Field Trips
We are excited to offer free educational field trips to each of our locations! Please view our field trip scheduling procedures and download the form you will use to begin scheduling your visit.
Click here to complete the scheduling form.
Don't forget to download our TEKS-aligned pre- and post-visit lesson plans to enhance your trip!
Visit our main location to learn about Lake Jackson's rich history. Your tour guide will lead you throughout the museum starting with the Karankawa Native Americans and touching on the Jackson Plantation Historic Site, the development of the city of Lake Jackson, the influence of Alden B. Dow and Dr. A.P. Beutel, and more! Field trip scavenger hunts are available upon request.
Coming Soon!
We are excited to bring A Time Before Texas to the Lake Jackson Historical Museum! This traveling exhibit offered by Humanities Texas dives into the lives of the Paleoindians. Continue reading to learn more.
Lake Jackson Historical Museum
Step back in time and explore the incredible story of Texas’ first peoples in A Time Before Texas, an engaging exhibition created by the Texas Department of Transportation and presented in partnership with Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Explore groundbreaking archaeological discoveries about the Paleoindians, their way of life, and how they arrived in the land we now call Texas. Learn how Indigenous traditions and modern science offer different perspectives on the past. Discover evidence of ancient life along the Texas Gulf Coast, revealing the deep history of our region!
School tours will include an incised rock activity to go with the exhibit, as well as a full tour of the Lake Jackson Historical Museum.
Brazosport Museum of Natural Science
After visiting the Lake Jackson Historical Museum to see the main exhibit, we encourage groups to visit the Brazosport Museum of Natural Science to view their exhibits on Mammoth Bones, Teeth, and Tusks, and early Inhabitants of Texas, including the Stone Tools that they used to hunt and process animals for food.
The Museum has other exhibits of Fossils, including Dinosaurs and a Megalodon Shark jaw,
along with Wildlife, Rocks, Minerals, and a very impressive Sea Shell collection.
Tours coordinated with “Time Before Texas” exhibit may include Scavenger Hunt and/or
making a Fossil.
Schedule Your Tour
To schedule your tours to both museums please complete this Google Form. We will be in touch to finalize details after receiving your form submission.
The exhibition will be on display for the public from May 6, 2025 to June 28, 2025.
The Alden B. Dow Office museum has played a large role in Lake Jackson's history and development. The space has housed multiple businesses and organizations and has since been restored to it's original form. Come learn about its interesting past and see our rotating exhibits! The Healing Pioneers is currently on display. This exhibit celebrates Lake Jackson's first medical professionals.
Please note: the space can accommodate approximately 45 people at a time, making it great for specialized field trips!
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The Jackson Plantation Historic Site, a formerly operating sugar mill, is now an archaeological site. The site contains the remains of the main house, the mill, and several other buildings left behind after the Hurricane of 1900.