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Galveston, TX
Best History Museums (Attractions & Activities)
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Galveston County Historical Museum |
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2219 Market St, Galveston 77550 • 409-766-2340 |
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the 1921 City National Bank Building offers impressive exhibits detailing Galveston's rich history. One of the main features is a lighthouse collection, which includes lenses and other artifacts from an array of coastal structures that have guided ships along the Gulf Coast for more than a century. Visitors can also find Native American exhibits, photographic histories of Galveston, and a historical library. |
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Mardi Gras Museum |
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2309 Mechanic St, Galveston 77550 • 409-765-5930 |
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Celebrating Mardi Gras has been a Galveston tradition since 1867, and the Mardi Gras Museum offers something for bead-hurlers, young and old. The museum displays an eclectic array of costumes and memorabilia dating back to 19th-century festivals. In 1986, several prominent architects from around the world helped design unique models of city arches to commemorate a similar project that had been implemented in 1881. One of the models still stands in Galveston, and the remaining ones are on display at the museum, along with pictures detailing their design and construction. |
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Moody Mansion Museum |
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2618 Broadway St, Galveston 775500 • 409-762-7668 |
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The Moody mansion was once inhabited by one of Texas's most influential and affluent families, headed by W.L. Moody, Jr. The family's prominent ties reached into cotton, banking, and hotels, and their mansion in Galveston provides an excellent example of how one of Texas's foremost families lived around the turn of the 20th century. Visitors will enjoy the hand-carved décor, coffered ceilings, and stained glass as much as the Moody family possessions that still inhabit the rooms. |
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Texas Seaport Museum |
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Harborside Dr at Pier 21, Galveston 77550 • 409-763-1877 |
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Only Ellis Island has welcomed more immigrants than Galveston's port, and the Texas Seaport Museum chronicles their amazing stories through displays and historical records. One of the museum's high points is the Elissa, an 1877 iron-hulled sailing ship that saw many immigrants safely into port. Another attraction is the museum's database of over 133,000 immigrant names and records, which is a veritable goldmine for genealogists looking for relatives who first set foot on American soil in Galveston. |
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