"I have been to dozens of rural towns museums throughout Texas. This one though is the Diamond in the group. On our recent trip to Gatesville we found this gem. Its claim to fame is that it has over 6,000 different spurs, which is the Worlds largest and part of a 10,000 spur collection. You will see spurs that date back to the early 1800, along with Jackie Kennedy's spurs and those worn by Pancho Villa. This place has two floors, housing thousands of rare antiques and artifacts. It is huge, covering a City block with unique artifacts, to include Native arrowheads, millstones and clothing. It is very tastefully laid out with an antique soda shop, a historic school classroom, a transportation section displaying Ford Model T, a full scale log cabin/jail and numerous antique farm equipment, including a huge old case tractor and other early farm artifacts on displays. You will see a full scale doctor's office, a dentist office and partial hospital, displaying artifacts dating back to the early 1800. This is the single most impressive place I've visited in years. We spent two hours in it and didn't see it all. This is a must see museum. It has a gift shop loaded with very interesting merchandise for sale."

"This unassuming museum was AMAZING. We have been to history museums all over the United States, and this museum has things I'd never actually seen in person. They don't have the fancy expensive display boards or anything, but everything is set up SO nicely, with great information and signage. And FREE. My teens enjoyed it and learned new things just as much as I did. We had a field trip here and the younger kid all enjoyed it too, we all spent two hours exploring. There is just room after room after room."

"My daughter & I visited this lovely place while driving to Gatesville on an errand. It was such a neat hidden gem. I say hidden because it does not look that big from the outside, but it is actually huge! It was so nice to have visited on their first day of reopening due to getting a new elevator (it has two stories). The volunteers were so sweet and offered up their knowledge on the displays, which was truly appreciated. There is so much history here including the Lloyd and Madge Mitchell world’s largest spur collection and stories behind these extraordinary people. I appreciated the diversity in the museum as well. There were so many displays and narratives posted, that it would take all day to read through it all. If you appreciate Texas History, it’s definitely worth experiencing this museum. I’d like to pop in again if I get the chance to read all of the narratives that I didn’t have a chance to get to last time."