June 17, 2011
When my family and I arrived to the museum and ready to purchase our tickets the lady suggested for us to get the one that would allow us to see three museums at the same time. We could not resist so we decided to see three museums in one day. We were first going to go to the Port Isabel Historical museum and then the Treasures if the Gulf museum that is right next to it. The Port Isabel historical museum is in a historic building built in 1899 by a pioneer family of Port Isabel. Outside of it, next to the street, it has a mural that is hand painted and demonstrates the different fish that are found in the Gulf of Mexico. The museum has hands-on exhibits, videos and audio presentations. It has documents, maps, photographs and newspapers from the 1920s – 1960s.
The museum has a large collection of Mexican artifacts from the U.S.–Mexican War. Afterwards we went to the Treasures of the gulf that has the story of three unfortunate Spanish ships that were wrecked off the coast of Padre Island during a storm in 1154. Artifacts that have been rescued from the shipwreck are on exhibition. These include silver disks, coins, and weapons. Later we went to the lighthouse where we found out that my daughter was to young climb it so my husband went by himself and said that the view was incredible.
These museums were amazing to go to and will make a good field trip for students to learn about history and also the shrimp and fishing industry. The Children’s Discovery Lab teaches visitors about marine archeology and includes a small-scale ship for kids to board that elementary students will enjoy as they imagine themselves sailing the Gulf waters. My family and I had a fantastic time in the museums.
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