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List of museums in Texas

This list of museums in Texas encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit art galleries and exhibit spaces.

Lists of Texas institutions which are not museums are noted in the "See also" section, below.

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Name Town/City Region Type Summary
12th Armored Division Memorial Museum Abilene West Texas Military website, information
1940 Air Terminal Museum Houston Texas Gulf Coast Aviation Houston's commercial aviation history
1st Cavalry Museum Fort Hood Prairies and Lakes Military website, history of the 1st Cavalry Division, a rapidly deployable heavy armored division of the United States Army
20th Century Technology Museum Wharton Texas Gulf Coast Technology Displays include radios, phonographs and a jukebox, televisions, arcade games, home appliances, farm equipment, telephones, typewriters, computers, electronics, cameras and aircraft
Aces of Clubs House Texarkana Piney Woods Historic house website, 1885 Italianate Victorian home in a club shape with Edwardian furnishings
Adrian Lions Antique Museum Adrian Texas Panhandle Agriculture information, antique farm equipment
African American Museum, Dallas Dallas Prairies and Lakes African American website
Aiken Education Center Brownsville South Plains Multiple website, part of the Brownsville Heritage Complex, features changing exhibits of heritage and cultural arts
The Alamo San Antonio South Plains Military
Alamo Village Brackettville Texas Hill Country Media Movie and television shooting location, includes John Wayne Western Museum
Allan Shivers Museum and Library Woodville East Texas Biographical website, mementos of Governor Allan Shivers
Alley Oop Museum & Fantasy Land Park Iraan Big Bend Local history information, information, photos, video, birthplace of Alley Oop comic strip, local history exhibits
Alley Log Cabin & Antique Tool Museum Columbus Prairies and Lakes Historic house information
Alvin Historical Museum Alvin Texas Gulf Coast Local history website, operated by the Alvin Museum Society
Amarillo Museum of Art Amarillo Texas Panhandle Art website
Amarillo College Natural History Museum Amarillo Texas Panhandle Natural history website, part of Amarillo College
American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Aviation website, history of American Airlines and the air transportation industry
American Airpower Heritage Museum Midland West Texas Aviation World War II aviation culture and history
American Museum of Agriculture Lubbock West Texas Agriculture website
American Museum of the Miniature Arts Dallas Prairies and Lakes Art
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum Amarillo Texas Panhandle Horse
American Wind Power Center Lubbock West Texas Technology Features over 160 water-pumping and electricity-producing American-style windmills
Amon Carter Museum Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Art American art
Annie Riggs Memorial Museum Fort Stockton West Texas Local history information
Antiquibles Dog Museum Waco Prairies and Lakes Commodity information, information & photos, private collection of dog memorabilia
Arlington Museum of Art Arlington Prairies and Lakes Art website, contemporary art exhibitions
Armstrong County Museum Claude Texas Panhandle Multiple website, art, history and culture
ArtCar Museum Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art Contemporary art
Art Center Waco Waco Prairies and Lakes Art website
ArtCentre of Plano Plano Prairies and Lakes Art website
THE ARTS Gallery at Collin College Plano Prairies and Lakes Art website, part of Collin College
Arthouse at the Jones Center Austin Texas Hill Country Art Contemporary art exhibitions
Art League Houston Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art website, alternative art exhibitions
Art Museum of South Texas Corpus Christi Texas Gulf Coast Art website
Art Museum of Southeast Texas Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Art website, emphasis on American and folk art
Artpace San Antonio South Plains Art Contemporary art center
Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum Greenville Prairies and Lakes Multiple website, history of the American cotton industry, Hunt County, Texas, northern Texas Blackland Prairie, Audie Murphy and local military history, Ende-Gaillard House; formerly the Hunt County Museum
Austin Children's Museum Austin Texas Hill Country Children's website
Austin History Center Austin Texas Hill Country Local history Local history collection of the Austin Public Library, features changing exhibits
Austin Museum of Art Austin Texas Hill Country Art
Austin Museum of Digital Art Austin Texas Hill Country Art
Austin Science & Nature Center Austin Texas Hill Country Natural history website
Aviation Museum at Garner Field Uvalde Texas Hill Country Aviation information
A.W. Perry Homestead Museum Carrollton Prairies and Lakes Historic house website
Azalee Marshall Cultural Activities Center Temple Prairies and Lakes Art website, includes five art galleries, also called the CAC
Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Biographical website, female athlete Babe Didrikson
Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Historic house website
Barnard's Mill & Art Museum Glen Rose Prairies and Lakes Art website, historic mill and art museum
Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum San Antonio South Plains Commodity information, information, collection of toilet seats
Barrington Living History Farm Washington-on-the-Brazos Prairies and Lakes Living website, part of the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, mid 1800s working farm
Bastrop County Historical Society Museum Bastrop Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Bath House Cultural Center Dallas Prairies and Lakes Art website, includes fine arts gallery and White Rock Lake Museum
Bayless-Selby House Museum Denton Prairies and Lakes Historic house website, Victorian period home
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens Houston Texas Gulf Coast Decorative arts Facility of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, historic mansion with decorative arts, furniture
Baytown Historical Museum Baytown Texas Gulf Coast Local history information
Beaumont Art League Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Art website, features the Brown and Scurlock Galleries
Beaumont Police Department Museum Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Law enforcement information
Beeville Art Museum Beeville South Plains Art website
Bell County Museum Belton Prairies and Lakes Local history website, historical and cultural heritage of Bell County
Berclair Mansion Beeville South Plains Historic house website
Bishop's Palace Galveston Texas Gulf Coast Historic house Gilded Age mansion
Blaffer Gallery Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art Part of the University of Houston
Blanton Museum of Art Austin Texas Hill Country Art Part of the University of Texas at Austin
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center San Antonio South Plains Art Contemporary art
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Austin Texas Hill Country Local history History of the State of Texas
Border Heritage Museum Laredo South Plains Local history website
Bosque Museum Clifton Prairies and Lakes History website, exhibits include paleo-American archaeology, Norwegian artifacts, pioneer artifacts, firearms, textiles, early medical equipment and Civil war displays
Brazoria Community Historical Museum Brazoria Texas Gulf Coast Local history website
