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The Galveston County Historical Museum today announced its collaboration with Hotel Galvez & Spa, A Wyndham Grand® Hotel, to create a new historical exhibit in honor of hotel’s centennial celebration. The museum is looking for one-of-a-kind items related to Hotel Galvez to be donated to exhibit; donated items will become part of the permanent collection.

Hotel Galvez & Spa, A Wyndham Grand® Hotel, today announced it now offers in-house transportation and excursion services to its guests through Galveston Charter Boats and sister company Galveston Shuttle Bus. Transportation and excursion staff is available at the hotel to assist guests with powerboat and sailboat rentals, fishing excursions and other water activities, as well as private and group transportation, Wednesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Hotel Galvez & Spa, a Wyndham Grand ®Hotel, is now extending its weekly ghost tour, typically reserved for guests, to the public as part of a dinner buffet package. Beginning on Thursday, Oct. 7 and continuing through Thursday, Oct, 28, guests can enjoy dinner followed by a one-hour ghost tour of the historic hotel.

Live oak timber remaining from the thousands of trees cut down from Hurricane Ike will be used for the Brig Galveztown Replica Project in Galveston’s new Sister City, Malaga, Spain. Galveston’s namesake, Bernardo de Galvez was a native of Malaga. This week, the timber was loaded into containers to send to Spain.

Galveston’s Hotel Galvez & Spa, A Wyndham® Grand Hotel and a National Trust Historic Hotel of America, will celebrate its 99th anniversary on Thursday, June 10, by serving complimentary cake to anyone dining in Bernardo’s Restaurant for lunch and dinner. The hotel also invites guests to record birthday wishes and favorite memories of Hotel Galvez on video from noon to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the hotel’s concierge desk. These video memories will be posted on the hotel’s YouTube Channel.

Galveston’s Hotel Galvez will celebrate its 99th anniversary on Thursday, June 10. In celebration, Hotel Galvez invites guests to record their birthday wishes and favorites memories of the hotel on video from noon to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the hotel’s concierge desk. These video messages will be posted on the hotel’s YouTube Channel.

Live oak timber remaining from the thousands of trees cut down from Hurricane Ike will be used for the Brig Galveztown Replica Project in Galveston’s new Sister City, Malaga, Spain. Galveston’s namesake, Bernardo de Galvez was a native of Malaga. This timber will be loaded into containers to send to Spain.

Galveston and Hotel Galvez Milestones   1785 A survey expedition appointed by Bernardo de Gálvez discovers and names the Bahia de Galvezton after the Spanish colonial...

Texas’s only historic beachfront hotel - Hotel Galvez & Spa, A Wyndham Grand Hotel - is an integral part of Galveston’s history and a symbol of the community’s resilience. When Hotel Galvez opened in 1911, Galveston had just finished building its 17-foot Seawall to protect the Island and its grade raising project which raised the grade of land as well as hundreds of buildings from their original level to make them less susceptible to flooding in the event of future storms. The Causeway had been completed, now connecting Galveston Island to the mainland. All of these accomplishments were part of the Island’s recovery following the Great Storm of 1900. The 1900 Storm was the worst natural disaster in United States history to that point in time. An estimated 6,000 to as many as 8,000 people died and 3,600 structures were destroyed including the entire wharf front.

Hotel Galvez Celebrates 100th Anniversary with Monthly Events Note: These events are still tentative and are subject to change.   December 2010 Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010 – “The Hotel Galvez: Queen of the Gulf” Book Signing Just...