Buggy Barn Museum
Award-winning collection in the beautiful hill country of Blanco, Texas
WHO WE ARE
The Buggy Barn Museum is located in the beautiful hill country of Blanco, Texas. Just 50 miles from almost all surrounding areas, the museum makes it a great place to escape for the day.
The museum is dedicated to providing a unique educational opportunity to step back in time. Expansion of the museum's collection and promoting the preservation of these modes of horse drawn transportation in history are two of the museum's primary goals.
There are over 250 unique buggies, carriages and wagons with no two the same! Dating from the 1800s to the 1900s, we have the largest collection of buggies and wagons in Texas! We have buggies from 12 different countries!
Several buggies were used in movies such as the remake of True Grit, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, There Will Be Blood, The Redemption of Henry Myers, Deliverance Creek, Killers of the Flower Moon; and television series Revolution, Underground, 1883, Bass Reeves, 1923, and so much more! The hit series 1923 is a big draw for visitors. Come see our newest addition of the wagons and carriages from the television series The Chosen!
Visit the Museum
There are many things happening all the time at the museum. Come and tour the museum at your own pace. Each buggy has the history on it, so you can spend as much time here as you'd like. We also welcome schools and other groups, and we will gladly give guided tours as well. There is a fully furnished gift shop to remember your trip by.
Pine Moore Old West Studio
One of our newest additions to the museum is our Pine Moore Old West Studio, located directly behind the museum. This town is like taking a step back in time. This town is available for rent for movies, television series, commercials, and even for parties, weddings, meetings and more! It has a wardrobe area, meeting room with kitchen area, saloon, homestead room, barber and dentist room, stables, church, gallows, saddle shop, Texas Ranger office and jail, and a newly added 3,000 square foot building that is versatile for use.
We not only rent our town for films, but also for weddings, parties, graduation parties, prom, photo shoots, car clubs, and more!
Ready to visit the museum or book Pine Moore Old West Studio? Contact us to plan your visit, schedule a group tour, or reserve our venue for your next event.
Ready to visit the museum or book Pine Moore Old West Studio? Contact us to plan your visit, schedule a group tour, or reserve our venue for your next event.
Visitor Stories
Awesome place! Full of history. Even the kids loved it. All the staff we're super welcoming and full of stories. My only complaint is no a/c in some spots and so hot. So bring a neck fan.
I absolutely loved visiting the Buggy Barn! The collection is incredible-not just the buggies themselves, but all of the fascinating historical items and miscellaneous artifacts throughout the museum. Mark is hilarious, friendly, and incredibly knowledgeable. You can tell he has a real passion for preserving and sharing history. Paula also puts on a fantastic presentation and has a wealth of knowledge to share.
What really stood out to me was how welcoming everyone was. They encourage visitors to get up close to the displays, which makes the experience much more engaging and memorable. If you’re anywhere near Blanco, I highly recommend stopping by. It’s a unique, fun, and educational experience that I won’t forget!
We had a wonderful experience at the buggy barn. Sheriff Mark gave us a tour through the Entire museum. The price of the ticket was worth just hearing him give very informative information and he had us rolling on the floor with all of his funny jokes. Mark definitely made the tour very enjoyable. I've never seen such a variety of wagons and stage coaches and buggies. Quite amazing to say the least. We spent over four hours at the museum looking at everything. I highly recommend this great treasure.
We had a great time, Mark gave us a lot of interesting information and history about the buggys and wagons.
Very interesting and informative right here in Blanco. Very inexpensive for a family ($15 adults-$10 children).
It’s a must stop! Especially on your Texas bucket list! France’s is amazing. Very knowledgeable and very professional and friendly. You must see it to believe it. Horse carriages from around the world. We were not disappointed
I went there alone and because it was so interesting, I took family and friends. At these times the Western town was just being built. This place is fascinating ! On my independent tour, I first saw a fancy black hearse with glass windows. Going around, I also saw vehicles that the owner had bought from various movies. But it's upstairs on the second floor that draws interests. Here one sees wagons. I studied them, especially their brakes. And I understood how easily wagons without brakes could cause accidents. There were many buggy types, small to large, with many different features in designs and materials. As I studied them from the simplest to complicated ones, I discovered mechanical development patterns, leading to early motor vehicles. When I took a friend, the owner met us. This was because of a friend. She and her husband were friends of the owner. She asked him to show us the future Western town. And he did ! We were escorted in a slow moving horse - drawn buggy in the back of the museum. He pointed and talked what would be here and there. Do come and see this site ! Learning here is interesting and fun !
Pretty unique place. The buggies were cool, but I really enjoyed the small town and looking at all the old timey stuff.
Such a neat place and the Sheriff gave us a wonderful tour! Definitely recommend stopping by if you're in the area, but also worth the trip and there are plenty of other things in the area to make a weekend out of it.
Sheriff Mark greeted us at the gate when we arrived. He showed us around regailing stories about the movies certain buggies were used in what movie. It was a very informative & fascinating tour. We enjoyed walking through the various western town. We spent about 2 1/2 hrs roaming around.
