Photographer: Kevin Stillman

A rare jewel among communities of any size, home to Center Stages Theater, Brazosport Art League, the Brazosport Museum of Natural Science and Brazosport Planetarium.

The Art Gallery features changing mixed-media exhibits every six weeks, and the Art Studio provides classes and workshops by local, regional and nationally recognized artists. The Theater produces yearlong season of plays and musicals and sponsors the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra.

Wildlife, fossils, rocks and minerals, and aquarium are features of the Museum of Natural Science museum, as well as one of the largest shell collections on display in South, and the home of the Lightening Whelk-the state shell of Texas. The Planetaruim produces shows for the general public and even provides training for NASA astronauts from the nearby Johnson Space Center. No admission fee.