The Bryan Museum
The Bryan Museum occupies the former Galveston Orphans' Home, built in 1895, damaged in the 1900 Storm, and rebuilt to reopen in 1902, sheltering orphaned children for nearly a century. That long history of childhood loss feeds the ghost lore, where some locals claim the spirits of lost children still appear.
Denise Sandoval, caretaker for 17 years under private ownership, reported several encounters, and the site lands on Galveston haunted-place roundups, including US Ghost Adventures' top ten. It is often confused with St. Mary's Catholic Orphanage on the beach, where ten nuns and 93 children drowned in the 1900 Storm, but the two are separate.
Today the building houses the Bryan Collection of Texas and Western artifacts, and the museum openly shares the orphanage timeline behind the hauntings.
📍 1315 21st Street, Galveston, TX 77550, Galveston, TX · Get directions