Real Places 2025 Conference: Preserving Historic Texas
When: April 23-25
Where: Austin, Texas
Registration is open now for Real Places 2025! Join us April 23-25 in Austin or online for the premier historic preservation and heritage tourism conference in the Lone Star State: http://realplaces.us
Presented by the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission and Phoenix I Restoration and Construction, LLC, Real Places provides an opportunity for preservationists and officials to network and learn with County Historical Commissions, Main Street managers, historic preservation officers, architects and engineers, historians, archeologists, museum curators and managers, interpreters, as well as THC staff, Texas Heritage Trail Regions, and many partner organizations.
Historical Happy Hour: Celebrating Preservation Month
When: Friday, May 9, 2025
Time: 5 - 7pm
Where: Historic Alonso Building, 510 E. Saint Charles St., Brownsville, TX 78520
Cost: Free for BHA members, $15 when you RSVP, $20 at the door. Sorry, no refunds.
RSVP by calling: (956) 548-1313
Come and mingle with fellow preservationists at the beautiful Historic Alonso building in honor of historic preservation month. Preservation Month began as National Preservation Week in 1973. In 2005, the National Trust extended the celebration to the entire month of May and declared it Preservation Month to provide an even greater opportunity to celebrate the diverse and unique heritage of our country’s cities and states. This event is open to the public and for adults 21 years old and older only.
Nailed it! A Journey through Preservation: Saint Charles Street District
Where: Historic Alonso Building, 510 E. Saint Charles Street
When: Saturday, May 17, 2025
Time: Tour starts at 10am, Luncheon at 12N (Meet at the Historic Alonso building for check in 15 minutes before tour start time)
In honor of Preservation Month the BHA is featuring an exclusive architectural walking tour with Brownsville’s Historic Preservation Officer, Juan Velez. The tour offers a behind the scenes look at four historic structures on Saint Charles Street followed by a luncheon at the Historic Alonso building and presentation.
Cost: Attendees may choose to pay and register for the walking tour, luncheon, and presentation OR the luncheon and presentation only.
• $65 for Walking Tour, Luncheon, & Presentation
• $45 for Luncheon and Presentation only
$5 dollars off per reservation for current BHA members.
Please RSVP by calling (956) 548-1313 or send an email to mcasas@brownsvillehistory.org
International Museum Day
When: Saturday, May 17, 2025
Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Heritage Museum/Stillman House Museum, Costumes of the Americas Museum, and Historic Brownsville Museum
Cost: FREE Admission Day!
For more information, please call: 956-548-1313
The International Council of Museums (ICOM) established International Museum Day in 1977 to increase public awareness of the role of museums in the development of society, and it has been steadily gaining momentum ever since. We hope that you bring your friends and family to visit our museums free of charge all DAY!
Memorial Day at the Old City Cemetery
Where: Old City Cemetery, Corner of 5th Street & E. Madison Street
For more information or if you would like to volunteer on Saturday morning, May 24th, to place flags, please call Dave Parsons at (956) 541-5560.
Join us as we honor the veterans buried at the Old City Cemetery. Over 450 identified veterans representing wars from theIndianWars, World War I & II, and the Persian Gulf War are buried in the Old City Cemetery. Those buried represent both Union and Confederate Soldiers and several from the Mexican Revolution of the early 1900s. A U.S. flag will be placed on each identified veterans' grave. Volunteers to place flags are welcome.
