Beaumont / Port Arthur - Tourist Attractions / Parks

Beaumont is a city of contrasts - both an oil city and a city with rarely paralleled natural interest. The Big Thicket Preserve is home to enough species, and different kinds of species, at that, to be a zoo or "Noah's Ark" without any human guidance at all. The Gladys City Boomtown Museum, conversely, celebrates the discovery of oil. Museum of the Gulf Coast celebrates a rather broader history. You'll find many of the museums here either historical in tone or focused on innovation - like the Edison Museum or the Texas Energy Museum.