Listening to the guide talk about the ship and how they take care of it is fascinating. He describes all of the trips it has taken and takes us through all the steps it takes to take it out to sea! Don't miss this tour!

We took the tour of the ship an museum. There was a very nice display of artifacts and history. It was interesting to see how sailors lived aboard this ship.

Another great visit to Galveston. My daughter loves visiting the ship. This is quite a favorite with her friends. I does tend to get a little old for me.

The ship was 'under construction' so what you could tour was limited. The inside compartments were overly musty smelling from items left lying around.

My son and I toured the Elissa when we were on our Spring Break vacation. The Elissa is a 3 masted tall ship that was constructed in Aberdeen Scotland in 1877. Her service time was during the period that shipping was converting from wind powered sails to steam engines. The Elissa underwent such a conversion in 1918. I found several... More

The history of the Elissa is very interesting if you're a tall ship fan and you had the opportunity to go on the ship itself. Museum was a little sparse for the size building.

Very nice old ship. I take the children and they love being aboard. They think they are a pirate. Plenty of room to take a tour.

Interesting tour and museum. Also, they run tours of the Harbor (not on the Tallship). Good restaurant adjacent.

This review depends on two things, are you just touring the vessel or are you actually going for a short sea voyage. Touring the vessel is educational and very interesting if you have not done so on a ship like this before but the real fun is being able to take her out really experience what it's like to live... More