Did you know that the Port Aransas Museum has two YouTube channels with videos that showcase the incredible history of Port Aransas? Each channel has hours and hours of fascinating information that you won't find anywhere else!Port Aransas Museum Archives Port Aransas...
As part of the Museum’s 2024 Winter Lecture Series, Pam Wheat Stranahan spoke on February 19, 2024, about the beginning and growth of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute.About Sally Palmer Sally Palmer is the Assistant Director of Communications and...
As part of the Museum’s 2024 Winter Lecture Series, Pam Wheat Stranahan spoke on February 5, 2024, about towns that lined Copano Bay in the 1830s through the 1880s. Ships sailed the natural channel from Aransas Pass to Copano Bay, which provided water transport for...
As part of the Museum’s 2024 Winter Lecture Series, Capt. Dee Wallace, a global sportfishing captain that has set over 10 world records, explores the history of sportfishing and sport boats from the most modern to those built by the Farley Brothers in 1915.About Capt....
As part of the Museum’s 2024 Winter Lecture Series, Tim Seiter provides a general overview of the Karankawa peoples from their inception as a culture in the thirteenth century to the present day. Significantly, this presentation rectifies various myths attached to the...
As part of the Museum’s 2024 Winter Lecture Series, Mark Creighton spoke on January 8 about the contributions of one particular family in Texas history from the empresario times to the late 20s and early 30s in Port Aransas — and how one man helped Port Aransas...
Join us May 4, 2024, for music, a silent auction, a live auction and Good Vibrations!Details: Date: May 4, 2024 Location: The Tarpon Inn Time: 6 to 10 p.m. Theme: 60s and 70s surf Kick Off Kick off will be at Farley Boat Works on May 3, 2024. We will have a silent...
Mondays, Jan. 8 - Feb. 19, 2024 6 p.m. — Meet and Greet, Port Aransas Museum 6:30 p.m. — Lecture, Community Center A light snack and drink will be provided.A Little Texas History and the Man Who Saved Port Aransas, Mark Creighton (Jan. 8, 2024) Mark Creighton will...