Open Monday-Saturday; Closed Sundays

Flip through your yearbooks, put on your letter jacket, pull your mum out of storage, then take a trip down memory lane with friends and family at MUMENTOUS, open Sept. 23 - Oct. 14 at the Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau Gallery on Main Street in the heart of historic Grapevine, Texas.

"MUMENTOUS: Football, Glue Guns, Moms, and a Super-Sized High School Tradition Born Deep in the Heart of Texas" is a brand-new traveling exhibit hosted in partnership with the Texas Lakes Trail Region. The exhibit explores a unique and ubiquitous aspect of Texas history and culture found in the traditions that surround high school homecoming mums.

“The Texas Lakes Trail is thrilled to launch MUMENTOUS with the City of Grapevine,” said Jill Campbell Jordan, Executive Director of Texas Lakes Trail. “There’s just something about this exhibit that inspires people to share memories of their high school years. That is what I love the most about it: the shared experience.”

MUMENTOUS explores the evolution of Texas high school homecoming mums from their humble beginnings in the 1920s through today’s highly-varied practices. The exhibit’s photography and narratives touch on a number of topics including the emergence of high school football, fan and pop culture, the DIY movement, entrepreneurship, and women as tradition-keepers. MUMENTOUS is a collaboration between the Texas Lakes Trail Region, author Amy J. Schultz, and the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Special Collections.