents using these devices or these devices interfere with the service animal's safe, effective performance of tasks. In that case, the individual must maintain control of the animal through voice, signal, or other effective controls.
Support the Farmstead
As a non-profit, we thrive off of the contributions of our local community. Your contribution, no matter how big or small, makes a big difference in our farmstead.
