Culture & History
Area's culture is embedded in its art
Free concert series, touring ballets, regional artwork are on display.Seagulls and crashing waves aren't the only visual stimulation available in the Coastal Bend. View art made by your neighbor at the local art centers. Get a sense of Texas and the region at the Art Museum of South Texas.
Selena lives in the hearts of South Texans
Each day, visitors can be seen at Selena's seawall statue, one of Corpus Christi's
most prominent tourist attractions. Selena Quintanilla-Perez was an acclaimed
Tejano singer and Corpus Christi resident.
Corpus Christi area museums
Explore the vast array of museums that the Corpus Christi area has to offer such as the King Ranch Museum. Head west and back in time at the King Ranch Museum, where ranching heritage is on display.
Corpus Christi history at a glance
Corpus Christi Bay flanks one side of the city. Some 277,454 people called Corpus Christi home in the year 2000. This area was originally inhabited by the Karankawa peoples and other American Indians. The city is named for Corpus Christi Bay, which, tradition holds, was sighted and named by Spanish explorer Alonzo Alvarez de Piñeda on the feast day of Corpus Christi in 1519.
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