Brazoria County Historical Museum Angleton Texas Gulf Coast Local history website, history and cultural heritage of Brazoria County
Brazosport Museum of Natural Science Clute Texas Gulf Coast Natural history website, features shells, fossils, dinosaur skeletons, wildlife, rocks & minerals and archeology
Brazos Valley African American Museum Bryan Prairies and Lakes African American website
Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History Bryan Prairies and Lakes Natural history website
B-RI Railroad Museum Teague Prairies and Lakes Railroad website, also local history exhibits
Briscoe Art & Antique Collection Uvalde Texas Hill Country Art information
Briscoe Western Art Museum San Antonio South Plains Art website, planned museum opening in 2010
Brookshire's World of Wildlife Museum and Country Store Tyler Piney Woods Natural history website, operated by Brookshire Grocery Company, features wildlife dioramas and period country store displays
Brownsville Heritage Museum Brownsville South Plains Local history website, part of the Brownsville Heritage Complex, features large textile collection
Brownsville Museum of Fine Art Brownsville South Plains Art website
Buchanan Dam Museum & Visitor Center Burnet Texas Hill Country Local history information, located at Buchanan Dam
Buckhorn Barber Shop & Museum New Braunfels Texas Hill Country Multiple website, operated by the New Braunfels Conservation Society, 1900s period barbershop with miniature circus and pictures made from lapidary stone displays
Buckhorn Saloon & Museum San Antonio South Plains Multiple website, Old West saloon and museum with wildlife trophy mounts, mounted fish specimens, bird dioramas and the Hall of Texas History Wax Museum
Buddy Holly Center Lubbock West Texas Multiple website, Texas music and contemporary visual arts exhibits
Buffalo Gap Historic Village Buffalo Gap Texas Panhandle Open air Historic Western village
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Houston Texas Gulf Coast Military website, history of the African American Buffalo Soldiers
Burton Cotton Gin & Museum Burton Prairies and Lakes Agriculture website, working cotton gin and history of cotton farming
Butler Longhorn Museum League City Texas Gulf Coast American West website, planned museum, Texas Longhorn history through in western art, music, Longhorn artifacts and Texas historical items
Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art Byzantine frescoes
Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site Alto Piney Woods Archaeology website
Calhoun County Museum Port Lavaca Texas Gulf Coast Local history website
Carnegie History Center Tyler Piney Woods Local history website, operated by the Smith County Historical Society
Casa Navarro State Historic Site San Antonio South Plains Historic house website, restored 1848 adobe home of Tejano patriot José Antonio Navarro
Cavanaugh Flight Museum Addison Prairies and Lakes Aviation
Casasola Museum/Museo Casasola El Paso West Texas History website, Mexico-U.S. history and art
Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens El Paso West Texas Multiple Part of the University of Texas at El Paso, regional cultural and natural history
Center for American History Austin Texas Hill Country History website, part of the University of Texas at Austin
Center for Contemporary Arts Abilene West Texas Art website, includes four galleries
Central Texas Area Museum Salado Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Central Texas Oil Patch Museum Luling Prairies and Lakes Industry website
Chambers House Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Historic house website, operated by the Beaumont Heritage Society, restored for the period 1920 - 1945
Chamizal National Memorial El Paso West Texas Multiple Includes a history museum and three art galleries
Chappell Hill Museum Chappell Hill Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Chestnut Square Historic Village McKinney Prairies and Lakes Open air website, includes six historic homes, a one-room school house, chapel and store, blacksmith shop, smoke house, and chapel
Children's Museum of Brownsville Brownsville South Plains Children's website
Children's Museum of Houston Houston Texas Gulf Coast Children's
Children's Museum of the Brazos Valley Bryan Prairies and Lakes Children's website
Children's Discovery Museum of the Golden Crescent Victoria Texas Gulf Coast Children's information
Chinati Foundation Marfa West Texas Art Contemporary art and sculpture
Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum Cuero Prairies and Lakes American West website, planned museum
City By the Sea Museum Palacios Texas Gulf Coast Local history website, museum of the Palacios Area Historical Association
Clifton Steamboat Museum Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Multiple website, steamboat era, military displays including wars fought in Southeast Texas and Louisiana, art and Boy Scout display
Cockerell Galleries Abilene West Texas Art website, information, operated by Abilene Christian University
Cockroach Hall of Fame Lancaster Prairies and Lakes Commodity website, dead cockroaches in art diorama settings
Cold War Air Museum Lancaster Prairies and Lakes Aviation website
Collingsworth County Museum Wellington Texas Panhandle Multiple website, art and local history and period artifacts
Comanche County Historical Museum Comanche Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Commemorative Air Force Rio Grande Valley Wing Museum Brownsville South Plains Military website, World War II history
Confederate Memorial Museum Columbus Prairies and Lakes Local history information
Conrad Hilton Museum Cisco Texas Panhandle Local history information, information
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art Contemporary art created within the past 40 years
Cool Cats Toy Museum Corpus Christi Texas Gulf Coast Toy information, information
Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History Corpus Christi Texas Gulf Coast Multiple website, natural history, local history and culture
Coryell Museum and Historical Center Gatesville Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Costumes of the Americas Museum Brownsville South Plains Textile website, textiles and garments of the native peoples of all the Americas
Crosby County Pioneer Museum Crosbyton Texas Panhandle Local history website
C.S. Roberts House Museum Sherman Prairies and Lakes Historic house website, 1896 Eastlake-Stick Style house
Cuero Heritage Museum Cuero Prairies and Lakes Local history information
Culberton County Historical Museum Van Horn West Texas Local history information
Czech Center Museum Houston Houston Texas Gulf Coast Ethnic website
Czech Heritage Museum and Genealogical Center Temple Prairies and Lakes Ethnic website
Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum Denton Prairies and Lakes Local history
Creation Evidences Museum Glen Rose Prairies and Lakes Creationist
Dallas Contemporary Dallas Prairies and Lakes Art Contemporary art gallery exhibitions
Dallas Firefighter's Museum Dallas Prairies and Lakes Firefighting website
Dallas Heritage Village Dallas Prairies and Lakes Living website, portrays life in North Texas from 1840•1910
Dallas Holocaust Museum Dallas Prairies and Lakes History
Dallas Museum of Art Dallas Prairies and Lakes Art
Dallas Scottish Rite Temple Museum & Library Dallas Prairies and Lakes Masonic website
Deaf Smith County Museum Hereford Texas Panhandle Local history website
Denton County African American Museum Denton Prairies and Lakes African American website
