SPINDLETOP-GLADYS CITY BOOMTOWN MUSEUM
5550 Jimmy Simmons Boulevard, Beaumont, TX 77705
Since 1901
Gift Shop, Facility Rentals, Historical Places, Photography, Scout Troops Programs, Semi-Guided Tours, Filming, The Oil Boom, Class Schedule, Landscape, Public and Private Schools, Home School Groups, Artifacts, Tours & Events
Free admission for active-duty military personnel with valid id, children 5 & younger ● Through a self-guided tour, visitors to Gladys City experience 15 replica buildings filled with objects from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries that depict life during the first Spindletop oil boom ● Gladys City is available for full or semi-guided 90-minute tours for groups of 10 or more ● Parking lot for free
Price: Adults $5
Seniors 60+ $3
Children Ages 6-12 $2
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MCFADDIN-WARD HOUSE
1906 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, TX 77701
Since 1906
Open Houses, Material and Aesthetic Culture, Docent-Led Tours, Community Groups, Educational Programs, Publications, Tourism, Carriage House and Gardens, Special Celebrations and Exhibits, House, Gift Shop, Collection of Antique Furniture, Guided Tours, Architectural Buildings, Summer Camps & Year-Round Events
Summer internships available ● The building and its furnishings reflect the lifestyle of the prominent family which lived in the house for seventy-five year ● Features volunteer docent-led tours of the home, year-round events, a carriage house, and gardens ● Tours are available for ages eight and up ● Offers tours of the home, carriage house, and gardens, as well as year-round events and programming ● Through education and community outreach, the museum reaches a wide range of audiences
Price: $3 per person
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JOHN JAY FRENCH MUSEUM
3025 French Road, Beaumont, TX 77706
Since 1845
Privy and Smokehouse, Historic Preservation, Christmas Candlelight Tour, Blacksmith Shop, Tannery, Camp Lookinback Summer Camp, Architecture Buildings, Pumpkin Walk, Events, Collections & Antique Furnishing
Free admission child 4 years and under ● The historic pioneer settlement, built by John Jay French, tanner and merchant, with antique furnishings ● Provides tours for 7th-grade students as a part of the texas history curriculum camp looking back summer camp