Explore the unique history of the city of Lake Jackson at the 12,000 square foot Museum. The Museum chronicles the rich history of the city with interactive exhibits and high-tech displays. The Museum focuses on four eras of history including; the prehistoric era,...

Named one of the ten best museums in Texas by Frommer's Travel Guide, the Museum is home to the largest collection of shells on display in the South with shells from around the world. The Museum also features real life-sized fossilized dinosaur skeletons and other...

Inside the building there are artifacts from the War Between the States, African-American History, Women's Rights, Agriculture, Sulfur Mining, and Wildlife

The Brazoria County Historical Museum exists to discover, preserve, and make known the history of Brazoria County. Located in Brazoria County's historic 1897 courthouse, the Museum collects, preserves and exhibits artifacts that relate the history of and which...

Pecan orchards, magnolia trees and generations of Texas history and commerce encapsulate Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site. The home tells the story of its three owners: Austin colonist Martin Varner, sugarcane mogul Columbus Patton and Texas Gov. James S....

The Nolan Ryan Exhibit Center is a showcase of the legends career from little league baseball to the majors which includes interactive exhibits. In the fall of 1996 the $1.2 million Nolan Ryan Center was completed and donated to Alvin Community College with space...

The Marguerite Rogers House Museum, built by John G. Slover in the early 1900's, is located in Alvin, Texas. In 1938 James A. and Marguerite Rogers bought the house. The Rogers' daughter, Emaline, bequeathed the property to the Alvin Museum Society in 1995. The...

Exhibits have been designed and fabricated, first-class movable shelving has been installed, offices have been outfitted with furnishings and basic computer equipment, and a breakroom for volunteers has been completed. Other exhibits are being designed and constructed.

The mission of the Matagorda County Museum is to collect, to preserve and to protect the county’s cultural heritage. Through exhibition and development of educational programming we make the museum a cultural experience and destination.

The original Dickinson depot was built in 1859, and later burned in 1900. A new Depot was designed and built in 1902 by architect George B. Stowe, a prominent Galveston architect. More elaborate than the other depots along the line, Stowe’s design called for a red...