Depot Museum Henderson Piney Woods Open air website, includes East Texas history, folk crafts and historic buildings
Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum McLean Texas Panhandle Commodity History of barbed wire and its impact on the development of the Old West
Dewberry Plantation Tyler Piney Woods Historic house website, 1854 plantation home
DeWitt County Historical Museum Cuero Prairies and Lakes Historic house website, information, Victorian period home, includes wildflower specimen displays, local history exhibits and a log cabin
Dickinson Historic Railroad Depot Dickinson Texas Gulf Coast Local history information, operated by the Dickinson Historical Society
Dilue Rose Harris House Museum Columbus Prairies and Lakes Historic house information
Dinosaur Valley State Park Glen Rose Prairies and Lakes Natural history Visitor center with dinosaur exhibits, park features dinosaur tracks
Discovery Place Children's Museum Texarkana Piney Woods Children's website
Discovery Science Place Tyler Piney Woods Science website
Dishman Art Museum Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Art website, part of Lamar University
Don Harrington Discovery Center Amarillo Texas Panhandle Science
Donna Hooks Fletcher Museum Donna South Plains Local history information
Doss Heritage & Culture Center Weatherford Prairies and Lakes Local history website, exhibits include Mary Martin, Native Americans, early settlement, cattle drivers
Dot's Mini Museum Vega Texas Panhandle Commodity information, information, information, includes Route 66 and cowboy memorabilia, Avon bottles
Dougherty Arts Center Austin Texas Hill Country Art website, includes Julia C. Butridge Gallery
Dr Pepper Museum Waco Prairies and Lakes Food
Dr. Pound Pioneer Farmstead Dripping Springs Texas Hill Country Historic house Restored early 1900s farmstead
Dublin Dr Pepper Bottling Company Museum Dublin Prairies and Lakes Food website, history of Dublin Dr Pepper and plant tour
Dublin Historical Museum Dublin Prairies and Lakes Local history information
Dublin Rodeo Heritage Museum Dublin Prairies and Lakes American West information
Dunham Bible Museum Houston Texas Gulf Coast Literary website, part of Houston Baptist University, rare bibles and manuscripts
Durst-Taylor House Nacogdoches East Texas Historic house website, mid 1800s period house
Dutch Windmill Museum Nederland Texas Gulf Coast Local history website, replica of a Dutch windmill with local history and Dutch heritage displays and Tex Ritter artifacts
Earle-Napier-Kinnard House Waco Prairies and Lakes Historic house website, operated by Historic Waco Foundation, Victorian period home
Eastland County Law Enforcement Museum Eastland Texas Panhandle Law enforcement website, located in the former county jail
Eastland County Museum Eastland Texas Panhandle Local history website, county history
Eastland Outdoor Art Museum Eastland Texas Panhandle Art website, includes over 40 copies of famous artworks placed around town
East Terrace Waco Prairies and Lakes Historic house website, operated by Historic Waco Foundation, Victorian Italianate villa
East Texas Oil Museum Kilgore Piney Woods Industry website, includes re-creation of oil discovery and production in the early 1930s, period boomtown displays
Edison Museum Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Biographical Artifacts and interactive exhibits about Thomas Edison and his inventions
Edward Steves Homestead San Antonio South Plains Historic house website, operated by the San Antonio Conservation Society
Egypt Plantation Museum Egypt Texas Gulf Coast Historic house website, Empire period house, also includes depot museum with ranching heritage and plantation life displays, and Texas history
E. H. Danner Museum of Telephony San Angelo West Texas Technology Located at Fort Concho
Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site Denison Prairies and Lakes Historic house Restored 1890s birthplace of President Dwight Eisenhower
El Campo Museum of Natural History El Campo Texas Gulf Coast Natural history website, wildlife dioramas, special collections of clown memorabilia, fishing lures, seashells
Elisabet Ney Museum Austin Texas Hill Country Art Sculpture of artist Elisabet Ney
Ellen Noel Art Museum Odessa West Texas Art website
Ellis County Fine Arts Museum Waxahachie Prairies and Lakes Art website, operated by the Ellis County Art Association
Ellis County Museum Waxahachie Prairies and Lakes Local history website
El Paso Firefighters Museum El Paso West Texas Firefighting information
El Paso Holocaust Museum El Paso West Texas Holocaust website
El Paso Museum of Archaeology El Paso West Texas Archaeology website, prehistory and culture of the El Paso area and the Southwest
El Paso Museum of Art El Paso West Texas Art
El Paso Museum of History El Paso West Texas Local history website
Falls on the Colorado Museum Marble Falls Texas Hill Country Local history website
Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site Anderson Prairies and Lakes Historic house Restored 1850s period family home and stagecoach stop
Farmers Branch Historical Park Farmers Branch Prairies and Lakes Open air website
Fayette Heritage Museum La Grange Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Fielder Museum Arlington Prairies and Lakes Local history website, information, operated by the Arlington Historical Society
Fire Museum of Texas Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Firefighting website
Fire Station No.1 Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Local history website, satellite museum of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
FL!GHT San Antonio South Plains Art website, gallery
Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum Gilmer Piney Woods Aviation website, aircraft and equipment of the armed forces
Florence Ranch Homestead Mesquite Prairies and Lakes Historic house website
Forbidden Gardens Katy Texas Gulf Coast Cultural Chinese culture and history, features 1:20 scale model of the Forbidden City
Fort Bend Museum Richmond Texas Gulf Coast Open air website, includes Museum, Long-Smith Cottage, 1883 John M. Moore Home, and the McFarlane House
Fort Clark Guardhouse Museum Brackettville Texas Hill Country Military website
Fort Concho San Angelo West Texas Multiple Includes restored fort with military exhibits, E. H. Danner Museum of Telephony with historic telephones and the Robert Wood Johnson Museum of Frontier Medicine
Fort Croghan Burnet Texas Hill Country Open air Museum with period antiques and grounds with restored frontier fort buildings
Fort Davis National Historic Site Fort Davis Big Bend Military Restored fort with five 1880s furnished period buildings and costumed interpreters
Fort Griffin State Historic Site Albany Texas Panhandle Military
Fort House Waco Prairies and Lakes Historic house website, operated by Historic Waco Foundation, Edwardian Greek Revival home
Fort Leaton State Historic Site Presidio Big Bend Military website, includes fort ruins, exhibits on the site's military, archaeological and natural history
Fort Martin Scott Fredericksburg Texas Hill Country Military Restored frontier fort with period displays
Fort McKavett State Historic Site Fort McKavett Texas Hill Country Military Restored fort buildings
Fort Richardson State Park Jacksboro Texas Panhandle Military Restored post-Civil War fort buildings
Fort Sam Houston Museum San Antonio South Plains Military website, history of Fort Sam Houston
Fort Worth Contemporary Arts Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Art website, part of Texas Christian University
