Located between Houston and Corpus Christi, Victoria is the perfect base camp for Coastal Bend region adventure. It is one of the oldest cities in Texas, founded by Martin de Leon in 1824. Explore our rich history, dig our arts & festival scene and enjoy nature or water recreation before heading out in any direction to follow the Texas Independence and Chisholm Trails or experience world class salt water fishing. Let us help you plan your overnight stay.
Be sure to catch their current exhibit, "Mark 'Scrapdaddy' Bradford: Salvaged Species" at the Five Points Museum while you still have your chance! Bradford’s work has been exhibited in museums around the world, He has worked in Texas for over three decades drawing upon the scrapped and discarded remains of commerce and industry and transforming them into creatures, vehicles and other sculpture that is recognizable in its source material yet completely novel in its repurposing.
Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art was founded to give the Victoria and South Texas community broad access to contemporary art by national and regional artists and curators while celebrating and drawing upon the cultural diversity of South Texas. The museum is also dedicated to furthering arts education in the community through supplemental and extracurricular programs coordinated with area school districts and other institutions.
