2012 Winter Lecture Series

Every winter the Port Aransas Museum presents a series of lectures dealing with all aspects of Port Aransas History, from new finds to how we deal with all the information we gather.

Join us Monday, February 27 at 7 p.m. for our next presentation by historian Guthrie Ford as he tells us about: The Mercer Logs. For more information go to the News & Events/Upcoming Events tab.

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Exhibits

100 Years of Sport Fishing in Port Aransas

The current exhibit at the Port Aransas Museum highlights a century of Sport Fishing and Hunting in Port Aransas.  Some of the great artifacts on display at the exhibit include:

  • Antique skin mount of a tarpon, the fish that brought recognition to the town.
  • Fishing gear from yesteryear including rods and reels from the turn of the century.
  • Lures from the PICO Lure Company in Corpus Christi.
  • The stern of the Manny, a Farley boat salvaged, converted and placed inside the museum.  Come sit in it for a feel of how the folks fished while you learn about these local craft and how they were built.
  • Stories, photos and the history of the Port Aransas Boatmen Inc.
  • Storyboards along with photos and videos that tell the history of the sports.
  • Newsreel of President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he fished the area in 1937 with local guides in a Farley boat.