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Multiple Science, local history
Franklin County Museum Mount Vernon Prairies and Lakes Local history information, includes local, cultural and natural history artifacts
Fred Poppe Scout Museum Amarillo Texas Panhandle Scouting website
Freedom Museum Pampa Texas Panhandle Military website
French Legation Museum Austin Texas Hill Country Historic house
Frisco Heritage Museum Frisco Prairies and Lakes History website, information, information
Frontiers of Flight Museum Dallas Prairies and Lakes Aviation
Frontier Texas! Abilene West Texas American West Features interactive simulations of American West people and experiences
Frontier Times Museum Bandera Texas Hill Country Local history website, includes American West, pioneer & prehistoric artifacts
Fulton Mansion State Historic Site Fulton Texas Gulf Coast Historic house Restored Victorian mansion
Fuller House Euless Prairies and Lakes Historic house website, restored Depression era house
Gallery at UTA Arlington Prairies and Lakes Art website, part of University of Texas at Arlington
Gallista San Antonio South Plains Art Website, gallery
Galveston Arts Center Galveston Texas Gulf Coast Art website, closed until further notice due to damage from Hurricane Ike
Galveston County Historical Museum Galveston Texas Gulf Coast Local history website
Galveston Railroad Museum Galveston Texas Gulf Coast Railroad Closed until further notice due to damage from Hurricane Ike
Garza County Historical Museum Post Texas Panhandle Local history website
Gas Gallery San Antonio South Plains Art Website, gallery
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum College Station Prairies and Lakes Biographical Life and career of President George H. W. Bush
George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center Austin Texas Hill Country African American
Gilmer Literary Museum Gilmer Piney Woods Commodity information, memorabilia pertaining to American Presidents, British Royalty, American and British authors and literary characters
Gish Old West Museum Fredericksburg Texas Hill Country American West information, private collection of Western gear and memorabilia, includes guns, clothing, horse gear and art
Gonzales Memorial Museum Gonzales Prairies and Lakes Local history website, includes Eggleston Log House
Gonzales Pioneer Village Living History Center Gonzales Prairies and Lakes Living website, information, mid 1800s pioneer village
Goodman Museum Tyler Piney Woods Historic house website
Goodwill Computer Museum Austin Texas Hill Country Technology website, vintage computing equipment
Governor Dan Moody Museum Taylor Texas Hill Country Historic house website, period home of Dan Moody
Grace Museum Abilene West Texas Multiple Includes an art museum, a local history museum and children's museum
Grapevine Historical Museum Grapevine Prairies and Lakes Local history website, located in the visitor's information center depot that also includes the Grapevine Vintage Railroad operations, a blacksmith shop, the station house, and art galleries
Greenville Railroad Museum Greenville Prairies and Lakes Railroad website
Gregg County Historical Museum Longview Piney Woods Local history website
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center San Antonio South Plains Art Website
Guenther House San Antonio South Plains Historic house website, Victorian period house and restaurant, includes museum room about Pioneer Flour Mills memorabilia
Guinness World Records San Antonio South Plains Amusement
Harbin Scouting Memorabilia Museum Dallas Prairies and Lakes Scouting website, located at Camp Wisdom
Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum Harlingen Texas Gulf Coast Multiple website, art and local history, formerly the Rio Grande Valley Museum
Harrison County Historical Museum Marshall East Texas Local history
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Austin Texas Hill Country Multiple Part of the University of Texas at Austin, permanent exhibits include a Gutenberg Bible, the first photograph, Erle Stanley Gardner's Study, changing exhibits of art, photography and history from its collections
Hayden Museum of American Art Paris Prairies and Lakes Art information, open by appointment
Health Museum Houston Texas Gulf Coast Medical website, also known as John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science
Heard-Craig House McKinney Prairies and Lakes Historic house website
Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary McKinney Prairies and Lakes Natural history website, includes Texas' venomous snakes, rocks, minerals and fossils, seashells and marine life, North Texas ecosystems
Henderson County Historical Museum Athens Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Henkel Square Museum Village Round Top Prairies and Lakes Living website, authentic restoration of Anglo-American and German-American 19th century homes
Heritage Farmstead Museum Plano Prairies and Lakes Living website, Blackland Prairie farm culture and history from about 1890 to 1920
Heritage Museum at Falfurrias, Texas Falfurrias Texas Gulf Coast Local history website
Heritage Museum of Big Spring, Texas Big Spring West Texas Local history website, exhibits include dolls, antiques, ranching, Native American and oil industry displays
Heritage Museum of Montgomery County, Texas Conroe Piney Woods Local history website
Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country Canyon Lake Texas Hill Country Local history website, exhibits include Native American artifacts, early pioneer farm life, Canyon Dam history, fossils
Heritage Park Corpus Christi Texas Gulf Coast Historic house website, includes 9 Victorian homes
Heritage Village Woodville East Texas Open air website, buildings reflect pioneer life from the 1800s to early 1900s
Highland Lakes Air Museum Burnet Texas Hill Country Aviation website
Hill Country Museum Kerrville Texas Hill Country Historic house website, information, located in the Schreiner Mansion
Hill Country Wildlife Museum Llano Texas Hill Country Natural history information
Hill County Cell Block Museum Hillsboro Prairies and Lakes Local history information, exhibits include Hill County native Willie Nelson, Native American artifacts, vintage clothing, and an actual cell block that was used until the 80s
Himes Log Cabin Euless Prairies and Lakes Historic house website, restored 1850s log cabin
Historic Aviation Memorial Museum Tyler Piney Woods Aviation website, 20th century aviation memorabilia and aircraft
Historic Fort Stockton Fort Stockton West Texas Military information, information, restored fort buildings
Historic Upshur Museum Gilmer Piney Woods Local history information
The History Center Diboll Piney Woods Local history website
Holocaust Museum Houston Houston Texas Gulf Coast Holocaust
Hood County Jail and Museum Granbury Prairies and Lakes Local history information, information, history, old Western jail with local history exhibits
Horlock History Center Navasota Prairies and Lakes Historic house information, open by appointment
House of the Seasons Jefferson East Texas Historic house website
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art website, contemporary craft art with an emphasis on fiber, metal, glass, clay and wood
Houston Center for Photography Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art website
Houston Fire Museum Houston Texas Gulf Coast Firefighting website
Houston Maritime Museum Houston Texas Gulf Coast Maritime website, includes ship models, navigation instruments and maritime artifacts
Houston Museum of Natural Science Houston Texas Gulf Coast Natural history, Science
