Silsbee Chamber of Commerce
|
|
Today's Sponsor-- Silsbee Chamber of Commerce |
| Museums in Southeast Texas | |
|
With more than 2 dozen museums, Southeast Texas has a lot to excite the curious. From the famed Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur that highlights history and culture of the area to the world renowned Stark Museum in Orange with its impressive art collection, you will find more than enough fill you senses and your memories. Southeast Texas's historical homes will send you back to another era where you can dream of opulence or feel the power of former statesmen. Be sure to catch the elegance of the Stark Home in Orange and the McFaddin Ward Home in Beaumont. And stop through Liberty and Woodville to catch a feel for what it was like to be a governor of the state in earlier eras. |
Museum of the Gulf Coast Traditional exhibits feature natural, geological, and cultural history of Gulf Coast region. Exhibits on area's  entertainment and sportslegacies including Janis Joplin, Big Bopper, George Jones, Tracy Byrd, Mark Chesnutt, Tracy Byrd, Jimmy Johnson, and Bum Phillips are onhand as well as art by internationally acclaimed Robert Rauschenberg, Janis Joplin and other S.E. Texas music and sports legends featured along with displays, photos and artifacts for prehistoric, pirates, civil war, oil discovery & production, maritime and other local items of interest. Open 7 days a week. 409-982-7000. Proctor Street Downtown Port Arthur. |
 Clifton Steamboat Museum 24,000 sq.-ft.-facility with exhibits representing the Battle of San Jacinto, the Republic of Texas and its statehood, the Civil War in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, the Steamboat Era, World Wars I & II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf War. The museum's theme is Heroes...Past, Present and Future" and honors military and civilian heroes. Features include the tugboat Hercules, the Hercules Club, Moresi's Foundry, O'Hearn's, a gift shop, a frame shop and art gallery, restaurant, and See-Max Theater. Open by appointment only. Web Site 7777 Fannett Road (Hwy 124), near Hwy 364, Beaumont 409-842-3162 |
Windmill Museum of Texas Exhibits inside feature famous hometown country and western singer Tex Ritter and a gift shop with imported items from Holland. 1500 Boston Ave., Nederland For information contact the Nederland Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 891, Nederland 409-722-0279 |
Chambers County Museum - General history; exhibits of local and pioneer history, archeology.Open Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Courthouse Annex. Anahuac |
Wallisville Heritage Park Displays and artifacts of Spanish Mission Nuestra Senora de la Luz and Presido San Augustin de Ahumada (1756-1771), including vintage saddle-making tools, hardware, and area history. Adjacent, a restored 1869 school contains a genealogical/history library. Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Located 13 miles east on I-10 at the Trinity River, Exit #807 (Wallisville Exit). |
Spindletop/Gladys City Boomtown Museum a reproduction of the Spindletop Boomtown from near the turn of the century. 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday- Sunday. Closed Monday and holidays. Adults $2.50. Children, Senior Citizens (60+) $1.25 . Off Highwy 69 (Cardinal Drive) at University in Beaumont. 409-835-0823 Jefferson County Historical Markers |
Texas Energy Museum Offers an unforgettable learning experience for both children and adults through  multimedia techniques that include rig sounds, motion, light, cinema projection, voice, and photo-mural backgrounds. Spectacular exhibits deal with the geology of hydrocarbons and the history of the petroleum industry within a total energy picture. Tuesday -Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 1 p.m. through 5 p.m. Sunday. Admistion $2 adults, senior citizensand children 6-12 are $1.25. Free to school groups and Lamar students with an id. 409-833-5100. 600 Main, Downtown Beaumont |
Edison MuseumThorough interactive exhibits and more than 60 Edison artifacts, the museum commemorates the contributions of Thomas Alva Edison and his innovative and inventive mind. The museum is housed in the historic Travis Street Substation in downtown Beaumont, Texas, and was the first museum established in downtown Beaumont. The self-paced tour takes about one hour. Museum hours are 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday- Friday, closed on major holidays. 350 Pine Street At Edison Plaza Downtown Beaumont 409-981-3089 |
Fire Museum of Texas Next to the "World's Largest Fire Hydrant." The spotted hydrant was created by the Disney Company for the re-release of 100 Dalmations. The Fire Museum: Walk into an early 20th Century Fire Hall and explore all aspects of the early and modern Fire Departments. Experience a collection of historic fire department equipment, machinery, and memorabilia with seven major fire fighting units on display to represent the year 1779 to present day. Museum hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. 400 Walnut, Downtown Beaumont - 409-880-3927 |
Tex Ritter Museum 1500 Boston Ave, Nederland For information contact the Nederland Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 891, Nederland 409-722-0279 ViewMap |
Winnie Agricultural Historical Museum Located behind the Texas Rice Festival/Chamber Of Commerce offices on LeBlanc Road, the museum houses authentic antique tractors, farming equipment, photos and the airplane that planted the first aerially-seeded rice crop in Texas. In addition, the Winnie Santa Fe Depot, which was established in 1905, has been relocated along side the Agricultural Historical Museum. Open for tours by appointments - (409) 296-2231 |
The Bertha Cornwell Museum of Sour Lake History 
Open Thrusday 1:00 - 3:00 (Call for appointments on other days -- located at the library.) Also stop by the Spindletop Cafe for great lunch or breakfast and remembrances of the great oil days. (Look for the oil derrick on Hwy 105 and turn south into downtown). Sour Lake's earliest history is traced back to Indian activity around a little lake whose water was given credit for curing every sort of malady. By the early 1840's, settlers were regularly utilizing the lakes waters for medicinal purposes. The first hotel, built in the 1850's was destroyed in 1883 and was replaced by the Sour Springs Hotel composed of three buildings for guest, with stables, carriage houses, bath house and pavilion.In 1902, the Atlantic and Pacific Oil Company drilled just south of the lake in Sour Lake and found oil sand at 646'. That led to the founding of Texaco in Sour Lake. |
| Museum | |
| Events from 07/25/2008 to 11/22/2008 Category = City = All Cities | ||
| Event | |
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 to Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | |
"Like Mother/Like Daughter?" Lecture and Exhibit at the McFaddin-Ward House McFaddin-Ward House summer intern Stephanie Oman will present her research project that explored the relationship between Ida McFaddin and her daughter Mamie McFaddin Ward in a lecture, accompanied by a display of objects, on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. at the museum’s visitor center located at Calder and Third Street. The lecture is free and the public is invited. Ms. Oman’s research material was culled from the women’s journals and correspondence from the museum’s collections and from oral histories collected by museum staff. She will compare the two women in terms of their stylistic choices for decorative objects and fashion and she will explore their personal relationship with each other. Capping the project, Ms. Oman will create a curatorial display of representative objects depicting the two women’s preferences. The display can be viewed in the visitor center’s main lobby for several months following Stephanie’s power-point presentation. 3:00-4:00 p.m. McFaddin-Ward House visitor center. Beaumont. Donda Thomasson, 409-832-1906 | |
 |  |
unique portrait of pioneer life in the mid to late 1800's. The Tolar Cabin from 1866 has a State of Texas Historical Commission designation. There is an active blacksmith and jeweler on the premises. It is also home of the famous Pickett House Restaurant that serves home cooked meals boarding-room style.9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Sunday.