Moody Mansion, Galveston

About Moody Mansion

Moody Mansion is the Travel Channel's most famous historic house in Texas, where visitors explore twenty rooms on a self-guided audio tour through a restored 28,000-square-foot mansion completed in 1895. The four-story home, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1994, displays the furnishings and personal effects of the Moody family, who built a financial empire based on cotton, banking, ranching, insurance, publishing, railroads, and hotels. Guests can walk through rooms featuring period furnishings and decorative arts or join a guided All-Access two-hour tour limited to ten people, visiting areas not normally open to the public including servants' quarters and storage areas. The mansion also hosts specialty events including The Great Storm lantern tour and upcoming holiday and wedding tours. Located in Galveston, Moody Mansion charges admission with prices published online. Tickets are sold on the venue's website.