Houston Police Museum Houston Texas Gulf Coast Law enforcement website, open by appointment
Humble Museum Humble Texas Gulf Coast Local history website, exhibits include oil, cattle, lumber, churches and everyday life
Hutchinson County Historical Museum Borger Texas Panhandle Local history website
Imaginarium of South Texas Laredo South Plains Children's website
Independence Hall Washington-on-the-Brazos Prairies and Lakes Historic site Part of Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, replica of the site where representatives of the Texas settlements met to make a formal declaration of independence from Mexico
Insights El Paso Science Museum El Paso West Texas Science website
Institute of Texan Cultures San Antonio South Plains Art
International Museum of Art El Paso West Texas Art Website
International Museum of Art and Science McAllen South Plains Multiple website, art, science
International Museum of Cultures Dallas Prairies and Lakes Anthropology website, contemporary world cultures
Interurban Railway Museum Plano Prairies and Lakes Transportation website, electric trolleys
Irving Arts Center Irving Prairies and Lakes Art website
Iwo Jima Memorial Museum Harlingen Texas Gulf Coast Military website, information, part of the Marine Military Academy
Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum Austin Texas Hill Country African American Located at the Southgate-Lewis House
J.C. Penney Museum Plano Prairies and Lakes History information, history of retailer J.C. Penney
Jefferson County Historical Commission Museum Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Local history information
Jefferson Historical Museum Jefferson East Texas Local history website, exhibits include period furniture and decorative arts, Civil War artifacts, weapons, country store items, farm tools, pioneer doctor's instruments, art
Jesse H. Jones Park Dallas Prairies and Lakes Multiple website, park includes Akokisa Indian Village, a recreated 18th century village; Redbud Hill Homestead, an 1830s period log cabin and outbuildings; Jesse H. Jones Nature Center
Jesuit Dallas Museum Dallas Prairies and Lakes Art
John C. Freeman Weather Museum Houston Texas Gulf Coast Natural history
John E. Conner Museum Kingsville Texas Gulf Coast Multiple information, part of Texas A&M University•Kingsville, natural and cultural history of South Texas
John Jay French Museum Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Historic house website, operated by the Beaumont Heritage Society, includes 1845 period house, blacksmith shop, tannery, privy and smokehouse
John Nance Garner Museum Uvalde Texas Hill Country Biographical Home of Vice President John Nance Garner
Johnson's Rock Shop and Museum Livingston Piney Woods Geology information
Julians Bivins Museum Boys Ranch Texas Panhandle Local history information, located at Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, website
Jung Center Of Houston Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art Features an art gallery
Katy Hamman-Stricker Library Calvert Prairies and Lakes
Katy Heritage Park Katy Texas Gulf Coast Open air website, operated by the Katy Heritage Society
Kell House Museum Wichita Falls Texas Panhandle Historic house website
Kenedy Ranch Museum of South Texas Sarita Texas Gulf Coast History website, history of the Kenedy family and South Texas
Keystone Square Museum Lampasas Texas Hill Country Local history website
Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Art Collections include European, Asian and Pre-Columbian art
Kimble County Historical Museum Junction Texas Hill Country Local history information, information
King Ranch Museum Kingsville Texas Gulf Coast Agriculture website, history of the King Ranch
Kirby-Hill House Kountze Texas Gulf Coast Historic house website
Knapp Heritage Park Arlington Prairies and Lakes Open air website, operated by the Arlington Historical Society
K Space Contemporary Corpus Christi Texas Gulf Coast Art website, art gallery
Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian Amarillo Texas Panhandle Native American website, art and culture of Pueblo and Plains people
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Austin Texas Hill Country Art Botanical garden with changing art exhibits related to flowers and nature
Lake Jackson Historical Museum Lake Jackson Texas Gulf Coast Local history website
La Maison Acadienne Nederland Texas Gulf Coast Local history website, replica of early Acadian homes in South Louisiana, with local French heritage displays
La Maison Beausoleil Port Neches Texas Gulf Coast Historic house website, 1810 Cajun architectural style home
Lamar County Historical Society Museum Paris Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Laredo Center for the Arts Laredo South Plains Art website, includes three galleries
Latino Cultural Center Dallas Prairies and Lakes Art website, Latino art and culture with an art gallery
Laughlin Heritage Foundation Museum Del Rio Big Bend Aviation information, information, military history of Laughlin Air Force Base
Lavaca Historical Museum Hallettsville Prairies and Lakes Local history information
La Vernia Heritage Museum La Vernia South Plains Local history website
Lawndale Art Center Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art Art gallery
Layland Museum Cleburne Prairies and Lakes History website, exhibits include shelter, foodways, clothing, art and craft, transportation, and leisure
LBJ Museum of San Marcos San Marcos Texas Hill Country Biographical website, college experiences and early political life of President Lyndon B. Johnson
Legends of the Game Baseball Museum Arlington Prairies and Lakes Sports website, located at Rangers Ballpark
Lehnis Railroad Museum Brownwood Texas Panhandle Railroad website
Leonard's Department Store Museum Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes History information, information, historic department store with period items and photos
Lela Llatch Lloyd Memorial Museum Cisco Texas Panhandle Local history information, information
Limestone County Historical Museum Groesbeck Prairies and Lakes Local history information
Lindheimer House New Braunfels Texas Hill Country Historic house website, operated by the New Braunfels Conservation Society
Live Oak Art Center Columbus Prairies and Lakes Art website
Llano County Historical Museum Llano Texas Hill Country Local history website
Log Cabin Village Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Living website, mid 1800s pioneer village
LoneStar Studios San Antonio South Plains Art Website, gallery
Lone Star Flight Museum Galveston Texas Gulf Coast Aviation Features historic aircraft and the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame
Longview Museum of Fine Arts Longview Piney Woods Art website
Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts Lubbock West Texas Art website
Louis Tussaud's Palace of Wax Grand Prairie Prairies and Lakes Wax website
Lubbock Lake Landmark Lubbock West Texas Archaeology
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Austin Texas Hill Country Biographical
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park Johnson City Texas Hill Country Biographical Two locations, one with boyhood home of President Lyndon B. Johnson, his grandparent's log cabin settlement and a visitor center, the second with his first school, birthplace, Texas White House and the Johnson Family Cemetery
Lynx Exhibits El Paso West Texas Multiple website, changing exhibits from other museums
MADI Museum Dallas Prairies and Lakes Art website
