Historic Brownsville Museum

Review №1

Rating: 5

Date: 4 days ago

Review №2

Rating: 5

Great experience on The history of Texas.

Date: a week ago

Review №3

Rating: 5

Date: 4 weeks ago

Review №4

Rating: 4

Loved the building. Loved the Reminton, et al, collection. Loved the train museum annex and locomotive. Wished the miniature train set worked, but it was fun to see anyway.

Date: a month ago

Review №5

Rating: 5

Date: a month ago

Review №6

Rating: 5

Date: 4 months ago

Review №7

Rating: 5

The people were nice. Even though they had construction going on, the hike and the self-tour around the property were very nice.

Date: 4 months ago

Review №8

Rating: 5

Very interesting

Date: 6 months ago

Review №9

Rating: 5

Date: 7 months ago

Review №10

Rating: 5

Texas History

Date: 7 months ago

Review №11

Rating: 4

Great location

Date: 8 months ago

Review №12

Rating: 5

Date: 10 months ago

Review №13

Rating: 5

Date: 11 months ago

Review №14

Rating: 5

Great place to go and find out about the history of Brownsville. Lots of artifacts and life size displays. Some interactive pieces for children. The man working was extremely knowledgeable. I loved walking through the Stillman house and seeing the gardens. A nice air conditioned break during our day.

Date: a year ago

Review №15

Rating: 5

Not very full of artifacts. The receptionist seemed surprised to see anyone walk in. She asked what we needed. To which I replayed to visit the museum. She didn t direct us in anyway. We found the train section completely on our own, I m not sure we even got to see everything, there might have been sections we missed just because not everything is the same room. The train section is in another building. They need to hire friendly helpful people who love history and engage with visitors.

Date: a year ago

Review №16

Rating: 5

I attended an informative invocation ceremony relating to Maya from Guatemala. There was also a tour of the traditional dress of the people of Guatemala. Everyone was very friendly and the event was well put together in Brownsville.

Date: a year ago

Review №17

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №18

Rating: 4

Very well done museum. Also good that it saved a train depot. Great exhibition! History and train stuff!

Date: a year ago

Review №19

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №20

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №21

Rating: 4

Date: a year ago

Review №22

Rating: 5

Love the train car

Date: a year ago

Review №23

Rating: 5

Its fun

Date: a year ago

Review №24

Rating: 5

Super neat place to explore and we lucked out because there was a car show today as well. Loved the old train and all of the history and artifacts. Highly recommend. Smaller so you can get through it fairly quickly.

Date: a year ago

Review №25

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №26

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №27

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №28

Rating: 4

Parking lot has great shade trees. Museum not that busy.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №29

Rating: 4

I love historic museums and this one was very nice and kept very clean and unique pieces.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №30

Rating: 4

Clean, well maintained museum. Interesting exhibits. Self guided. There was no docent or knowledgeable staff available.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №31

Rating: 5

Really enjoyed the muesum my daughter really enjoyed the train. The staff at all three museums were extremely friendly. My LO loved Scout the kitty.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №32

Rating: 5

Nice little museum in Brownsville

Date: 2 years ago

Review №33

Rating: 5

Great place to visit if you are in Brownsville.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №34

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №35

Rating: 5

Interesting history displayed very effective

Date: 2 years ago

Review №36

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №37

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №38

Rating: 3

Informative, clean, and air conditioned. But small and expensive. If you are a train fan you will enjoy the larger train display.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №39

Rating: 5

Small but fruitful museum of the towns history and beginning. Lots of civil war artifacts. Very interesting.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №40

Rating: 5

Nice Staff and beautiful building. We love the old steam train. My only hope would be that it would be open at least one evening per week. Its hard to come during the open hours

Date: 2 years ago

Review №41

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №42

Rating: 4

.oops. It

Date: 2 years ago

Review №43

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №44

Rating: 1

CLOSED!!!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №45

Rating: 5

Nice place visit and relax

Date: 2 years ago

Review №46

Rating: 5

Great museum with nice displays, enthusiastic employees. One full room of Remington and Russell sculptures and paintings. Beautiful historic Depot.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №47

Rating: 5

This is the second time we have visited this museum..and still Loved it! It is just off 7th Ave. and Madison St.near downtown Brownsville, . Within the Museum is great displays of the History of the Mexican War for the Control of Texas, bronze statues of Horse and Rider, antique furniture, and a beautiful Steam Engine in its own building..The staff was friendly and informative.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №48

