Brazoria County Historical Museum

09/04/2026

🚶‍♂️ 1982 FLASHBACK: Labor Day Weekend at the Sweeny Complex!

🛠️Check out this incredible slice of local history! This is Labor Day back in 1982 at the Phillips Sweeny Complex in Old Ocean. You’re looking at approximately 800 Fish Engineering employees heading home for the long weekend, walking right across the FM 524 footbridge to the parking lot. Did you or someone in your family work for Fish Engineering back then? Do you spot anyone you know in this crowd?

Drop a comment and share your memories! 👇

09/04/2026

09/04/2026

❤️🤍💙Brazoria County offices will be closed on Monday, September 7th for Labor Day.

Regular business hours will resume on Tuesday, September 8th.

We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Labor Day! ❤️🤍💙

08/21/2026

📚 Look what turned up in the archives this week! While processing some of our older materials, our Library & Archival Manager came across a Brazoria County library card dated August 31, 1979 — issued to a Mrs. Lawrence Smith of Freeport, Texas.

Did your family have a library card like this one? Do you remember your childhood library? We’d love to hear your stories in the comments! 💛

08/20/2026

08/19/2026

✈️ This Day in History August 19 ✈️

Did y'all know today is National Aviation Day? Back in 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued a proclamation designating August 19 the birthday of aviation pioneer Orville Wright as National Aviation Day, and it's been celebrated every year since!

From the Wright brothers' first flights to the astronauts who train just up the road at NASA, this little corner of the Gulf Coast has always known a thing or two about reaching for the sky. ✨

In fact, long before there were commercial jet airliners, President Franklin D. Roosevelt thought so too. In 1939 he issued the first presidential

08/10/2026

📜 This Day in History — August 10 📜

On this day in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was born! Congress passed the act (signed by President James K. Polk) creating "an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge" all thanks to a bequest from British scientist James Smithson, a man who left his fortune to a country he had never even visited. 🤯

From one bequest to what's now the world's largest museum and research complex, the Smithsonian is proof that preserving history and sharing knowledge with the public matters something we take a whole lotta pride in here at BCHM too! 🏛️💛

08/03/2026

🎉 Thank You, Brazoria County! 🎉

We just have to say it — WOW! Thank you to everyone who joined us this past Saturday for our Summer Passport 2026 event!

A huge congratulations to all of our winners you earned it! 🏆 And to every single family, kiddo, and history-lover who stamped their way through thank you for being part of what makes this community so special.

We are already looking forward to next year, and we can't wait to see you all again!

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08/01/2026