Beaumont, Texas Hotel Things To Do
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Crockett Street Entertainment District. Variety is the spice of life-and the Crockett Street Entertainment District in downtown Beaumont. Five beautifully restored historic buildings host Southeast Texas’ finest restaurants, a fantastic formal banquet facility and seven unique bars and nightclubs. For more information, visit www.crockettstreet.com.
abe Didrikson Zaharias Museum. The versatile Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias was a three-time basketball All-American, three-time Olympic gold medalist and a world-class pioneering woman golfer. Learn more about this amazing athlete as well as view her trophies and memorabilia. For more information, call 409.833.4622 or visit www.babedidriksonzaharias.org. [Top]
Ford Park. Located in Beaumont, Texas, Ford Park is the premier entertainment, sports and lifestyle event complex of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. Professional sports teams include the Texas Wildcatters (ECHL Hockey) and the Beaumont Drillers (indoor football). For more information, visit www.fordparktx.com.
Texas Energy Museum. Explore the fascinating world of petroleum science from the formation of oil to the geology surrounding it. Learn as talking robotic characters explain all about early oil well drilling. Compelling interactive exhibits depict the unique history of oil exploration, production and refining. For more information, call 409.833.5100 or visit www.texasenergymuseum.org. [Top]
Texas Energy Museum. Explore the fascinating world of petroleum science from the formation of oil to the geology surrounding it. Learn as talking robotic characters explain all about early oil well drilling. Compelling interactive exhibits depict the unique history of oil exploration, production and refining. For more information, call 409.833.5100 or visit www.texasenergymuseum.org. [Top]
Big Thicket National Preserve. A combination of virgin pine and cypress forest, hardwood forest, meadow and black water swamp, Big Thicket National Preserve is extraordinary. And it’s not just the rarity or abundance of its life forms, but how many species coexist there. Eastern bluebirds nest near roadrunners. Nearly 300 kinds of birds either live there or migrate through. Fifty reptile species include a small, rarely seen population of alligators. Amphibious frogs and toads abound. For more information, visit www.bigthicketdirector.com.
Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum. A gusher on a little hill named “Spindletop” in Beaumont, Texas in 1901 led to a boom in Southeast Texas like no other in the country. Learn all about the long and colorful history of the Texas oil industry at this museum, which features school tours, adult group tours, teachers’ workshops as well as historical information for researchers, journalists, and the general public. For more information, visit www.spindletop.org. [Top]
Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum. A gusher on a little hill named “Spindletop” in Beaumont, Texas in 1901 led to a boom in Southeast Texas like no other in the country. Learn all about the long and colorful history of the Texas oil industry at this museum, which features school tours, adult group tours, teachers’ workshops as well as historical information for researchers, journalists, and the general public. For more information, visit www.spindletop.org. [Top]
Delta Downs Racetrack and Casino. Delta Downs is a three-quarter mile track in Southwest Louisiana featuring quarter horse and thoroughbred racing. The nearly 30,000 square-foot casino is open 24/7 and features 1,492 slot machines. For more information, visit www.deltadowns.casinocity.com.
Art Museum of Southeast Texas. The museum’s collection features paintings (John Alexander, Paul Manes), sculpture (Ben Woitena, David Cargill), prints (Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns) and photography (Keith Carter, James Evans). The folk art collection includes examples of Mexican clay sculptures and the decorative arts collection features English Wedgwood, silver and both contemporary and traditional glass. For more information, visit www.amset.org. [Top]
Art Museum of Southeast Texas. The museum’s collection features paintings (John Alexander, Paul Manes), sculpture (Ben Woitena, David Cargill), prints (Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns) and photography (Keith Carter, James Evans). The folk art collection includes examples of Mexican clay sculptures and the decorative arts collection features English Wedgwood, silver and both contemporary and traditional glass. For more information, visit www.amset.org. [Top]
L'Auberge du Lac Casino. With its enormous glass dome, grand vaulted ceiling and colossal tree, L’Auberge du Lac Casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the largest single-level riverboat casinos in the world. There are 60 table games-everything from blackjack to baccarat to Pai Gow poker-and more than 1,600 of the newest slot machines. For more information, visit www.ldlcasino.com.
Stark Museum of Art. The Stark Museum houses one of the finest collections of 19th and 20th Century Western American paintings in the country. In addition, you’ll find baskets from major basket-producing cultures in the West, Pueblo pottery, kachina dolls of the Zuni and Hopi and outstanding collection of Navajo rugs and blankets. The Stark family’s interest in the American West is reflected in their collection of sculpture, which includes numerous bronze works by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. For more information, visit www.starmuseum.org. [Top]
Stark Museum of Art. The Stark Museum houses one of the finest collections of 19th and 20th Century Western American paintings in the country. In addition, you’ll find baskets from major basket-producing cultures in the West, Pueblo pottery, kachina dolls of the Zuni and Hopi and outstanding collection of Navajo rugs and blankets. The Stark family’s interest in the American West is reflected in their collection of sculpture, which includes numerous bronze works by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. For more information, visit www.starmuseum.org. [Top]
