Visit The Grace
Museum Hours
Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-5pm
FREE Thursday Nights: 5-8pm
Closed Sunday & Monday
Holiday Closures
New Years: CLOSED Dec 31-Jan 1
Good Friday: CLOSED Mar 29
Independence Day: CLOSED Jul 4
Thanksgiving: CLOSED Nov 28-29
Christmas: CLOSED Dec 24-25
Admission
$8 – Adults 18+
$5 – Children ages 4-17, Seniors 65+, Students & Educators (with ID), Retired Military (with ID)
FREE – Children ages 0-3, Museum Members, Active Duty Military Families (with ID)
Location
Accessibility
The Grace Museum is fully accessible for our mobility impaired visitors. There is a wheelchair ramp on the North 1st Street side of the Museum for access to the building, an elevator for access to all floors, and wheelchair-accessible restrooms. In addition, there is a wheelchair available for visitor use upon request at the Lobby Desk. Noise-cancelling headphones are also available upon request at our Spark desk located on the 2nd floor.
Parking
The Grace Museum offers two parking areas adjacent to our building along North 1st Street. We welcome our patrons to park in either of these areas. Reserved spaces are available for Handicapped Parking Only.
Interested in a School Tour? Check out our information for Educators.
Our Mission
Our Vision
Staff
Administration
Laura Moore, Executive Director
Vicki Butts, Director of Finance and Human Resources
Sheila Scevers, Director of Donor Relations
Lori Thornton, Director of Marketing and Communications
Lyric Kinkade, Digital Media and Project Coordinator
Tina Russ, Guest Relations Specialist
Audria Hammond, Guest Relations Specialist
Events
Thomas Pierce, Director of Events
Randall Minnick, Facility and Events Specialist
William Peters, Facility and Events Specialist
David W Reynaud, Event Staff
Nathanael Sanchez, Event Staff
Education
Kathryn Mitchell, Director of Education
Christy Biebighauser, Programming Coordinator
Kelci Campbell, Public Programs Coordinator
Marsha Hammack, AHS Science Coordinator
Annemarie Holder, Children’s Programming Coordinator
Darby Ice, Spark Associate
Keely Kister, Spark Associate
Krysteena Palma, Spark Associate
Caroline Statler, Spark Associate
Eowyn Stewart, Spark Associate
Curatorial
Judy Tedford Deaton, Chief Curator, Director of Exhibitions and Collections
Erika Parker, Collections Manager and Curator of History
Yoleny Martinez, Preparator
Facilities
Daniel Pierce, Facility Manager
Rick Logan, Museum Security
Stay Connected
The Grace Museum
Building multifaceted connections through new experiences in American fine art and history
Back on track: Abilene Railroad Festival picks up steam after 30-year hiatus
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The Abilene Railroad Festival brings back a platform for showcasing the Key City's history with the Texas & Pacific Railway.
Join our new Grace Teens group and discover different ways you can have fun volunteering and getting leadership experience here at the museum! Our meetings are open to any teens who wish to join us (even if you haven’t come before). This month we’ll be folding origami!
This program is intended for high schoolers only.
Questions? Contact Kelci at publicprograms@thegracemuseum.org
Time for our second Motivational Monday! Check out the ticket booth and the sign next to it in our exhibition, 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘈𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘴 & 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺. This is the original sign and the original messages that went inside it. Each Monday we`ll post another message, so be sure to check back for an uplifting start to your week.
#FullSteamAhead #MotivationalMondays
Want to support The Grace? Consider buying a raffle ticket! The raffle drawing will take place on Saturday, October 5 at 9 pm at the Grace Gala. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗻.
One lucky ticket holder will win “The Abilene Experience Bundle” – a grand prize featuring valuable items from 20 local restaurants, vendors, and attractions! Great for Christmas gifts!
Visit our website to buy tickets and learn more at
thegracemuseum.org/galaraffle-2024