Bring the whole family to Gulf Coast Bird Observatory for family days! In this class about helping birds, learn about the main threats facing birds and how you can help. Construct and paint some birds houses, and make window stickers. End the day with a tour of Gulf Coast Wildlife Rescue and see what animals […]

200 years ago, Stephen F. Austin and the "Old 300" colonists boarded the Lively and entered the Brazos River, landing at Old Velasco. This event celebrates when the first colonists landed in Old Velasco now known as Surfside Beach! Don't miss the actors in period wear, reenactments, vendors, history tours, displays and SO MUCH more!

While the activities on the front lines consumed many of the headlines of the daily press, there was a war being fought at home. A war to provide materials for the soldiers in battle, conserve scarce resources and to guard the Nation from its enemies. Visit with Brazoria County Historical Museum Curator Michael Bailey as […]