Recent collection cataloguing efforts have introduced two experts in their respective areas to the ceramics collections: James Koterski and Keith Adams. They have agreed to participate in a collection workshop that will provide participants with an unusual opportunity to learn about and engage directly with important and interpretively beneficial objects. Accordingly, staff will bring many examples of redware, stoneware, creamware, white earthenware, Rockinghamware, and some porcelains to the Bank Building where our experts will address materials, fabrication techniques, matters of design, condition, and other aspects of identification and interpretation of 18th and 19th century wares.

“The Art of Cookery” Explore the Collins-Sharp House with your guide as our costumed interpreters capture the sights and flavors of authentic 18th century cooking. Savor the aromas of dishes cooked over an open fire using the tools, recipes and techniques commonly found in colonial Odessa. We focus...

Dating back to 1865, a full two and a half years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, it was June 19th when the Union Army landed in Galveston, Texas and spread the news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Tours of the National Park Service Network to Freedom exhibit: “Freedom Seekers: the Odessa Story” will be offered free of charge; reservations are required.