Rating: 5

Itt was awesome didnt even have to go in

Date: 2 years ago

Review №49

Rating: 4

It is a quaint little museum. I am Brownsville born and raised and surprisingly, I had never been. I had a realization of how little I knew about the history of my hometown. So during the Thanksgiving holiday break and during a visit to Brownsville, I decided to stop by and learn a little more about my city. I was a little disappointed with the little history that was provided in the museum. There are some great artifacts but the story telling needs an upgrade. Maybe a few more updates to the museum itself with allow more donors and more history to be shared.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №50

Rating: 4

In an old train depot which is interesting. Some of the space unused but that could due to the pandemic. They have an old locomotive and train memorabilia

Date: 2 years ago

Review №51

Rating: 5

Nice space for a reception!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №52

Rating: 5

The curator at the museum was really helpful.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №53

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №54

Rating: 5

I enjoyed the quaintness of the museum. I would have liked a bit more labeling as to what the artifacts were and antiques with the maker and year of production.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №55

Rating: 5

Very informative and super nice employees

Date: 3 years ago

Review №56

Rating: 5

Great piece of Brownsville history!

Date: 3 years ago

Review №57

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №58

Rating: 5

Very nice and people were educated

Date: 3 years ago

Review №59

Rating: 5

Very educational and interesting

Date: 3 years ago

Review №60

Rating: 5

The best tours!

Date: 3 years ago

Review №61

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №62

Rating: 4

Small but nice. Children will enjoy the scavenger hunt.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №63

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №64

Rating: 4

It is a cute place. The thing about it is that it is not too big. I do enjoy going there from time to time and rereading the information that they have of the wars that were fought here in Brownsville, TX. If you have not gone, you should to enrich yourself with the history and it is not pricey at all.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №65

Rating: 4

Date: 3 years ago

Review №66

Rating: 5

Awesomeit was very interested

Date: 3 years ago

Review №67

Rating: 3

very small, and expensive in comparison to others museums

Date: 3 years ago

Review №68

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №69

Rating: 5

EXCELLENT

Date: 3 years ago

Review №70

Rating: 5

Very informative, well conducted walking tour!

Date: 3 years ago

Review №71

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №72

Rating: 5

We like to be there and in a small place but a lot to read and learn.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №73

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №74

Rating: 5

I love visiting it and there s the 1877 Steam Locomotive Rio Grande 1 at the old Southern Pacific Depot with the museum!

Date: 3 years ago

Review №75

Rating: 3

Date: 3 years ago

Review №76

Rating: 2

Too small and empty

Date: 4 years ago

Review №77

Rating: 5

I love

Date: 4 years ago

Review №78

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №79

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №80

Rating: 5

A true gem

Date: 4 years ago

Review №81

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №82

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №83

Rating: 4

Very interesting, its small but they have many objects preserved from many years ago, one part of a train is from 1876!. I took my children there , and they were happy looking around, they had the chance to activate a toy train also.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №84

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №85

Rating: 3

Beautiful building, museum needs some attention

Date: 4 years ago

Review №86

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №87

Rating: 5

Absolutely a gem of a museum! Loved the Christmas Village and the train, of course. Lovely way to spend an afternoon!

Date: 4 years ago

Review №88

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №89

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №90

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №91

Rating: 3

For $6 its a nice place to get out of your normal weekend routine learn a little about Brownsvilles and how historical this part of the RGV is.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №92

Rating: 3

Decent park in the middle of a neighborhood.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №93

Rating: 5

What Tremendous Texas History can be Found at The Historic Brownsville Museum.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №94

Rating: 4

Its interesting, they have a lot of old things

Date: 5 years ago

Review №95

Rating: 5

For his photos of the Mexican revolution and its cleanliness

Date: 5 years ago

Review №96

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №97

Rating: 4

Date: 5 years ago

Review №98

Rating: 5

Had a great time!

Date: 5 years ago

Review №99

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №100

Rating: 5

Historic!

Date: 5 years ago

Review №101

Rating: 5

Interesting place

Date: 5 years ago

Review №102

Rating: 3

Date: 5 years ago

Review №103

Rating: 4

Good place to know the city history.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №104

Rating: 5

Excellent

Date: 5 years ago

Review №105

Rating: 5

A good place to learn some information, from the state of Texas to the city of Matamoros. It has very diverse collections, bullets, pistols, typewriters even an old gas station. It will be worth the time you spend in this place.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №106

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №107

Rating: 4

Date: 5 years ago

Review №108

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №109

Rating: 2

Date: 5 years ago

Review №110

Rating: 5

Ok

Date: 5 years ago

Review №111

Rating: 5

I have led many presentations here. Unique place to hold events.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №112

