The Galveston Historical Foundation, which owns and operates the vessel, secured a private line of credit last week and opted ...
The Galveston Pirate Festival is scheduled for Sept. 19-21, 2025. Costume contests and treasure hunts, tours of ships and submarines, as well as live music and family-friendly activities, will be part ...
The Elissa was no stranger to Galveston when she was towed to the Texas harbor to become a museum piece in 1979. Forty years later, the 141-year-old iron-hull tall ship is a sailing school and ...
The three-day event that starts Friday will feature pub crawls on The Strand, a pirate-themed festival at Seawolf Park and tours of the 1877 Tall Ship Elissa and other vessels.