Bryan Museum Tour: Texas and American West History
4.7
55 Ratings
Galveston

Immerse yourself in the epic story of Texas and the American West at the Bryan Museum in Galveston. Explore a vast collection of historical artifacts spanning over 12,000 years.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Bryan Museum - Experience the epic story of Texas and the American West! Our beautiful collection features original art, artifacts, and touch screen displays—making history fun and accessible to all. The adventure of history comes alive at The Bryan Museum.
  • The Bryan Museum Monarch Butterfly Garden - Included in admission to the Bryan Museum
What's Included
  • Admission to the Butterfly Garden included with ticket
Additional Information

Immerse yourself in the enthralling narrative of Texas and the Western United States at The Bryan Museum. Situated in Galveston, TX, within the confines of the 1895 Galveston Orphans Home, the museum is home to the extraordinary Bryan Collection, one of the world’s most significant assortments of historical artefacts, documents, and artworks pertaining…

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Location
The Bryan Museum
1315 21st St
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Laura_b
Jul 7, 2025
Fun Tour - It was very informative and we would be happy to go again! Staff was wonderful as well. Surprised that we had never been on this tour before, and happy we found it.
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Ingridvn9349bc
Jun 26, 2025
wonderful experience - a very nice experience at the open house blissful exhibitions; beautiful music super friendly people and especially the narrator was fantastic
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Ppettyhtown
Jun 6, 2025
Lovely Small Museum - We came to this lovely, small museum to see the artist Kermit Oliver exhibit. Oliver is a well known Texas artist who became famous partly from his work with Hermes, including creating some of their beautiful scarves. But the museum is also interesting because of its provenance. During the Galveston storm of 1900, the worst loss of life for any hurricane on record, the museum building was an orphanage. Although the storm destroyed the center of the 1900 building, the sides remained so that all the orphans and 29 of the neighbors were spared. There are artifacts and a film about all of this at what is now the Bryan Museum. There are also other very interesting artifacts from Texas history throughout the museum. And the small gift shop next to the museum has some lovely items for sale. If one travels to Galveston, a worthwhile stop!
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Heap138
Feb 9, 2025
Highly Recommend - LOTS of interesting displays in this 3 floor museum. Very well organized and things are explained well. I loved the saddles - there was a whole display of them, plus several more scattered around in various places. The building was originally an orphanage, so learned about that too. The huge hurricane in 1900 destroyed so much of Galveston and this building survived with some damage. Definitely worth the senior admission price of $14 each.
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Michele_d
Jan 4, 2025
Be sure to check the... - Be sure to check the hours. We we sold tickets for January 1 and the museum was closed. Our tickets were honored the next day.
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Paradise25695887169
Sep 30, 2024
Would do again...& possibly again - This place was amazing! We were told that Mr. Bryan is the owner of 90% of the contents of this place!!! Mind-blowing after seeing everything that was here. History from early pre-explorer days - current. Could spend hours just looking through this place, in fact...we did.
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Judy_d
Aug 24, 2024
Greater little 2 BR cottage - Centrally located to everything. Very well kept. Easy out and in. Everything you needed included!! Very reasonable.
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Cheerio7777
Jun 9, 2024
This is one of the best Texas History Museums - Wow. This is a great Texas History museum. The artifacts are incredible. Lots of great Texas artists. The saddle collection is incredible. An excellent experience. One of my favorite museums
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Oliscia
May 17, 2024
Great Stop for the History Lover - Mom and I toured the Bryan Museum on a rainy Saturday, and it is just a wonderful museum. Really, we went for the building it is housed in as we love old architecture, and the building predates the 1900’s storm. We were in awe of the collection they have curated. Additionally, they had an interactive exhibit on immigration that was touring the country. It is wheelchair accessible. The grounds are gorgeous. We are taking Dad when we go back as he likes wester history.
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Cubby1992
Apr 11, 2024
Do Not Recommend! - This is one big tax write off for a rich guy. Well, I guess it’s also a place to store his art and saddle collection. Saddles everywhere! No one to talk to about the exhibits, just someone to take money. The audio guided tour is not working and there is no plan to fix it. A few interesting artifacts, but it really is someone’s private collection being held in a tax shelter disguised as a beautiful home.
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