Basement to Attic Tours of the 1892 Bishop's Palace

Offering participants a rare look into parts of the National Historic Landmark that are typically off-limits, the 1892 Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours feature Mrs. Gresham’s studio. An exclusive third-floor view to a truly one of a kind panoramic of the Gulf of ......More

Offering participants a rare look into parts of the National Historic Landmark that are typically off-limits, the 1892 Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours feature Mrs. Gresham’s studio. An exclusive third-floor view to a truly one of a kind panoramic of the Gulf of Mexico. Tickets are limited to 20 total guests and are $40 per person. Built of stone and steel for the railroad magnate Walter Gresham and his family, this famous house was designed by Nicholas Clayton, Galveston’s premier Victorian-era architect. Bishop’s Palace is recognized as one of America’s finest examples of Victorian exuberance and Gilded-Age extravagance and is listed by the U. S. Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark. The Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours are the best opportunity the public has to view all floors of the historic property.

1892 Bishop’s Palace, 1402 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, TX, 77550, United States

1877 Tall Ship ELISSA Sail Training Orientation

Sail training on ELISSA gives the participants the once-in-a-lifetime chance to sail onboard a historic sailing ship from 1877 and literally, sail history! Don’t think you are a climber? No problem, we have needs for people of all abilities. ELISSA’s sail training is an......More

Sail training on ELISSA gives the participants the once-in-a-lifetime chance to sail onboard a historic sailing ship from 1877 and literally, sail history! Don’t think you are a climber? No problem, we have needs for people of all abilities. ELISSA’s sail training is an adventure activity for people of all ages and abilities. Young and older folks alike can find camaraderie and a rewarding experience either in ELISSA’s rigging or on her decks. ELISSA is sailed and lovingly maintained by a dedicated volunteer group that works and trains year-round. Now is your chance if you have longed to hoist a sail on a historic tall ship.

Galveston Historic Seaport, 2200 Harborside Drive, Galveston, TX, 77550, United States

Swimwear Department - Strand Summer Series

Galveston Historical Foundation invites you to enjoy historic downtown Galveston for the 2025 Strand Summer Series! These movie and music nights are located in The Strand’s principal parks and feature free-to-the-public concerts and movies from April through September.

Saengerfest Park, 2302 The Strand, Galveston, TX, 77550, United States

The Underground Railroad South to Mexico

Presented by Daniel P. Ott, Ph.D., National Park Service Transcending race, religion and nationality, the Underground Railroad (UGRR) joined the American ideals of liberty and freedom expressed in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution with the extraordinary a......More

Presented by Daniel P. Ott, Ph.D., National Park Service Transcending race, religion and nationality, the Underground Railroad (UGRR) joined the American ideals of liberty and freedom expressed in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution with the extraordinary actions of men and women working in common purpose to free a people. Historian and Western Regions Coordinator of the National Underground Network to Freedom, Daniel P. Ott, will share documented histories of freedom seeking which make Texas and the western United States unique in the national UGRR story.

https://www.galvestonhistory.org/event/the-underground-railroad-south-to-mexico

GHF Annual Meeting

GHF’s Executive Director Dwayne Jones and outgoing president Cesar Hernandez will lead the 2025 GHF annual meeting at the 1859 Ashton Villa. The main order of business is the election of officers and directors for 2025-2026, along with an overview of GHF’s accomplishmen......More

GHF’s Executive Director Dwayne Jones and outgoing president Cesar Hernandez will lead the 2025 GHF annual meeting at the 1859 Ashton Villa. The main order of business is the election of officers and directors for 2025-2026, along with an overview of GHF’s accomplishments over the past fiscal year. The GHF annual meeting will include the “passing of the gavel” from the outgoing board president to incoming president Clay Rogers and will include complimentary beverages and gourmet hor d’oeuvres. For more information or to purchase a membership, call 409-765-7834 or click here.

1859 Ashton Villa, 2328 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, 77550, United States

Basement to Attic Tours of the 1892 Bishop's Palace

Offering participants a rare look into parts of the National Historic Landmark that are typically off-limits, the 1892 Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours feature Mrs. Gresham’s studio. An exclusive third-floor view to a truly one of a kind panoramic of the Gulf of ......More

Offering participants a rare look into parts of the National Historic Landmark that are typically off-limits, the 1892 Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours feature Mrs. Gresham’s studio. An exclusive third-floor view to a truly one of a kind panoramic of the Gulf of Mexico. Tickets are limited to 20 total guests and are $40 per person. Built of stone and steel for the railroad magnate Walter Gresham and his family, this famous house was designed by Nicholas Clayton, Galveston’s premier Victorian-era architect. Bishop’s Palace is recognized as one of America’s finest examples of Victorian exuberance and Gilded-Age extravagance and is listed by the U. S. Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark. The Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours are the best opportunity the public has to view all floors of the historic property.

1892 Bishop’s Palace, 1402 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, TX, 77550, United States

Jaws - Strand Summer Series

Galveston Historical Foundation invites you to enjoy historic downtown Galveston for the 2025 Strand Summer Series! These movie and music nights are located in The Strand’s principal parks and feature free-to-the-public concerts and movies from April through September.

