EXHIBITS

An Art Exhibit: Impressions from Brownsville

When: May 11, 2019 – July 27, 2019

Where: Heritage Museum, Vezzetti Room, 1325 E. Washington Street

Cost: Included with paid museum admission.

In honor of Preservation Month, Juan Velez, Historic Preservation Officer and BHA Board Member will exhibit a collection of art work featuring historic buildings of Brownsville.

EVENTS

May Historical Happy Hour: Preservation Matters!

When: Friday, May 17, 2019 – 5 to 7 pm

Where: Historic Laureles Ranch House Museum, 1501 E. 7th Street (Linear Park)

Cost: Free for BHA members, $5 if you RSVP and pay before the event, $10 at the door. Sorry no refunds.

Register today by calling: 956-548-1313

Celebrating those who preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance. Follow us on Facebook to receive more information and get a preview of featured beers. Thank you L&F Distributors for making this program possible!

International Museum Day

When: Saturday, May 18, 2019 – 10 am to 4 pm

Where: Heritage Museum/Stillman House Museum and Historic Brownsville Museum

Cost: FREE Admission Day!

For more information call: 956-548-1313

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) established International Museum Day in 1977 to increase public awareness of the role in museums in the development of society, and it has been steadily gaining momentum ever since. In 2018, more than a thousand museums participated in the event in some 158 countries.

Book signing & reception with Oscar Cásares, author of Where We Come From

When: May 29, 2019 – 5:30 pm to 7 pm

Where: Heritage Museum, Vezzetti Room

1325 E. Washington Street

Cost: Free & open to the public. Refreshments provided.

Oscar Cásares, the acclaimed author of Brownsville and Amigoland, debuts a new novel about a Mexican American family in Brownsville, Texas, who reluctantly become involved in smuggling immigrants into the United States.  Mr. Cásares is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and teaches creative writing at the University of Texas in Austin, where he lives.  His book will be available for purchase at our gift shops.

Memorial Day: at the Old City Cemetery

When: Monday, May 27, 2019

Where: Old City Cemetery, Corner of 5th Street & E. Madison Street

Cost: Free and open to the public

For more information or if you would like to volunteer please call:

Dave Parsons 956-541-5560

Join us as we honor the veterans buried at the Old City Cemetery. Over 450 identified veterans representing wars from the Indian Wars, 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.