Magic Lantern Castle Museum San Antonio South Plains Theater website, collection of magic lanterns, slides and equipment, open by appointment only
Magoffin Home State Historic Site El Paso West Texas Historic house
Majors-Parchman Farmstead Mount Vernon Prairies and Lakes Historic house information, 1883 Victorian farmhouse with original outbuildings, a small barn, smokehouse, chicken coop
Marguerite Rogers House Museum Alvin Texas Gulf Coast Historic house website, operated by the Alvin Museum Society
Marine Military Academy Museum Harlingen Texas Gulf Coast Military
Martin Museum of Art Waco Prairies and Lakes Art website, part of Baylor University
Mary Kay Museum Addison Prairies and Lakes Biographical website, information, located at the headquarters of Mary Kay
Matagorda County Museum Bay City Texas Gulf Coast Local history website, information
Mayborn Museum Complex Waco Prairies and Lakes Multiple Part of Baylor University, natural history, science, 15 building historic village, local history, history of Baylor
McCulloch House Waco Prairies and Lakes Historic house website, operated by Historic Waco Foundation, Victorian period house
McFaddin-Ward House Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Historic house Beaux-Arts mansion with over 75 years of furnishings
McKenna Children's Museum New Braunfels Texas Hill Country Children's website
McKinney Avenue Contemporary Dallas Prairies and Lakes Art website, also known as The MAC
McLean - Alanreed Area Museum McLean Texas Panhandle Local History information, area history museum with emphasis on ranching heritage, Titanic Shipwreck connection, Mclean WWII POW encampment
McLendon House Tyler Piney Woods Historic house website, Eastlake Bracketed Victorian estate, also known as the Bonner-Whitaker-McClendon House
McMullen County Historical Museum Tilden South Texas Local history website
McNamara House Museum Victoria Texas Gulf Coast Historic house website, Victorian period house
McNay Art Museum San Antonio South Plains Art 19th and 20th century European and American art
Meadows Museum Dallas Prairies and Lakes Art Features Spanish art, part of Southern Methodist University
Medicine Mound Museum Medicine Mound Texas Panhandle Local history information, information
Menil Collection Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art 20th century art
Mercedes Doll Display Mercedes Texas Gulf Coast Doll information
Mesquite Arts Center Mesquite Prairies and Lakes Art website, performing and cultural art center with gallery
Mexic-Arte Museum Austin Texas Hill Country Art Traditional and contemporary Mexican and Latino art
Michelson Museum of Art Marshall East Texas Art
Michel B. Menard House Galveston Texas Gulf Coast Historic house website
Millard's Crossing Historic Village Nacogdoches East Texas Open air website, 19th century village
Mills County Museum Goldthwaite Texas Hill Country Local history information, information
Mills County Old Jail Museum Goldthwaite Texas Hill Country Prison information
Miss Hattie's Bordello Museum San Angelo West Texas Sex website
Mission Historical Museum Mission South Plains Local history website, exhibits located at the Speer Memorial Library
Miss Jane Library & Museum Beckville East Texas Local history website
Mobeetie Jail Museum Mobeetie Texas Panhandle Local history website, information
Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites La Grange Prairies and Lakes Historic site Includes Kreische House and tours of the brewery ruins
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Art Modern art
Monnig Meteorite Gallery Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Natural history website, part of Texas Christian University
Moody Mansion Galveston Texas Gulf Coast Historic house website, 1895 20-room mansion
Moody Gardens Galveston Texas Gulf Coast Multiple Includes Discovery Pyramid with traveling exhibits about science and space, Rainforest Pyramid with animals and plants, and the Aquarium Pyramid
Morton Museum of Cooke County Gainesville Prairies and Lakes Local history website, history of Cooke County
Moudy Gallery Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Art website, part of Texas Christian University, two locations: Moudy Gallery and
Mount Vernon Railroad Depot Mount Vernon Prairies and Lakes Multiple information, museum includes working telegraph and railroad exhibits, model train exhibit, 1902 Studebaker covered wagon; property includes 1880-built log cabin, a syrup press and mill and a blacksmith shop
MSC Forsyth Center Galleries College Station Prairies and Lakes Art website, part of Texas A&M University, features collections of English cameo glass, American and English glass objects and American paintings
Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum Crosbyton Texas Panhandle Creationist
Muleshoe Heritage Center Muleshoe Texas Panhandle Open air
Museo Alameda San Antonio South Plains Ethnic website, Latino art, history, culture and experience in America
Museum for East Texas Culture Palestine Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Museum of Aerospace Medicine San Antonio South Plains Medical
Museum of American Architecture and Decorative Arts Houston Texas Gulf Coast Decorative arts website, part of Houston Baptist University, social history and material culture of people settling in Texas between 1830 and 1930, includes doll and miniature furniture collections
Museum of Biblical Art Dallas Prairies and Lakes Art website, destroyed by fire in 2005, planned re-opening in 2009, formerly the Biblical Arts Center
Museum of East Texas Lufkin East Texas Multiple website, local history and art
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art
Museum of Natural & Artificial Ephemerata Austin Texas Hill Country Entertainment website, oddities and unusual items
Museum of Nature & Science Dallas Prairies and Lakes Multiple Natural history, science, children's exhibits; formed from the merger of the Dallas Museum of Natural History, The Science Place and the Dallas Children’s Museum
Museum of North Texas History Wichita Falls Texas Panhandle Local history website
Museum of Printing History Houston Texas Gulf Coast Multiple website, includes historical documents, fine art exhibits and antique printing equipment
Museum of Regional History Texarkana Piney Woods Local history website, exhibits include pre-history, +Spanish and French explorers, agriculture, early industry, civil rights, World War II and local music figures
Museum of Southern History Houston Texas Gulf Coast History website, part of Houston Baptist University, history of the South during the mid-1800s with period room displays
Museum of South Texas History Edinburg South Plains Local history website
Museum of Texas Tech University Lubbock West Texas Multiple Includes natural history, cultural history, art
Museum of the American Railroad Dallas Prairies and Lakes Railroad Formerly Age of Steam Railroad Museum, moving to Frisco
Museum of the Americas Weastherford Prairies and Lakes Anthropology website, crafts, folk art, culture and artifacts including Mexico, Northwest Coast Indians, Plains Indians, Seminole Indians of Florida, Kuna Indians of Panama
Museum of the Big Bend Alpine West Texas Local history website, part of Sul Ross State University, history and cultural heritage of the Big Bend area
Museum of the Coastal Bend Victoria Texas Gulf Coast Local history website
Museum of the Gulf Coast Port Arthur Texas Gulf Coast Multiple website, heritage of the Gulf Coast including history, natural history, fine and decorative art and popular culture
