Museum

Texas Maritime Museum

Rockport · Aransas County · Dedicated 1989 · THC Atlas #4200000349

Texas history, up close and curated.

About this site

Texas Maritime Museum is a museum in Rockport, Aransas County, dedicated in 1989. It is one of 3 museums documented in Aransas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 58 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 28.0264, -97.0488 near Rockport. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hoopes-Smith House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fulton-Bruhl House, Woman's Club of Aransas County Building, and Jackson Family Maritime Companies.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000349. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Texas Maritime Museum in Rockport grew out of the late-1970s Rockport Seafair festival and opened in 1989; the Legislature had designated it the Official Maritime Museum of Texas in 1987. It earned accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums in 2005 and expanded in 2012. Exhibits focus on offshore oil and gas, Texas seaports, early Gulf exploration, and the seafood industry, and include artifacts from the excavation of the French shipwreck La Belle.

Sources: texasmaritimemuseum.org seahistory.org

📍 28.0264, -97.0488 · Rockport, Aransas County

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