Texas History Field Trips– Calhoun County Museum
The Calhoun County Museum is in Port Lavaca, Texas. The museum is open Tuesday and Wednesday 10:30-4:30; Thursday and Friday 10:30-5:00; and Saturday 10:00-3:00. The address is 301 S. Ann.
The museum looks like it’s pretty small, so we will most likely combine this with one of the other museums in the area— probably the Texana Museum in Edna, Texas. The museum’s website does have some educational materials on it, including a vocabulary list and a timeline. The museum has other exhibits, covering Matagorda Island, the Karankawa Indians and a couple more items that may be of interest in our studies.
It’s likely this trip will also include some birding, since Matagorda Island is a great place for seeing some rare birds. We’ll also check out Indianola, which had the La Salle monument. We may also see Half Moon Reef lighthouse, which has been moved onshore and is no longer in use.
This will probably be a picnic day, since I haven’t been able to find any really interesting, appealing places to eat. There is a Pizza Hut and a Sonic, so we won’t starve 
Maybe we’ll take a picnic to Matagorda Island or if we go to the Texana museum, we could have lunch at Lake Texana.
