The Freddy Fender museum is one of three that opened in San Benito on Nov. 17 in the same facility. The San Benito History Museum, which chronicles the town's beginnings, and the Texas Conjunto Hall of Fame and Museum, which honors the musical genre born in this town, each got 450 square feet of space to tell their stories too.
The city gave each $10,000 to get their doors open. Mayor Joe Hernandez calls it just a beginning.
Within a year, San Benito plans to build a $1.4 million building, next to the existing one, which will expand all three museums and create an accompanying dance hall.
The city has a rich music history, Hernandez said. "It created the king of conjunto (music great Narciso Martinez) and the king of Tex-Mex," a reference to Fender.
The three museums are in downtown San Benito, at 210 E. Heywood. They are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. Admission is $3.
For more information, call (956) 361-3800.