The Texas City Museum encourages the explorer in everyone to experience the past, encounter the present, and discover the future. It is a place where both emotions and intellect are challenged as you are invited to touch, explore, and ask questions during your...

When the world's newest rainforest opened in March of 1993 at Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas, visitors had to use their imaginations to visualize how the acre-size rainforest would actually fill out its 10-story glass pyramid. Not so today! In just a few years,...

Moody Gardens features three main pyramid attractions: the Aquarium, which is one of the largest in the world and holds many species of fish and other sealife; the Rainforest Pyramid, which contains tropical animals and plants; and the Discovery Pyramid, which...

The Lone Star Flight Museum, located in Galveston, Texas is an aerospace museum that displays more than 40 historically significant aircraft and many hundreds of artifacts related to the history of flight. The museum's collection is rare because most of the aircraft...

Seawolf Park features a 3-story pavilion, the USS CAVALLA (WWII Submarine) ; the USS STEWART (destroyer escort - one of only 3 in the world); a Fishing Pier ; and a Playground. The park was built on an immigration station site and offers a three-story pavilion with a...

In the Museum, you will discover artifacts of the golden age of rail travel. Marvel at the selection of the largest collection of railroad dining ware, silver and china in the United States! Visit our model train theatres, displayed are mesmerizing, operational 'O'...

Galveston County Historical Museum opened to the public in 1976. Four years earlier, Mary Moody Northen had donated the former City National Bank building to Galveston County for use as a historical museum, dedicated to the memory of her father, W.L. Moody, Jr. For...

Incorporated in 1986, the Galveston Arts Center (GAC) is an independent nonprofit organization that showcases innovative contemporary art in the 1878 First National Bank Building in Galveston’s Historic Strand District. Our mission is to promote the visual arts by...

Welcome to Moody Mansion! Restored to its turn of the century splendor, the 28,000 square-foot, four-story structure was completed in 1895. Today, our guests visit 20 rooms on a tour that depicts the home life of a powerful Texas family. The Moodys established one of...

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...