Historic Brownsville Museum

Such a wonderful experience at the Historic Brownsville Museum! The exhibits were beautifully curated and gave a rich glimpse into the city’s history. Alfonso was incredibly kind, knowledgeable, and welcoming, he truly made the visit extra special. You can tell he loves what he does! Thank you, Alfonso, for bringing history to life! We got the day pass (highly recommend!), which gave us access to all four museums. Each one offered something unique, and at one of them, we even got to see a presidential limo from the 1800s, such a cool surprise! A memorable and enriching stop all around. Don’t miss it if you’re in Brownsville!

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.

The staff was friendly and knowledgeable. We were there to see the train exhibit. Which my son loved! Overall a great experience.

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.

Alfonso was Awesome Very Knowledgeable about the different aspects of the museum. Polite & so enthusiastic as if telling it for the first time!!! Well worth the time!!

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.

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.

Had a nice time this morning with my family 🩷 I wish there was more history on the Nuns! The man in there was so sweet and greeted us immediately and directed us where to go. The train 🚂 portion will be open in Sept and i’m excited to go back! It would be nice to see more merch there from local artists. 🧑‍🎨