Texas City Museum

We will be closed tomorrow (Friday, June 19), in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. Closed facilities include:

🔹 City Hall
🔹 Moore Memorial Public Library
🔹 Engineering & Planning
🔹 Biosphere (reopens Saturday as normal)
🔹 Shooting Range
🔹 Lowry Fitness Center
🔹 Texas City Museum

Trash pickup is scheduled to run as normal. The Nessler Family Aquatics Center and the Bayou Golf Course are scheduled to be open, weather permitting.

We'll also be celebrating Juneteenth this weekend, with our Poetry Slam on Friday and the Juneteenth Parade & Charles Brown Celebration on Saturday. Tickets for the Poetry Slam are still available, and you can still sign up to be part of the parade!

For all future museum and historic home updates, follow City of Texas City Recreation and Tourism

Crews have recently finished replacing rotten wood and repainting the Engineers Home here in Heritage Square Park. This is the second of three exterior preservation projects at the park. 🏠🌳
Next up: The Davison home!

Tomorrow (5/23) is our next Adaptive Recreation, and as always, this program is free, but registration is required (link below). We're looking forward to another fun afternoon!

Registration here: https://secure.rec1.com/TX/texas-city-tx/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTQzMTg5ODQ=

Our friends at the Moore Memorial Public Library have been busy working to expand the "History in the Headlines" digital collection! When you visit the museum, scan the QR codes on display and you will be brought to digitized Texas City Sun issues that relate to the exhibit's information. 📰

The QR codes were created to provide public access to such an interesting collection of local history materials; All items in the "History in the Headlines" collection were digitized by library staff and housed in the library's archives.

This initiative was made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC). And a special thank you to the Moore Memorial Public Library for all the hard work that are bringing these stories to the museum!

Another awesome scene from the Galveston County Model Railroad Club- located on the museum's second floor and open to visitors today (and every Saturday) from 11am-4pm! the model train exhibit is included with regular museum admission. 🚂

Registration for our next Adaptive Recreation afternoon is open now!
The event is free and open to all ages, but registration is required. Follow the QR code or link below to sign up:

🕑Saturday, May 23, 2pm-4pm
🔶Themed craft
🍪light refreshments
🔷Mobility, sensory, and communication aids available on a first come, first served basis

https://secure.rec1.com/TX/texas-city-tx/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTQzMTg5ODQ=

The 1895 Willam Moore home exterior paint and wood replacement job is complete-This project was the first of three exterior preservation projects in Heritage Square Park. Next up is the Engineer’s Cottage and the Davison Home!

It’s a beautiful day to visit the park and while you’re here you can stop in at the Davison Home from 1pm-3pm. The next open house will be June 6 🏠

Davison home open house:
Adults- $2
Children- $1

We have a fun day ahead of us tomorrow, starting with morning Pilates 8am-9am!
Then starting at 10am is our next craft day, where visitors can make an early Mother's Day gift for the mom in their life 🥳

🤸‍♀️Pilates- 8am-9am, visitors with Lowry Fitness Center memberships or Texas City Museum memberships have free admission. Regular museum admission is applied for non-members

🌷Craft Day- 10am-4pm, all supplies included with regular museum admission

Last week our Assistant Curator, Karalyn, made a replica Earth using recycled materials from our craft program. Here is the finished product on display through the rest of this week! 🌎

Next craft day: this Saturday, May 2nd