Press Release Archive

• 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA Still Taking New Recruits for Seamanship Training this Saturday
  
  
• GHF Announces Doug Kanoy Memorial Education Fund for Employees
  
  
• Schwenk New GHF Board President
  
  
• GHF Annual Meeting 2008 Volunteer Awards
  
  
• Free Stained Glass Presentation to be Held at Historic St. Joseph’s Church Saturday, July 19
  
  
• Seamanship Training Onboard the Restored 1877 ELISSA, the Official Tall Ship of Texas, Begins Saturday, July 19, Free of Charge
  
  
• GHF Marketing/PR Department Needs Volunteers
  
  
• Galveston County Historical Museum opens new exhibit: Inspired! A Collection of Early Galveston Artwork
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation to Hold 2008 Annual Meeting Friday, July 25
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation Purchases Galveston Island Tours as a Wholly Owned For-Profit Subsidiary
  
  
• 1877 Tall Ship Elissa Crew Leaders to Offer One-Day "Marlinspike" Seamanship Training Experience
  
  
• Galveston County Historical Museum to Host Free Immigration Information Day Saturday, June 7
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation Presents "The Making of the Underground Railroad: From Slavery to Freedom"
  
  
• "Light And Bright: The Quilts Of Summer" Exhibit To Be Held At 1861 Custom House, June 16 Through August 29
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation Upgrades Annual Fundraiser: “Sale of Antique Treasures” To Be Held at 1861 Custom House Saturday, June 28
  
  
• Texas Seaport Museum Annual Plankowners Party and Auction Planned for June 7
  
  
• Revisiting the Williams House
  Family of Volunteers from the 1950s to Reunite at Galveston’s Historic Homes Tour Mother’s Day Sunday
  
  
• Galveston Historic Homes Tour Continues This Weekend
  
  
• $500 Reward For Historic Griffin Stolen From Galveston's Bishop's Palace
  
  
• Mother's Day Champagne Brunch and Fashion Show a Highlight of Historic Homes Tour
  
  
• New Poster Artist for Galveston Historic Homes Tour Unveils 2008 Art
  
  
• KWAL Paint in Galveston Offers Additional Discount to GHF Members Through July in Honor of Reopening of the 1839 Samuel May Williams House
  
  
• Galveston Uncorked! set for May 15-18
  
  
• Galveston's Dr. Grace Jameson Named GHF's 2008 Steel Oleander Recipient
  
  
• “Mid-Century Historic” Architecture will be the Subject of Saturday Class
  
  
• Historic Fun: Sign Up Now for GHF’s Discovery Day Camp
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation Calls for Nominations to 2008 Preservation Award and Heritage at Risk Lists
  
  
• County Begins Repairs to Museum Building in Downtown Galveston
  

• 1877 Elissa, Official Tall Ship of Texas, Arrives in Houston Thursday
  
  
• Tickets Now on Sale for Galveston Historical Foundation’s 34th Annual Historic Homes Tour
  
  
• ASID Designer Showhouse Press Release
  
  
• GHF and Local Quilting Community Begin New Partnership with Exhibit “Old and New” at 1861 Custom House, Through May 12.
  
  
• Lecture “Home Furnishings and Fabrics Before and After the Storm” to be Given at Menard House Tuesday, March 18
  
  
• Ornithology Exhibit at County Historical Museum to Open March 15
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation Adds Lectures on Historic Architecture to Annual Spring Series of Demonstration Classes
  
  
• “Mardi Gras Rembemembered,” an Exhibit of Costumes, Photographs and Accessories, will be on Display at Galveston County Historical Museum through February 28
  
  
• Don’t Miss Galveston’s 13th Annual Tour of Sacred Places Tomorrow, Saturday, February 9
  
  
• Old and New: Quilts in the Custom House
  
  
• Public is Invited to Galveston Historical Foundation’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Essay Contest Award Ceremony at Old Central Cultural Center, Sunday, January 20
  
  
• Architectural Historian Stephen Fox to Give Lecture/Booksigning on the Country Houses of Prominent Houston Architect John F. Staub
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation Holds Competition to Find New Artist for Galveston Historic Homes Tour
  
  
• Public Invited to Join Eagle Scout Candidate in Construction of New Fence at Historic African American Cemetery this Saturday
  
  
• Stewardship Day to be held at Bishop's Palace Saturday, January 12: GHF Members Only
  
  
• Historic 1859 St. Joseph's Church to be Open for Public Tours on New Year's Day
  
  
• Don't Miss The 11Th Annual Galveston Harbor Parade Of Lights On December 15 With Free Entertainment For Spectators
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation to Manage Bishop’s Palace
  
  
• 1877 Elissa, Galveston’s Tall Ship of Texas, Returns Home Wednesday, November 7
  
  

• 11^th Annual Galveston Harbor Parade Of Lights Moves To New Date In December This Holiday Season
  