Museum of the Plains Perryton Texas Panhandle Multiple website, includes local and natural history, toys & dolls, glass, bottles, tools, vehicles, period business and room displays, depot, historic house and general store
Museum of the Southwest Midland West Texas Multiple website, art museum, children's museum and a planetarium
Museum of the Weird Austin Texas Hill Country Entertainment website, strange and unusual items
Museums of Port Isabel Port Isabel Texas Gulf Coast Multiple website, complex includes the Port Isabel Historic Museum with local history exhibits, the Treasures of the Gulf Museum with exhibits from 3 1554 Spanish shipwrecks, and the Point Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site
Museum of Western Art (Kerrville, Texas) Kerrville Texas Hill Country Art website, art of the American West, formerly known as Cowboy Artists of America Museum
Nacogdoches Fire Museum Nacogdoches East Texas Firefighting website
Nasher Sculpture Center Dallas Prairies and Lakes Art Modern and contemporary sculpture museum and garden
National Border Patrol Museum El Paso West Texas Law enforcement website
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature Abilene West Texas Art Features changing exhibitions of art from children's books
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes American West
National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes American West Formerly the National Cowboys of Color Museum and Hall of Fame
National Museum of Communications Irving Prairies and Lakes Technology information, antique radio, telegraph, television, movie and other broadcast communications equipment
National Museum of Funeral History Houston Texas Gulf Coast History website, exhibits include caskets, funeral and mourning artifacts and rituals
National Museum of the Pacific War Fredericksburg Texas Hill Country Military History of the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, part of Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site
National Ranching Heritage Center Lubbock West Texas Open air Includes museum of ranching history and art, park with 38 ranch structures and steer statues
National Scouting Museum Irving Prairies and Lakes Scouting Official museum of the Boy Scouts of America
National WASP WWII Museum Sweetwater West Texas Military website, history of the WWomen Airforce Service Pilots, World War II American female aviators
Nave Museum Victoria Texas Gulf Coast Art website, works by Royston Nave and changing exhibits
Neill-Cochran House Austin Texas Hill Country Historic house
New Braunfels Conservation Plaza New Braunfels Texas Hill Country Open air website, 14 building mid 1800s German Texas village
New Braunfels Heritage Village New Braunfels Texas Hill Country Living website, includes Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture with Texas Biedermeier furniture
New Braunfels Railroad Museum New Braunfels Texas Hill Country Railroad website, railroad equipment, cars, memorabilia and model railroad display
Newton County Historical Commission History Center & Museum Newton Texas Gulf Coast Local history information
N.H. Davis Pioneer Complex & Museum Montgomery Piney Woods Historic house information
Nolan Ryan Exhibit Center Alvin Texas Gulf Coast Biographical website, baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan
Northeast Texas Children's Museum Commerce Prairies and Lakes Children's website
Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Museum Pittsburg Piney Woods Multiple website, two sites with one admission, the Farmstead, a turn-of-the-century farmhouse and farm, and the Cotton Belt Depot with local railroad, cultural, agricultural history and transportation exhibits
North Texas History Center McKinney Prairies and Lakes Local history website, includes Civil War, pioneer life and farming exhibits
N.W. Faison House La Grange Prairies and Lakes Historic house website
Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum Galveston Texas Gulf Coast Industry
Odessa Meteor Crater Odessa West Texas Geology website, impact crater and museum
Oldham County Heritage Farm & Ranch Museum Vega Texas Panhandle Agriculture information, antique farm equipment
O. Henry Museum Austin Texas Hill Country Biographical website, life and works of author O. Henry, also known as William Sidney Porter House
Old Fort Parker Groesbeck Prairies and Lakes Military website, information, restored fort buildings
Old Jail Art Center Albany Texas Panhandle Art website
Old Jail Art Museum Mount Vernon Prairies and Lakes Art website, operated by the Franklin County Arts Alliance
Old Jail Museum Gonzales Prairies and Lakes Prison information
Old Jail Museum Silverton Texas Panhandle Prison information
Old Post Office Museum & Art Center Graham Prairies and Lakes Multiple website, local history and art
Old Stone Fort Museum Nacogdoches East Texas Local history website, part of Stephen F. Austin State University
Old Red Museum Dallas Prairies and Lakes Local history County history and culture
One9Zero6 San Antonio South Plains Art Website, gallery
OS Ranch Museum Post Art information, information, information
Otto Lawrence Children's Museum Edna Texas Gulf Coast Children's information, information
Overland Trail Museum Fort Davis Big Bend History information, early life in the old west
Owens Spring Creek Farm Richardson Prairies and Lakes Farm website, operated by Bob Evans Farms, Inc., visiting farm with a museum about Owens Foods and a period butcher shop, country store, country kitchen and farmer's workshop
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Brownsville South Plains Military Visitor center features exhibits about the Battle of Palo Alto and the Mexican-American War
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum Canyon Texas Panhandle Multiple Includes American West, pioneer and agriculture history, art, paleontology, decorative arts and furniture, firearms, antique vehicles, sports artifacts, textiles and an outdoor pioneer village
Pate Museum of Transportation Cresson Prairies and Lakes Transportation information, information, photos
Pearce Collections at Navarro College Corsicana East Texas Multiple Contemporary American Western art and American Civil War collections
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts Spring Texas Gulf Coast Art website, features three galleries of changing exhibits
Pelt Pond Rural Life Museum Kountze Texas Gulf Coast Local history information, rural East Texas pioneer life
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Midland West Texas Industry website, petroleum exploration, equipment, industry, geology, art by Tom Lovell, Chaparral cars
Perrin Air Force Base Museum Denison Prairies and Lakes Military website, history of the Perrin Air Force Base
Pioneer Farms Austin Texas Hill Country Living website, operated by the Heritage Society of Austin
Pioneer Village Corsicana East Texas Open air website, operated by the Navarro County Historical Society
Pioneer Museum Complex Fredericksburg Texas Hill Country Open air website, operated by the Gillespie County Historical Society
Point Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site Port Isabel Texas Gulf Coast Lighthouse
Polk County Memorial Museum Livingston Piney Woods Local history website
Powell Hotel Museum Newton Texas Gulf Coast Historic site information
Presidio La Bahía Goliad South Plains Military Restored fort, chapel and museum
Preston Kyle Shatto Wildlife Museum Columbus Prairies and Lakes Natural history website, wildlife dioramas
Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso El Paso West Texas Railroad website,
Railway Museum of San Angelo San Angelo West Texas Railroad website
