Mondays at the Museum

McFaddin-Ward House 1906 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

The McFaddin-Ward House and LoveYoga are excited to bring you Mondays at the Museum. The McFaddin-Ward House will open up its lawn on the last Monday of the month for a little bit of yoga and a lot of scenic surroundings. Join us on the east lawn of the museum for a donation-based session. It …

Movie Night: “Desk Set”

Visitor Center 1906 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

Cool off from the dog days of summer with this classic romantic comedy.Featuring the legendary Hollywood pairing of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, "Desk Set" features Hepburn as Bunny Watson, the head of the research department at a television network. When Richard Summer --played by Tracy-- shows up to introdu...ce computers into the department, sparks …

Mondays at the Museum

McFaddin-Ward House 1906 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

The McFaddin-Ward House and LoveYoga are excited to bring you Mondays at the Museum. The McFaddin-Ward House will open up its lawn on the last Monday of the month for a little bit of yoga and a lot of scenic surroundings. Join us on the east lawn of the museum for a donation-based session. It …

Lecture: “Ducks on the Menu — Stories from Texas Market Hunting”

Visitor Center 1906 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

In 1867, the Galveston Daily News gushed:“Texas is still the promised land. Our market is supplied with great numbers of wild geese at 50 cents, wild ducks at 50 cents a brace. All these things are the substantials on which we live.” Less than a decade later, the men who supplied those local markets – …

Mondays at the Museum

McFaddin-Ward House 1906 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

The McFaddin-Ward House and LoveYoga are excited to bring you Mondays at the Museum. The McFaddin-Ward House will open up its lawn on the last Monday of the month for a little bit of yoga and a lot of scenic surroundings. Join us on the east lawn of the museum for a donation-based session. It …

Movie Night: “Meet John Doe”

Visitor Center 1906 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck. Three Hollywood legends, one classic movie. Join us for our latest Free Movie Night, as we screen the 1941 film "Meet John Doe." Directed by the legendary Frank Capra, this comedy-drama is about a grassroots political campaign created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist an...d pursued by a wealthy businessman. …

Lecture: “Early Beaumont”

Visitor Center 1906 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

Many of us know the story behind the Lucas Gusher at Spindletop, the event that changed the history of Beaumont forever, and pushed the city into the 20th century. But the town of Beaumont was born on the thickly wooded banks of the Neches River nearly a hundred years before that day in January 1901. …

Mondays at the Museum

McFaddin-Ward House 1906 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

The McFaddin-Ward House and LoveYoga are excited to bring you Mondays at the Museum. The McFaddin-Ward House will open up its lawn on the last Monday of the month for a little bit of yoga and a lot of scenic surroundings. Join us on the east lawn of the museum for a donation-based session. It …

Fall Community Picnic

McFaddin-Ward House 1906 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

With its wide expanses of grass, tall shade trees, and impressive views, the McFaddin-Ward House is a perfect place to bring a picnic. And as the weather begins to cool off here in southeast Texas, what better place is there to celebrate fall than our community picnic? Join us Thursday, October 16th from 5—7 p.m. …

Movie Night: “The Alligator People”

Visitor Center 1906 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

"Have you ever seen a nightmare crawling?" It's the latest entry in our free movie nights series, and we're feeling the spirit of the season with this one. "The Alligator People" (1959) is set in the Louisiana swamps. It follows the mysterious doings surrounding a family's plantation deep in the bayou where some strange things …

Mamie’s Birthday Celebrations

McFaddin-Ward House 1906 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

To celebrate her 119th birthday, the McFaddin-Ward House will hold a series of events to recognize the woman who started it all, Mamie McFaddin-Ward. Tours of the museum will be free from November 4th through November 8th. Tours are available at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. Tour reservations are required. Details may …

Holiday Photo Opportunity

McFaddin-Ward House 1906 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

You are invited to our free family photo day, this Sunday, November 9th, from noon to 4 pm. It's your chance to have your photo taken inside the museum, with the grand staircase decked out in all its holiday finery! One day only! Bring your own camera, and our museum staff photographer will take the …