Wade Dillon has over 15 years of museum experience, combining his passions for art and history into improving the visitor experience. 

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From 2010 to 2018, Wade served as a Tour Guide and Visitor Services Supervisor at The Alamo where he helped oversee frontline staff in tour sales and engagement of over 2 million visitors annually. 

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Beginning in 2020, Wade became the Museum Coordinator for the Freeport Historical Museum in Freeport, Texas where he began to develop a three-year restructuring project. Between promotions to Museum Manager to Museum Director, Wade researched, wrote, and designed over twenty bilingual interpretive panels and installed fourteen museum quality display cases, celebrating a grand reopening of the Freeport Historical Museum in 2024. Throughout this project, Wade guaranteed the museum's growth by facilitating positive relationships with local and statewide museum institutions, volunteering his time as Chairman for an affinity group of the Texas Association of Museums. In 2023, the Freeport Historical Museum was awarded the Spirit of Texas Independence Award through the Texas Independence Trail Region for the Fort Velasco Living History Day event that Wade organized. 

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Overseeing an annual budget of over $300K and managing full-time staff, Wade's hard work has transformed the Freeport Historical Museum and increased heritage tourism to the Texas Coast. 

 

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