Phil Barnes -Curator

Phil Barnes has been the Curator of the Texas Maritime Museum since May 2004. He came to Rockport after Phil Barnes-Curatorworking 2+ years at the American Airpower Heritage Museum in Midland, Texas. He, and his wife, Ronda have been married for 18 years and have three children.

Phil was born in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Louisiana where he would stay until his junior year in college. For his senior year, 1991, he transferred to Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas and completed a BBA in Marketing. After working in sales for eight years, Phil went back to Sul Ross, and by 2001 received a Master of Arts in History degree. While working on this degree, he aided the Museum of the Big Bend in several projects where he was bit by the museum “bug.” This is what would eventually bring Phil and his family to the Texas Maritime Museum.