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Setting Sail: Highlights from the Rosenberg Library's Maritime Collection
Exhibits
Setting Sail: Highlights from the Rosenberg Library's Maritime Collection
OPEN March 9, 2026 - January 23, 2027
Grand opening April 1, 6-8 pm in the Fox Room. Register
here
Setting Sail
provides snapshots of important places, people, and events in Galveston's maritime history.
Some highlights will include:
Six ship models from various time periods
USS
Galveston
ship’s wheel and silver presentation set
James Lykes
ship's bell
Iron barge cleat from the 1900 Storm
Naval officer's uniform
Artifacts from the
Elissa
, Texas Navy, Battle of Galveston, and more
Three maritime flags and 33 maritime paintings
The exhibit is located on the 4th floor in Trustees Hall.
It can be viewed during regular library hours, 9:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Monday through Saturday. No appointment needed. For more information, please contact the Museum Curator at 409.763.8854 Ext. 125 or at
museum@rosenberg-library.org
For press inquiries, please contact the Communications Coordinator at
409.763.8854
ext. 144 or
Communications@Rosenberg-Library.org
Exhibits
Sacred Spaces: An Exhibit of Churches in Art
Wings In Watercolor: 33 Works by Boyer Gonzales, Sr. (1864 – 1934)
A World at War: Memories of World War I and World War II
A Sea Aggie Celebration
Foundations of Influence: A Reflection on Galveston’s Beginnings
Silhouettes of a Century: An Exhibit of 19th Century Portraiture
Pottery of the Americas: An Exhibit of Pre-Columbian, Mexican, and Native American Pottery
Lalique Art Glass
The Art of Clyde Harold Wortham
Toys: 1890’s – 1940’s
Embracing Aging
“By the Shore of Gitche Gumee…”
From Our Attic
Of Birds and Texas: The Art of Stuart and Scott Gentling
Island Art / Island Architecture: Paintings of Historic Galveston Homes
A Century of Galveston Art
Galveston Before the Civil War
Voices from the Past: An Exhibit Celebrating African American History in Galveston
Arts of the American Southwest: The Pabst Collection
On The Run: Currency, Credit, and Capitals of the Republic of Texas
The Small Houses of Galveston: Another Take
Still Life: Encountering the Everyday
Never a Dull Moment
Rare Books of the Rosenberg
Galveston Photography: 1860 – 1890
Museum at Home: Virtual Tour
The Gifts of Henry Rosenberg
McGivney Award Collection
Virtual Tour: Juneteenth Champions, historic portraits by Ted Ellis
The Great Storm of 1900
Faces and Places of Galveston
A Renaissance of Caring: Celebrating and Preserving Galveston's Residential Architecture
Subject Unknown: Portraits of Women by Galveston Artists
Weathering the Storm: Life for Black Galvestonians in 1900 and Beyond
Jason Chin: Your Place in the Universe
Setting Sail: Highlights from the Rosenberg Library's Maritime Collection
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2310 Sealy Avenue, 4th Floor
Galveston, TX 77550
Setting Sail: Highlights from the Rosenberg Library's Maritime Collection
and
The Great Storm of 1900
exhibitions are located on the 4th floor. Many other artifacts and fine art collections are available to view throughout the building, including the Treasure of the Month on the 2nd floor.