Rating: 3

Small music focused --- a new larger building is being constructed

Date: 5 years ago

Review №113

Rating: 3

Small museum and when we asked the folks there to recommend a local restaurant they said nothing was near. Yet a block away was a bakery and 2 blocks away there are LOTS of non chain restaurants.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №114

Rating: 4

Date: 5 years ago

Review №115

Rating: 3

Six dollar admission, includes visit to the Stillman House, has information on the Mexican revolution, the museum is small, it is worth visiting

Date: 6 years ago

Review №116

Rating: 5

Lots of history

Date: 6 years ago

Review №117

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №118

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №119

Rating: 5

Its a great place to come and receive a little knowledge and history of the city of Brownsville. The train display was also nice. They only charge 6 dollars per guest but if you are military or retired military..i there is no entry fee. Bring the kids and learn together. Great place for some quality family time

Date: 6 years ago

Review №120

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №121

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №122

Rating: 3

Very interesting, but doesnt stand out.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №123

Rating: 5

Such an informative place

Date: 6 years ago

Review №124

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №125

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №126

Rating: 4

Date: 6 years ago

Review №127

Rating: 5

Beautiful Museum. Its filled with culture and amazing pieces.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №128

Rating: 5

Fun place to go. Lots of reading but interesting

Date: 6 years ago

Review №129

Rating: 5

Very educational I would recommend this place.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №130

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №131

Rating: 5

Visited the History Museum. They have a nice collection of Texas memorabilia and historical artifacts. Fun place to visit.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №132

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №133

Rating: 5

Hi Everybody, the Historic Brownsville Museum is the place to get an unusual history and perspective of Brownsville ; overlooking the old train depot where it was built. Surrounded by palms and a well ordered explosion of luscious vegetation, one of the first things you will be greeted with is the shiny polished train engine itself. The house museum is overflowing with period photos from the Mexican American war and as well as artifacts from the last battle of the Civil War which was fought and WON in Fort Brown where the current university is located; unfortunately the news that the South had officially surrendered to the North not yet arrived at the southernmost tip of Texas! This must have come as a crushing surprise to the many famous generals and worn out soldiers who fought here.Many of whom didnt make it home. A large black and white photo of an officer looking down at rows of deceased soldiers that hangs on the side of one of the UTRGV buildings as you head north towards to the highway really brings this reality home. Nevertheless this vivid Spanish colonial house will not only take you back two hundred years over a leisurely two hour visit, with its knives, swords, guns, artifacts, polished wood furniture, changing exhibitions and Daguerro type photos will not only open the door to a era that was at the same time slower and simpler , but at the same time far more dangerous and unstable than today! Once done with your historic step into the past dont miss the stunning collection of necklaces, earrings, mementoes , and a variety of inexpensive keepsakes in the display case on the way out. Staff will be happy to give you information on upcoming exhibits, walks, and other events coming up. If you are looking for a genuine Mexican restaurant to for lunch try La Condesa on Adams street . Quiet relaxed atmosphere and they usually make at least one :tipico guisado and more than one soup just ask for it. Precios bajos y los duenos son gente educados y amables. The place is large. quiet, with large sofas, and comfortable benches with colorful cushions.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №134

Rating: 5

Beautiful place, and good for events. Really recommend it

Date: 6 years ago

Review №135

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №136

Rating: 5

Lovely artifacts, great service, staff is well versed in history behind our great city.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №137

Rating: 4

Great plan e to visit. Lots of interesting exhibits and inexpensive.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №138

Rating: 5

The staff was friendly and knowledge. Brownsville history is interesting.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №139

Rating: 4

Great informative museum. Worth your time when visiting the area!

Date: 7 years ago

Review №140

Rating: 1

Date: 7 years ago

Review №141

Rating: 5

Great history in this place run by well seasoned staff

Date: 7 years ago

Review №142

Rating: 3

Date: 7 years ago

Review №143

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №144

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №145

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №146

Rating: 4

Beautiful old train depot building with many of the interior features remaining - check out those water fountains! Enjoyed the exhibit on Charro Days.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №147

Rating: 1

Not open

Date: 7 years ago

Review №148

Rating: 5

Come for the history.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №149

Rating: 3

I was a decent museum

Date: 8 years ago

Review №150

Rating: 5

Date: 9 years ago

Review №151

Rating: 4

elaborate more about the first settlers, the confederate control in this area and the trade at Baghdad and matamoros before brownsville was evening close to being a town. Elaborate about Indians who were settle in brownsville and what really happened to them. And the railroad that past thru southwest area going to the boca chica area route to move trade of cotton, slaves, rifles and French goods .

Date: 12 years ago