About The Venues

This award-winning museum is one of the premier destinations to see art of the American West. The Museum features paintings, sculpture, decorative arts and more from artists such as William Herbert Dunton, Charles Marion Russell and John James Audubon.
The Museum also features a significant collection of American Indian objects, including baskets, pottery, clothing, weavings and sculpture. Nearly 20,000 square feet of the Museum is dedicated to exhibitions, including 4,000 square feet of gallery space devoted to the temporary exhibitions on changing themes – called the Special Exhibitions Gallery. New, large-scale exhibitions are presented each spring and fall, while new, smaller-scale displays and displays of the permanent Collection are presented throughout the year.

Constructed in 1894 in the Queen-Anne architectural style, The W.H. Stark House features a distinctive turret, is designated as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Learn about the W.H. Stark family’s role and impact in southeast Texas. See original family furnishings through-out the home. Also, the adjacent Carriage House has two floors of additional personal effects.

Throughout history, the term “Shangri La” has represented a place of beauty, peace and enlightenment. In Orange, Texas, a modern Shangri La has been recreated with the best of nature, gardens and art. Visitors will enjoy more than 300 plant species, walks along nature trails, an excursion down Adams Bayou on an “Outpost Tour” and see thousands of nesting birds on Ruby Lake or view them from a state-of-the-art bird blind. The Children’s Garden is a delight for all ages, and the Cypress Gate at the Pond of the Blue Moon is a welcome retreat from the outside world. The combination of gardens and nature presents a serene oasis for retreat and renewal as well as an opportunity to explore, discover and learn.

The Lutcher Theater is a 1450-seat, world class performing arts facility and the prominent presenter of Broadway, national and international tours, award-winning stars, renowned dance and acclaimed children’s performances for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.
Lutcher Incredible Kids Events is one of the largest performing arts series of national and international touring companies for children in a four-state area comprising Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas.