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...
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...
As part of the Museum’s 2023 Winter Lecture Series, Mary Jo O'Rear spoke on Feb. 20 about the reasons why she considers the Coastal Bend a great place to live through its geologic history, flora and fauna. She also discussed hurricanes and building defensive sea...
On February 13, Our Winter lecture series highlighted storytelling from three born-and-raised Port Aransas residents. Macky Ward talked about his grandfather, his home and the connections to Gail Borden Munsell in the late 1920. Jimmy Gates talked about growing up on...