Lake Jackson Recreation Center 91 Lake Road - Lake Jackson, Texas 979-297-4533 Time: Monday through Thursday - 5:45 AM to 9:00 PM; Friday - 5:45 AM to 10:00 PM; Saturday - 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM; Sunday 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM Admission: Adult - $4.00 Child - $2.00 Activities: Two huge indoor pools, one pool for lap swimming and the other open for kids and adults to swim, play and slide down a two-story purple spiral slide, basketball court, racquetball courts

Sea Center Texas 300 Medical Drive - Lake Jackson, Texas 979-292-0100 or 800-792-1112 Time: Tuesday through Friday - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM; Saturday - 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Sunday - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Admission: Free Activities: The center includes marine wildlife displays, hatcheries, a Youth Fishing Pond, touch tanks and habitat exhibits.

Time: Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM; Sunday 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM Admission: Free Activities: Seashells, fossils and Indian artifacts set the tone at this kid-friendly museum which includes a hall full of things to touch and feel and discover.

Brazosport Nature Center and Planetarium 400 College Drive - Lake Jackson, Texas 979-265-3376 or 979-265-7661 Time: Shows Tuesday at 7:00 PM Admission: Adults - $3.00 Children - $2.00 (Suggested to arrive 15 minutes before show time) Activities: The planetarium features eight different programs in series throughout the year.

Brazoria County Historical Museum (at Angleton Courthouse) Corner of Cedar and Velasco Streets - Angleton, Texas 979-864-1208
Time: Tuesday - Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM; Saturday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM; Sunday 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM Admission: Free Activities: The award-winning historical museum offers a look at Brazoria Country's place Texas history. The museum includes a research library of historical and genealogical information.

Brazoria Museum (at Brazoria Library) SH 36 - Brazoria, Texas 979-798-6100 Time: Only Saturdays from noon to 4 PM Admission: Free Activities: The museum is working on an exhibit to commemorate the service of Dr. Sofie Herzog, the county's first woman doctor and the first female railroad doctor.

Columbia Museum (at First Capital State Bank Building) 247 E. Brazos Ave. - West Columbia, Texas 979-345-3921 Time: Thursday, Friday and Saturday - 2 PM to 10 PM Admission: $2.00 Activities: This museum includes many exhibits that appeal to children including an antique toy collection, including dolls and trains, Indian artifacts such as arrows and spear points and a metal bell from a Brazos River steamboat.

Train Museum 418 Plantation Drive - Lake Jackson, Texas 979-299-1052 or 979-297-2840 Time: Saturday 10:00 AM to 3 PM, Sunday 1:00 to 4:00 PM Admission: Call Activities: Organized by the Brazos Valley Railroad Society, a non-profit organization that is a chapter of the National Railroad Society, the museum also includes such items as rail crossing guards, posters, maps, and photos.

Varner Hogg State Historical Park West Columbia, Texas 979-345-4656 Time: Call Admission: Call Activities: This ante-bellum plantation home in West Columbia is the county's only remaining plantation home that is regularly open to tours. Three different families were owners of the Greek Revival mansion before it became a state historical park. Ima Hogg donated the property to the state in 1958, and since then visitors have toured the house to see what the Old South was like.

Lake Jackson Historical Museum 249 Circle Way - Lake Jackson, Texas 77566 979-297-1570 Time: Tuesday to Saturday - 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Sunday - 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Admission: Adults - $3.00; Children 8 to 18 - $1.00; Children under 8 are free Activities: The museum will include exhibits in four heritage's - the Karankawa Indians, the plantation era, the petrochemical era, and the past, present and future of Lake Jackson.
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