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Special Display from the Galveston Naval Museum
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New EXHIBIT:
The Great Storm of 1900
Treasure of the Month:
Special Display from the Galveston Naval Museum
Current Exhibits:
Weathering the Storm: Life for Black Galvestonians in 1900 and Beyond
Online Exhibits:
Virtual Tour: Juneteenth Champions, historic portraits by Ted Ellis
News & Events
Genealogy Lock-In 2025
Join us for the Genealogy Lock-In! This virtual-only event will be held October 17, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 6:30 PM. Once the event begins, all registered participants will have…
GTHC Receives TexTreasures Grant
The Rosenberg Library is proud to announce that the Galveston & Texas History Center has received a TexTreasures grant to digitize the Galveston Tribune newspaper from 1924 to 1933. Digitization…
Galveston County History Round-Up 2025
Want to preserve your memories of Galveston County? Come to the Galveston County History Round-Up, to be held on November 8th from 10 AM to 1 PM at the Texas…
New Hours at the GTHC
Starting October 1 2025, the reading room hours at the Galveston and Texas History Center will be 10 A.M. to 5 P.M., Tuesday through Saturday. The fourth-floor museum exhibits will…
"The Great Storm of 1900" Exhibit Reimagined
In honor of the 125th anniversary of the 1900 Storm, the Rosenberg Library Museum has refreshed and expanded the "The Great Storm of 1900" exhibit in the Harris Gallery on…
The Great Storm Movie
We are proud to announce that The Great Storm movie debut at the Rosenberg Library on Monday, September 8, 2025, in the Wortham Auditorium. The film, which is approximately 3…
The Galveston & Texas History Center Has A New Archivist!
Katelyn Landry-Carranza (she/her) is an early career archivist passionate about expanding equitable access to archives and resurfacing marginalized narratives. She graduated from New York University with her MA in Archives…
The Grand 1894 Opera House Before and After the 1900 Storm
In May 1894, Henry Greenwall, theatre manager, and notable Galveston civic leaders including Leon Blum, John Sealy Jr., and Morris Lasker formed the Grand Opera House Company and were able…
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