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...
As part of the Museum’s 2024 Winter Lecture Series, Anthony Soto spoke on February 12, 2024, about the Coast Guard in 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...
These music sessions were recorded in the Chapel on the Dunes. Artists: David and Barbara Brown, Tyler Jordan Davis, James & Laura Derkits, Bob Reed, Billy Snipes and Barry Truax.2022 Music SessionsDavid and Barbara BrownTyler Jordan DavisJames & Laura...
Farley Boat Works lost a treasured volunteer last week. Charles Ferguson, age 75, transitioned to the spirit world in the arms of loved ones on May 5, 2023. Charles, a longtime resident of Port Aransas, Texas, was a bold, gentle, and heroic figure. His kind...
Congratulations to Cliff Strain, Director of the Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association, for being awarded the 2022-2023 Daniel E. Kilgore Local History Award by the Nueces County Historical Society. He received the award at the society’s annual banquet...