Permanent Exhibits
The Museum of the Gulf Coast houses two floors of exhibits which depict the history and culture of the Gulf Coast region of southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. While we are best known for our Hall of Fame (link) galleries paying tribute to this area's notable people, musicians, and athletes, the Museum
of the Gulf Coast displays a wide range of exhibits including
history, natural history, and decorative art.
Highlights of our permanent exhibitions include:
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A reproduction of Janis Joplin’s famous psychedelic Porsche
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Jimmy Johnson’s high school letter jacket
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One of the largest indoor murals in the South
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The infamous (ask us why!) Gulf Oil cannon
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A 13.5 foot taxidermy alligator which once returned
from the dead (ask us how!) -
The original fresnel lens of the Sabine Banks lighthouse
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The John and Grace Snell Parlor of decorative arts
and glassware -
record-setting experimental fiberglass racecar
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artwork by internationally-recognized Port Arthur
native Robert Rauschenberg -
rare books and cartography
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Texas Navy - Maritime Exhibit
Temporary exhibitions in the Museum’s Dunn Gallery give our visitors a great reason to come back.