  
• Galveston Farmers' Market to be Held this Saturday, November 10, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Saengerfest Park, 23rd and Strand
  
  
• Saturday, November 10, 10 a.m. to 12 noon:
  Celebration of Native American Month with Ray Olachia
  Michel Menard House, 1605 33rd Street
  
  
• National Trust Staff to Speak Saturday on the Rosenwald Schools for Rural Black Children in the Early 1900s
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation’s Restored 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA to Embark on Harvest Moon Voyage to Aransas Pass and Corpus Christi Thursday
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation’s Director of Preservation Services, Brian Davis, to Give Talk on “Lost Galveston” this Saturday
  
  
• Galveston County Historical Museum’s 12th Annual "Quilts in Motion" Exhibit Open through November 16 at Custom House
  
  
• Expert to Speak on Texas Maritime History, Coastal Archeology, and Recording the Wreck of an 1860’s Union Navy Supply Steamer
  
  
• Free ELISSA Youth Seamanship Program still has Slots Available. Next Session: Saturday, September 29
  
  
• Galveston Scout Hosts Pancake Breakfast to Raise Funds for Rosewood Cemetery Fence Construction Project
  
  
• Free ELISSA Youth Seamanship Program Begins Saturday, September 15
  

• Lewis New GHF Board President
  Galveston: Foundation Honors Volunteers, Announces New Strategic Plan at Dwayne Jones' First GHF Annual Meeting as Executive Director
  
  
• Galveston Monthly Farmers' Market to be Held this Saturday, August 11, in Historic Downtown's Saengerfest Park
  
  
• Seamanship Training Onboard the Restored 1877 ELISSA, the Official Tall Ship of Texas, Continues Saturday, August 25, Free of Charge
  
  
• Public Invited to Texas Historical Marker Workshop at Galveston County Historical Museum Wednesday, August 15
  
  
• Postoffice Street’s New Café Madrid to Hold Grand Opening Benefit for Galveston Historical Foundation, August 18, 2007
  
  
• “Genteel Junque,” Galveston Historical Foundation’s Annual Fundraising Sale of Donated Treasures, To Be Held at Garten Verein Pavilion, Saturday, August 25.
  
  
• GHF Storytelling Series to Explore What Life for a 19th-Century Child in Galveston Would Have Been Like
  
  
• Prizewinning Entries on Display at Art on the Spot Exhibit at the Texas Seaport Museum through October
  
  
• Lewis New GHF Board President
  Galveston: Foundation Honors Volunteers, Announces New Strategic Plan at Dwayne Jones’ First GHF Annual Meeting as Executive Director
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation’s First Annual Meeting Under New Executive Director Dwayne Jones to be an “Island Casual” Event at Garten Verein July 12
  
  
• “Stories of Early Galveston,”
  The Second of Galveston Historical Foundation’s New Storytelling Series, to Take Place on Saturday, July 7, at the Samuel May Williams House
  
  
• Deadline for Entry Extended to Tuesday, July 10
  “Art on the Spot” Contest at Texas Seaport Museum Will Bring Together Area Artists of All Ages in Competition for Cash Prizes
  
  
• “Are We Haunted?”
  Special October Tours at Ashton Villa Highlight Legends and Ghost Stories of the Mansion
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation’s Discovery Day Camp Begins Monday, June 25
  
  
• Seamanship Training Onboard the Restored 1877 ELISSA, the Official Tall Ship of Texas, Begins Saturday, July 21, Free of Charge
  
  
• Dedication Ceremony for Rosewood Cemetery, Galveston’s Oldest African-American Burial Grounds, to be Held Saturday, June 16
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation Presents "The Making of the Underground Railroad: From Slavery to Freedom", June 14, 2007
  
  
• Green Houses; Designing for Health, Air-Quality and Energy Savings, a Workshop for Homeowners, to be Held on Saturday, June 2, 9 a.m. to noon at GHF Salvage Warehouse
  
  
• New Galveston Historical Foundation Storytelling Series at Samuel May Williams House Begins Saturday, June 2
  
  
• Galveston Historical Foundation Announces Its Heritage at Risk List for 2007
  
  
• Architectural Historian Ellen Beasley To Speak at GHF Preservation Month Event on May 30
  
  
• Texas Seaport Museum Annual Plankowners Party and Auction Planned for June 2
  
  
• “A City on Stilts: Galveston, 1902-1912,”
  an Exhibit of Early 20th-Century Galveston Photographs and Artifacts, to Open at Galveston County Historical Museum
  June 9
  
  
• Dwayne Jones to Speak on Roadside Architecture: From the Panhandle Plains to the Galveston Seawall
  
  
• Galveston’s Carolyn Clyburn Named GHF’s 2007 Steel Oleander Award Recipient
  
  
• 33^rd Annual Galveston Historic Homes Tour
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