Port Isabel Historical Museum — Attraction in Port Isabel

Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 my grandkids & I had requested from the museum, a virtual tour. The grandchildren are 6 and 9 years old and they LOVE museums. I sent a request through their website and got a near-immediate response from Marketing Director, Valerie Bates. My husband & I live in Port Isabel 3-4 months a year, and each October, my daughter & her family come to this little gem of an area during their Fall break. Except this year mostly because we have a May trip scheduled for attending the 100th anniversary of our family's horse, Black Gold, winning the 1924 Kentucky derby. Both trips couldn't be managed. But in visiting them just this past September, they were telling me they were so sad that they couldn't come and just didn't know what they would do during Fall Break. One of the activities they requested in a previous visit was to go to the Nevada State Museum. We did just that and truly, I've really never seen anything like it. They were like little docents...they knew the facts and wanted to show their grandmother the ENTIRE museum. I told the visitors' desk attendant as I was being drug from one side to the other, "you really need to hire these two kids!" Relaying this to my daughter, she said, "amazing, they've only been there once." Well, every time my husband & I have visited Port Isabel on our annual trek to our home in Port Isabel, we've been intrigued by the building, and have always said we wanted to visit it. So, upon leaving the grandkids with hopes dashed about what they would do the next week while they were off, I decided to call the Port Isabel Historic Museum and just see what the possibility was of accomplishing a virtual visit. Valerie was super enthusiastic and I could immediately tell she was up for the challenge. She literally had a couple of days to figure out how to make this happen. And she did! While there is much to see here, especially if you are intrigued with the prospects of sunken treasure, Valerie made the shipwreck come to life for the kiddos! From what I could tell, they loved it and Valerie was so accommodating to our needs! Great job and many thanks for following through AND making it so much fun for the children. They will be visiting in person in Oct. 2024! They were so inspired, that they went on a treasure hunt on their property in Reno today as a follow up activity! Please support this museum...

Lots of good information about the areas history. A nice way to spend an afternoon. It was not too expensive to do all three, the lighthouse and the two museums. They will sell you a combo ticket. We really enjoyed the Ship Wreck Museum. It has an interesting story to tell. There was a little area where our 6 year old could play. It looked like they had an information video set up, but it didn't work when we were there. Most of the interactive displays were broken. Obviously, the lighthouse is not good for people who are afraid of heights or people who have trouble walking up stairs. You can walk to the museums from the lighthouse, but you have to cross busy roads with no stop signs or crosswalks. When we tried to cross back over from the museums two cars sped up and acted like they were...

This location was very interesting. it was neat to be able to see the lighthouse in there construction they had several of the painted dolphins they had a garden with Mosaic glass there were restaurants located conveniently nearby the parking was easily accessed the place was very clean all the staff were courteous overall it was a very good experience I would have had pictures but my battery was dead on my phone when I go back I'll be sure to take some pictures of the unique views have the bay and the bridge to South Padre Island there are sailboats that you can take Cruises out into the bay on it's very near the Fisherman's Wharf offshore fishing center lots of neat things to see around...