CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS

Art Museum of South Texas

The Mission of the South Texas Institute for the Arts (the Institute), doing business as the Art Museum of South Texas, is to operate educational facilities and an art museum which advance the awareness, knowledge, appreciation and enjoyment of the visual arts for residents and visitors of South Texas.

Texas Maritime Museum

Discover Texas state’s rich maritime history, from the early days of exploration and settlement by the Spanish and French to the modern search for oil.
At the state’s official maritime museum, explore the long and varied story along the more than 300 miles of Texas coast. See a large collection of antique outboard motors, a fishing exhibit, and original watercolors of Texas lighthouses by artist Harold Phenix.

Texas State Aquarium

One of the top 10 aquariums in the United States, the Texas State Aquarium is a big tourist attraction in Corpus Christi. With the new Caribbean Journey expansion, which doubled the size of the original facility, the aquarium offers a full-immersion experience into Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula and the Western Caribbean Sea.

USS Lexington Museum

The USS LEXINGTON, CV-16, is a World War II-vintage Essex Class aircraft carrier that’s been turned into a museum, delighting visitors of all ages. A MEGAtheater (similar to IMAX) was added in the forward aircraft elevator space. Lexington was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2003. The ship is carefully maintained, and areas of the ship previously off-limits are becoming open to the public every few years. One of the most recent examples of this is the catapult room.

South Texas Botanical Garden

South Texas Botanical Garden’s facility strives to: Offer an ever-growing source of beauty, information, environmental learning and entertainment. They provide a positive and satisfying visitor experience, and enhance local quality of life and economic development through nature tourism.

Golf

Corpus Christi offers spectacular golf courses for all abilities. You’ll find everything including a wide variety courses and plenty of tee times to fit your schedule.

• Corpus Christi Country Club
• Lozano Golf Center
• Oso Beach Municipal Golf Club

Live Music

Enjoy musical nights, karaoke events and concerts at live music venues in Corpus Christi.

• Executive Surf Club
• Rockit’s Whiskey Bar & Saloon
• The NASA
• Brewster Street Ice House
• The Texan
• Black Monk Tavern
• Concrete Street Amphitheater

Hurricane Alley Waterpark

Hurricane Alley Waterpark specializes in fun for the entire family with attractions for all ages! The Diamond, the baseball themed spray deck, is open to the public and is a common area shared with the Hooks game-goers.
The 3-story and 6-story waterslides, Momentum, Storm Chaser and Cat5, are sure to give everyone a thrill. The Gulf Stream, the winding lazy river, provides guests with a relaxing escape from the summer heat. and more!

Scuba Diving

• Copelands Inc, Corpus Christi
• Ascuba Venture, Corpus Christi
• Transformation Scuba, Corpus Christi
• Sonnys Beach Service, Corpus Christi

Nature Trails Kayaking

Nature Trails Kayaking LLC is an ecotourism company based in Corpus Christi, offers guided kayak eco-tours for the whole family in the bays and wetlands near Corpus Christi and Port Aransas by their certified guides. They also offer kayak lesson and kayak rental.

Glow Row

Tour the coast in style! It’s as easy as showing up, choosing your vibe, popping a top, and enjoying an amazing experience under the stars! GlowRow offers a fun, safe, educational nighttime kayaking tour that will leave you with an experience you will remember that keeps you coming back for more (and bringing friends!).

Barefoot Mardigras

Leave it to Corpus Christi to one-up the coastal Mardi Gras game. To paraphrase Shakespeare: While the Coastal Bend’s emergence as a bona fide Mardi Gras destination festival may be “little, she is fierce!” And by fierce, we mean right on the beach. That’s right, like no other Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S., Corpus Christi’s Barefoot Mardi Gras on Padre Island, promises exactly what it can deliver, some serious laissez le bon temps rouler right on the sand, with the waves lapping at your feet and the beads flying right into your mitts!

Buc Days Festival

Buc Days is more than just a rodeo. Experience the longest-running pirate festival and parade in Corpus Christi! Buc Days has been going since 1938 with about 45,000 attendees each year. Coast on over to Corpus Christi from May 5-15, 2022 to enjoy concerts, parades, and plenty of exciting rides!

Surftober Festival

Experience the beer festival Surftoberfest happening on October 22, 2022, in downtown Corpus Christi outside of the Executive Surf Club. Surtoberfest is more than just a celebration of German heritage, it’s also the most magical annual beer festival in Corpus Christi! Sample draught brews from all of Corpus Christi’s local breweries or raise your stein in the pop-up tasting room in the new Waterstreet Garden. To get authentic with it, buy a souvenir stein at the start of the festival and refill as you go. Prost!

Die de Los Muertos Festival

A national holiday in Mexico, Dia de los Muertos is a time when deceased friends and family members are remembered, honored and celebrated. It is a poignant time, both solemn and joyous, with colorful customs, pageantry, and whimsy despite the sobering subject. As Corpus Christi’s most anticipated event of the fall, the Dia de los Muertos Festival has brought life, music and culture into the downtown community since 2008

Corpus Christi Wine Festival

This unique event perfectly intertwines wine tasting, shopping, food, and entertainment throughout the grounds of beautiful Heritage Park (think Catalina Wine Mixer meets Country Peddler Show meets Concert in the Park).