Hendley Green, 2028 Strand Street, Galveston, TX, 77550, United States

Basement to Attic Tours of the 1892 Bishop's Palace

Offering participants a rare look into parts of the National Historic Landmark that are typically off-limits, the 1892 Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours feature Mrs. Gresham’s studio. An exclusive third-floor view to a truly one of a kind panoramic of the Gulf of ......More

Offering participants a rare look into parts of the National Historic Landmark that are typically off-limits, the 1892 Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours feature Mrs. Gresham’s studio. An exclusive third-floor view to a truly one of a kind panoramic of the Gulf of Mexico. Tickets are limited to 20 total guests and are $40 per person. Built of stone and steel for the railroad magnate Walter Gresham and his family, this famous house was designed by Nicholas Clayton, Galveston’s premier Victorian-era architect. Bishop’s Palace is recognized as one of America’s finest examples of Victorian exuberance and Gilded-Age extravagance and is listed by the U. S. Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark. The Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours are the best opportunity the public has to view all floors of the historic property.

1892 Bishop’s Palace, 1402 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, TX, 77550, United States

Basement to Attic Tours of the 1892 Bishop's Palace

Offering participants a rare look into parts of the National Historic Landmark that are typically off-limits, the 1892 Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours feature Mrs. Gresham’s studio. An exclusive third-floor view to a truly one of a kind panoramic of the Gulf of ......More

Offering participants a rare look into parts of the National Historic Landmark that are typically off-limits, the 1892 Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours feature Mrs. Gresham’s studio. An exclusive third-floor view to a truly one of a kind panoramic of the Gulf of Mexico. Tickets are limited to 20 total guests and are $40 per person. Built of stone and steel for the railroad magnate Walter Gresham and his family, this famous house was designed by Nicholas Clayton, Galveston’s premier Victorian-era architect. Bishop’s Palace is recognized as one of America’s finest examples of Victorian exuberance and Gilded-Age extravagance and is listed by the U. S. Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark. The Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours are the best opportunity the public has to view all floors of the historic property.

1892 Bishop’s Palace, 1402 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, TX, 77550, United States

Reverend Horton Heat - Strand Summer Series

Galveston Historical Foundation invites you to enjoy historic downtown Galveston for the 2025 Strand Summer Series! These movie and music nights are located in The Strand’s principal parks and feature free-to-the-public concerts and movies from April through September.

Saengerfest Park, 2302 The Strand, Galveston, TX, 77550, United States

Reverend Horton Heat (solo) Live

With their hot-rodded fusion of dazzling high-speed guitar runs, thundering rhythms, high-profile swagger, and lyrical smirk, The Reverend Horton Heat are perhaps the most popular psychobilly artists of all time, their recognition rivaled only by the esteem generated by......More

With their hot-rodded fusion of dazzling high-speed guitar runs, thundering rhythms, high-profile swagger, and lyrical smirk, The Reverend Horton Heat are perhaps the most popular psychobilly artists of all time, their recognition rivaled only by the esteem generated by the genre’s founders, the Cramps. The Reverend (as both the band and its guitar-playing frontman are known) built a strong cult following during the ’90s through constant touring, manic showmanship, and a barbed sense of humor. The latter was nothing new in the world of psychobilly, of course, and Heat’s music certainly maintained the trashy aesthetic of his spiritual forebears. The Reverend’s true innovation was updating the psychobilly sound for the alternative rock era. In their hands, it had roaring distorted guitars, rocked as hard as any punk band, and didn’t look exclusively to the pop culture of the past for its style or subject matter. Most of the Reverend’s lyrics were gonzo celebrations of sex, drugs, booze, and cars, and true to his name, his early concerts often featured mock sermons in the style of a rural revivalist preacher. On their 1992 debut Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em, the group established the template of their no-frills, high-intensity approach to rockabilly, and though celebrity producers helped beef up the sound of their next two albums — Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers on 1993’s The Full Custom Gospel Sounds and Ministry’s Al Jourgensen on 1994’s Liquor in the Front — the Reverend’s essential style changed little with time. They would explore a more introspective side on 2004’s Revival, embrace their country influences on 2009’s Laughin’ & Cryin’ with the Reverend Horton Heat, and add a pianist to the mix on 2018’s Whole New Life, but on-stage and in the studio, Jim Heath and his bandmates could always be depended upon to deliver some of the twangy fire that their fans loved. With over 1 million albums sold and nearly 35 years in the game, Heath and company have been delivering blood-pressure inducing scriptures to millions of fans worldwide. Call it rock and roll, psychobilly or what have you, The Reverend Horton Heat is often considered an early architect of the latter genre (at least on this side of the Atlantic) and occupies a peculiar place in American musical terrain. *** The Texas Music Office (TMO) designated Galveston as a Music Friendly Texas Certified Community on February 26, 2024. The Music Friendly Texas program aims to create jobs and economic development in Texas communities by supporting the music industry. Galveston’s certification recognizes its rich musical heritage and the city’s connection to the arts. Learn more here.

1859 Ashton Villa, 2328 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, 77550, United States

Fact Vs. Fiction in Galveston History

Join us for a lively lunchtime lecture that separates tall tales from true history as we dive into the colorful past of Galveston Island! From pirate legends and buried treasure to the bustling days of “the Wall Street of the South,” we’ll explore what’s fact, what’s fi......More

Join us for a lively lunchtime lecture that separates tall tales from true history as we dive into the colorful past of Galveston Island! From pirate legends and buried treasure to the bustling days of “the Wall Street of the South,” we’ll explore what’s fact, what’s fiction, and what might be a little bit of both. This engaging talk offers a fun and informative look at how Galveston’s myths have shaped its identity—and how history often proves even more fascinating than folklore. Bring your curiosity (and your lunch!) for a midday journey through time.

1859 Ashton Villa, 2328 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, 77550, United States