Brazosport

Brazosport ISD Rodeo Art Exhibit
2025-01-16 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-17 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-18 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Center for the Arts & Sciences, 400 College Blvd., Clute, TX, 77531, United States
Works of art by Brazosport ISD students, some of which will go on to the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo art competition.

Preserving Heritage: Photography Workshop
2025-01-18 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site, 10510 FM 524, Brazoria, TX, 77422
Photographs are important for studying history and for telling your family’s story. Learn how to digitally preserve your family photos with nothing but your iPhone and discover how your photographs can be used for genealogy research in this hands-on workshop.

Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Texas Coast
2025-01-23 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Brazoria County Historical Museum, 100 E. Cedar, Angleton, Texas, 77515
Dr. John Lundberg, Professor of History at Tarrant County College, shares his latest book Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Texas Coast. Dr. Lundberg will discuss the competing cultures and peoples that made up the Texas Lowcountry between 1822 and 1840. He will then explore the history of the enslavers and the enslaved between 1840 and 1865. To conclude his discussion, Dr. Lundberg will investigate the experiences of freed people in the region during the Reconstruction era to 1895.
Before the Civil War, European immigrants, particularly Germans, poured into Texas bringing with them cultural ideals about slavery. This, combined with the majority of the population from southern slaveholding states, complicated the story of slavery. By 1861, more than 70% of this region’s population were enslaved people. In closely examining this unique pocket of Texas, Lundberg provides a new and much-needed, region-specific study of the culture of enslavement and the African-American experience.
The book, recently published by Texas A&M University Press, will be available for purchase in our Windows Book and Gift Shop. Dr. Lundberg will also be on hand to autograph purchased copies.
This program is open and free to the public.

Dunes Day
2025-01-25 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Stahlman Park, 2211 Bluewater Hwy., Surfside Beach, 77541, United States
Recycle Christmas trees into beneficial sand dunes along the Brazoria County coastline.

Rice University Excavations at Varner-Hogg
2025-02-01 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-02 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-08 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-09 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-15 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-16 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Varner-Hogg Plantation, 1702 N. 13th, West Columbia, TX, 77486, United States
Students from Rice University’s Archaeological Field Techniques Class will be excavating at the Varner-Hogg Plantation Picnic Loop this Spring! The class is focusing their efforts on the structures discovered and documented during the Summer 2023 drought. The excavations allow students to learn what archeology is really like while still being able to keep a normal college semester. Visitors can check on their progress, ask questions, and learn about archaeology on site during these dates:
February 1 & 2
February 8 & 9
February 22 & 23
March 1 & 2

This Worst of Evils: Slavery in Brazoria County Exhibit
2025-02-01 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-04 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-05 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-06 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-07 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-08 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-11 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-12 10:00 - 16:00 UTC and 7 more dates | Freeport Historical Museum, 311 E. Park, Freeport, Texas, 77541
This exhibit shares the narratives of the enslaved who labored local plantations as well as exploring the politics and personalities involved in the slave trade. Original artifacts from local plantation sites will be on display.

Levi Jordan Plantation Site Public Guided Tour for Black History Month
2025-02-01 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site, 10510 FM 524, Brazoria, TX, 77422
Learn from site staff about those who were enslaved or sharecropped during the plantation and post-emancipation eras and the archaeology associated with them.

Voices of Varner-Hogg: Oral History Journey
2025-02-08 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Varner-Hogg Plantation, 1702 N. 13th, West Columbia, TX, 77486, United States
On a guided tour, you will hear oral histories from those who lived at the Varner-Hogg Plantation throughout its history. Discover why oral histories are crucial to understanding this site’s story and learn how to conduct your own oral histories using tools you already have!

Freeport Sweethearts: Valentine's Day through the Decades
2025-02-15 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Freeport Historical Museum, 311 E. Park, Freeport, Texas, 77541
Valentine’s Day is an eventful day in Freeport history! An 1895 blizzard, snow days in the 60s and 70s, and the Valentine’s Day Variety Shows by Freeport schools give a lot of great historical stories and photos from the day of love. Stop by the museum for Valentine’s Day crafts and stories of Freeport sweethearts!
