Webb County Heritage Events
October Means “Haunted Heritage” on Exhibit
Aaah-oooooo…. The Webb County Heritage Foundation invites the public to visit “Haunted Heritage – Myths and Legends of Laredo” on exhibit in spooky, downtown Laredo. The display features a spine-tingling photo exhibit of Laredo’s most infamous haunted sites that is...
Children of the Inquisition Panel Discussion Recording
The panel discussion took place by Zoom on Wednesday, June 24 at 7 p.m. featuring the film’s director participating from New York and Anna...
Heritage Foundation Presents Online Screening of Documentary Film – “Children of the Inquisition”
The Webb County Heritage Foundation will present an online screening of the documentary film, “Children of the Inquisition,” a film by Peabody Award-winning director, Joseph Lovett, on June 23 and June 24th. The public will be asked to register to receive a link to...
Malintzin, la Historia de un Enigma – POSTPONED
Please be advised that our screening of the “Malintzin” documentary film scheduled for Friday, March 13 at the Border Heritage Museum, HAS BEEN POSTPONED until further notice due to the current concerns over the coronavirus. The Webb County Heritage Foundation, in...
WCHF invites members and friends to Valentines’ Membership Cocktail Party
From protecting historic architecture, teaching Laredo history to school groups, operating two history museums, maintaining historical archives, and celebrating our city’s founding, the Webb County Heritage Foundation works hard all year-round with support from...
Heritage Foundation Presents Civil War Exhibit – “War and Peace on the Rio Grande, 1861-1867”
The Webb County Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley and American Legion Post 59, will host “War and Peace on the Rio Grande, 1861-1867,”an exhibit and presentation on the Civil War history of the South Texas region that...
Webb County Heritage Foundation Hosts “Historic Laredo” Photo Competition Exhibit
Laredo, TX – The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host an opening reception for the exhibit of entries in the “Historic Laredo” Photo Competition on Thursday, November 21 from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Villa Antigua® Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. The public is...
“Movies on the Patio” Returns to Spooky, Downtown Laredo
Laredo, TX – The Webb County Heritage Foundation will team up with the Laredo Convention & Visitors Bureau to host two evenings of “Movies on the Patio” starting Friday, October 4th at the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. at 7:30 p.m. The first...
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image Travels to Laredo with its Award-Winning Film Preservation Program
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image is bringing the Texas Film Round-Up, an award-winning program to Laredo. Area residents, organizations, and businesses are invited to drop off their collection of films and videotapes for the free digitization program at the Alamo...
Heritage Foundation Celebrates Laredo’s 264th Birthday with Founders Day Celebration
Celebrating the 264th anniversary of Laredo’s founding, the Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a Founders’ Day luncheon honoring the descendants of founder, Don Tomás Sánchez and all the founding families of this historic community on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at...
Heritage Foundation Presents Book-Signing For “Redeeming La Raza: Transborder Modernity, Race, Respectability, and Rights”
Laredo, TX – The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a book-signing for Gabriela Gonzalez, author of Redeeming La Raza: Transborder Modernity, Race, Respectability, and Rights, on Thursday, March 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Villa Antigua Border...
Come Share the Love!
From protecting historic architecture, teaching Laredo history to school groups, operating two history museums, maintaining historical archives, and celebrating our city’s founding, the Webb County Heritage Foundation works hard...
Webb County Heritage Foundation Hosts “Historic Laredo” Photo Competition Exhibit
The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host an opening reception for the exhibit of entries in the “Historic Laredo” Photo Competition on Thursday, December 6 from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Villa Antigua® Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. The public is invited to...
Book-Signing for Jane Clements Monday’s “Dr. Arthur Spohn: Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer”
Laredo, TX – The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a book-signing with Jane Clements Monday, co-author of “Dr. Arthur Spohn: Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer” on Wednesday, November 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum,...
Heritage Foundation Presents Book-Signing for John A. Adams, Jr.’s “Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border”
Laredo, TX – The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a book-signing for John A. Adams, Jr., author of Murder and Intrigue on the Mexican Border – Governor Colquitt, President Wilson and the Vergara Affair, on Thursday, September 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Villa...
Los Charros en el Cine Mexicano
The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host an opening reception for “Los Charros en el Cine Mexicano”, an exhibit of vintage Mexican movie posters on Thursday, August 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. in Laredo. This...
2018 Founders’ Day Celebration to Focus on “Building Our History”
Celebrating the 263rd anniversary of Laredo’s founding, the Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a Founders’ Day luncheon honoring the descendants of founder, Don Tomás Sánchez and all the founding families of this historic community on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at...
Book-Signing With Barbara Gonzalez Cigarroa
The Webb County Heritage Foundation will host a book-signing for Barbara Gonzalez Cigarroa, author of A MEXICAN DREAM and Other Compositions, on Friday, April 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum, 810 Zaragoza St. in Laredo. A presentation...