Travel and Explore Corpus Christi, TX!

Corpus Christi, TX The city began as a settlement and frontier trading post in 1839. Today Corpus Christi is a major deep-water port and a popular seacoast recreational area. The well-known Seawall, with its steps to the water, was built in the 1930s. Institutions of higher learning are Texas A&M--Corpus Christi and Del Mar College. Corpus Christi events include: Buccaneer Days, Texas Jazz Festival, Bayfest, and Harbor Lights.  Art Museum Of South Texas  1902 N. Shoreline Blvd  Corpus Christi  Texas  (512) 884-3844  It displays changing exhibits of prints, painting, sculptures, photography and folk art.  Asian Culture Museum and Educational Center  5858 S. Padre Island Dr.  Corpus Christi  Texas  (512) 993-3963  It exhibits include pottery, kimonos, bronze ware, watercolors, Japanese dolls, masks, funerary and anciet Hindu art as well as objects from the Tang.  Corpus Christi Area Convention and Tourist Bureau  1201 N. Shoreline  Corpus Christi  Texas  (800)678-6232 or (512)882-5603    Corpus Christi Museum Of Science and History  1900 N. Chaparral  Corpus Christi  Texas  (512) 883-2862  It includes nature-science, natural-history and hands-on displays.  Las Carabelas - Columbus Fleet  N Chaparral at Cargo Dock #1  Corpus Christi  Texas  (512) 886-4492  There are replicas of Christopher Columbus' ships-the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria.  Texas State Aquarium  2710 N. Shoreline Blvd  Corpus Christi  Texas  (800)477-4853 or (512)881-1200  It presents more than 250 species of sea life in over 350,000 gallons of sea water.  USS Lexington Museum On The Bay  2914 N. Shoreline Blvd.  Corpus Christi  Texas  (512) 888-4873  It presents tours of the wartime aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943.