National Planning Process Launches for Transformative Juneteenth Center in Galveston

Downtown Holiday Kick-off

Kick off this year's holiday season with an afternoon of free, family fun in historic downtown Galveston's Strand!

Dickens on The Strand

Brush off your bowlers and prepare your petticoats as Galveston Historical Foundation presents the 52nd Annual Dickens on The Strand, held the first weekend in December!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Nov 13, 2025

Galveston Historic House Specialist Continuing Education Course

$65

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Nov 15, 2025

Basement to Attic Tours of the 1892 Bishop’s Palace

$40

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Nov 22, 2025

Basement to Attic Tours of the 1892 Bishop’s Palace

$40

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Nov 29, 2025

Basement to Attic Tours of the 1892 Bishop’s Palace

$40

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Nov 29, 2025

The Official City of Galveston Tree Lighting

Free

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Dec 04, 2025

The Family Life of Charles Dickens

$10

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Dec 05, 2025

52nd Annual Dickens on The Strand

$25

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Dec 05, 2025

Jubilation Ringers Handbell Concerts

$25

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FEATURED NEWS

Galveston Historical Foundation’s African American Heritage Committee

Melting Point: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land

Gulf Coast Freedom Seekers Story Expands at Galveston Historic Seaport with National Parks Service Program and Exhibit

GHF’s Will Wright Awarded British Empire Medal

ONGOING EVENTS AND ATTRACTIONS

Galveston’s Juneteenth Exhibit – “And Still We Rise…”

1877 Tall Ship ELISSA and Texas Seaport Museum

Galveston Historic Seaport – Home of the 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA

1892 Bishop’s Palace Basement to Attic Tours

Historic Harbor Tour and Dolphin Watch

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Galveston Historical Foundation’s African American Heritage Committee

The Silk Stocking Historic District and The 1857 George Ball House

Why The Texas Heroes Monument Matters

Galveston Historical Foundation

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Thanks to members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and GHF staff who spent their Saturday morning focusing on property cleanup at Rosewood Cemetery. Established in 1911 by a group of African American citizens who organized themselves as the Rosewood Cemetery Association, the association purchased the land from the Joe Levy Family, and 86 shares were divided among 26 shareholders. Churches, associations, societies, and individuals, including the Wright Cuney Lodge, purchased the shares. The first person buried was Robert Bailey on February 1, 1912, and the last burial was Frank Boyer on June 29, 1944.Rosewood Cemetery was donated to Galveston Historical Foundation in 2006 by John and Judy Saracco and is a project of GHF’s African American Heritage Committee. In 2011, the site received a subject marker from the Texas Historical Commission and is listed on the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places. Learn more at www.galvestonhistory.org/news/rosewood-cemetery-listed-on-national-register-of-historic-places.Photos courtesy of Alpha Phi Alpha and member Hank Thierry. ... See MoreSee Less

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Incorporated in 1954, Galveston Historical Foundation is one of the nation's largest local preservation organizations. Over the last 50 years, the foundation has expanded its mission to encompass community redevelopment, public education, historic preservation advocacy, maritime preservation and stewardship of historic properties.

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