Last updated: 9/18/2011
2618 Broadway
Galveston, TX 77550
P.O. Box 1300
Galveston, TX 77550
$8 for adults; $5.00 Senior/Student; $3.00 age 3-18
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Karen Guernsey
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Mary Hoehne
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Beth Weidler
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The Moody Mansion opened to the public in April of 1991 following an extensive eight-year restoration and museum development project. The museum was created in response to the wishes of Mary Moody Northen, the last family member to reside in the house. Although Mrs. Northen's will dictated that the Moody family home become a museum following her death, it did not specify the type of museum. The Board of Directors of Mary Moody Northen, Inc., determined that the museum development project would focus on creating a historic house museum. In accordance with Mrs. Northen's wishes, the Board made a commitment to a historic restoration of the highest possible quality in the 1895 Romanesque structure.
The focus of the museum's public programming is on guided tours for the public. To this end, the museum recruits and trains a staff of docents who draw on the resources of their training to present friendly and well-informed tours according to their individual talents and the needs of the museum s visitors. Training for docents covers a wide range of topics: Galveston history, Galveston architecture, Moody family history, decorative arts and interiors, and room studies of all historic interiors.
Opened in 1991 as a historic house museum; home of W. L. Moody, Jr.
The permanent collection of the Moody Mansion and Museum consists of both archival documents and objects which relate specifically to the history and material culture of the Moody family and more broadly to the polictical, economic, social, and cultural history of Galveston and Texas. Thearchival holdings contain approximately 1500 cubic feet of business and personal correspondence, polictical materials, books, trade catalogs, greeting cards, periodicals, as well as about 10,000 photographic items. The archival materials date from the family's early roots in Virginia in the 1790's through Mrs. Mary Moody Northern's death in 1986. The museum has also acquired a reference library of approximately 1500 volumes. The museum holds an extensive object collection, as well consisting of furniture, costume and texitles, china, silver, household goods, jewelry, automobiles, and objects obtained through the family's travels. The object collection dates from the mid 19th century through 1986, with a concentration in early 20th century aritfacts, as 1900 was the year the Moody family moved into the house.
About 1,500 cubic feet of Moody papers, 1790-1986. Business and personal correspondence; political materials; trade catalogues 1915-1986; 17,000 greeting cards; 10,000 photographs. Collections are available for qualified researchers/scholars approved by Archivist and Director.
Small exhibits, docent program, guided tours; teacher packets and orientation, brochures, annual Halloween Party.
Moody Mansion and Museum information booklet, brochures, children's coloring book.
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