Red Men Museum Waco Prairies and Lakes History website, history of the Improved Order of Red Men
Red River Historical Museum Sherman Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Red River Valley Museum Vernon Texas Panhandle Local history website, includes natural history displays, ranching, pioneer and period business displays, Roy Orbison and Jack Teagarden exhibits
Refugio County Museum Refugio Texas Gulf Coast Local history website, information
Remington Art Museum Wimberley Texas Hill Country Art website, operated by 7A Resort
Republic of the Rio Grande Capitol Building Museum Laredo South Plains Local history
Republic of Texas Museum Austin Texas Hill Country History website, operated by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Reuss Pharmacy Museum Cuero Prairies and Lakes Medical information
Rice University Art Gallery Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art website
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Grand Prairie Prairies and Lakes Amusement
Ripley's Believe It or Not! San Antonio South Plains Amusement
River Valley Pioneer Museum Canadian Texas Panhandle Local history website
Roadside America Museum of Memories Hillsboro Prairies and Lakes Commodity website, features collectible items from the 40s, 50s, & 60s including antique signs, soda fountain collectibles, jukeboxes, pedal cars, drink machines, advertising icons and signs, classic automobilespop signs
Roaring Ranger Museum Ranger Texas Panhandle Local history information
Robert E. Howard Museum Cross Plains Texas Panhandle Biographical website, home of and museum about Robert E. Howard, author of Conan the Barbarian
Robert E. Richeson Memorial Museum Graham Prairies and Lakes Military information, World War II memorabilia
Roberts County Museum Miami Texas Panhandle Local history photos and information, information
Robert Wood Johnson Museum of Frontier Medicine San Angelo West Texas Medical Located at Fort Concho
Rosenberg Railroad Museum Rosenberg Texas Gulf Coast Railroad
Rothko Chapel Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art Nondenominational chapel with art by Mark Rothko
Rubin Center El Paso West Texas Art website, part of the University of Texas at El Paso
Sabine County Jail Museum and Vergie Speights Memorial Library Hemphill Piney Woods Local history information, operated by the Sabine County Historical Society, includes exhibits of Sabine County history, tours of jail cell and gallows
Saints' Roost Museum Clarendon Texas Panhandle Local history
Salon Mijangos San Antonio South Plains Art website, gallery
Salt Palace Grand Saline Prairies and Lakes Historic house website, house made from solid salt rocks donated by Morton Salt, exhibits include local salt industry and local history
Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site Paris Prairies and Lakes Historic house
Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center Liberty Piney Woods Multiple Includes changing exhibits of South Texas history from its collections and two historic house museums
Sam Houston Memorial Museum Huntsville Piney Woods Biographical website, part of Sam Houston State University
Sam Houston Park Houston Texas Gulf Coast Open air Features the Heritage Society Museum, several historic houses
Sam Rayburn House Museum Bonham East Texas Biographical
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts San Angelo West Texas Art website
San Antonio Academy Museum San Antonio South Plains Local history website, part of San Antonio Academy, history of the school and the area
San Antonio Art League Museum San Antonio South Plains Art Website
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park San Antonio South Plains History Features four Spanish frontier missions and a museum in the visitor's center
San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio South Plains Art
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site La Porte Texas Gulf Coast Multiple Includes the San Jacinto Museum of History about the history of Texas, the San Jacinto Monument, the battlefield and the USS Texas museum ship
San Saba County Museum San Saba Texas Hill Country Local history information
Santa Claus Museum Columbus Prairies and Lakes Commodity website, also known as Mary Elizabeth Hopkins Santa Claus Museum, Santa Claus memorabilia and art
Science Spectrum Lubbock West Texas Science
Scurry County Museum Snyder West Texas Local history website
Seawolf Park Galveston Texas Gulf Coast Maritime Includes the submarine USS Cavalla (SS-244), the ASW destroyer escort USS Stewart (DE-238), and the remains of a merchant ship
Sebastopol House State Historic Site Seguin Prairies and Lakes Historic house
Selena Museum Corpus Christi Texas Gulf Coast Biographical website, Tejano music singer Selena
Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site Comstock Big Bend Archaeology website
SFA Art Galleries Nacogdoches East Texas Art website, three galleries at Stephen F. Austin State University
Shelby County Historical Society Museum Center Piney Woods Local history website, information
Sid Richardson Museum Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Art website, works of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell
Silent Wings Museum Lubbock West Texas Aviation Exhibits about the special World War II weapons system utilizing gliders, glider pilots, glider troops and their equipment and troop carrier units
Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Dallas Prairies and Lakes History Life, times, death and legacy of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
Somervell County Historical Museum Glen Rose Prairies and Lakes Local history information, information
Sophienburg Museum New Braunfels Texas Hill Country Local history website, heritage and founding of New Braunfels
South Austin Museum of Popular Culture Austin Texas Hill Country Art Pop art related to Austin
South Texas Museum Alice South Texas
Southfork Ranch Parker Prairies and Lakes Media Ranch used in filming of television show Dallas
Southwest Dairy Museum Sulphur Springs Prairies and Lakes Agriculture Dairy farming and dairy products
Southwest School of Art & Craft San Antonio South Plains Multiple website, features changing art exhibitions, located in a historic 1851 Ursuline convent that can be toured
Space Center Houston Houston Texas Gulf Coast Aerospace Visitor's center of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Spanish Governor's Palace San Antonio South Plains Historic house 1700s early Spanish house
Spellman Museum of Forney History Forney Prairies and Lakes Local history website, operated by the Forney Historic Preservation League
Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Open air website, part of Lamar University, restored oil boomtown village that show the effects of the Spindletop oil well on the local community
Spring Historical Museum Spring Texas Gulf Coast Local history information, information
Square House Museum Panhandle Texas Panhandle Multiple website, history, natural history, and art of the Texas Panhandle
Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum Schulenburg Prairies and Lakes Aviation website, history of Stanzel Company and the development of model aircraft, also late 1800s historic house
Star Historical Museum Star Texas Hill Country Local History http://startexasmuseum.org/
Star of the Republic Museum Washington-on-the-Brazos Prairies and Lakes History Culture and history of the Republic of Texas from 1836•1846
Stark Galleries College Station Prairies and Lakes Art website, part of Texas A&M University
Stark Museum of Art Orange Texas Gulf Coast Art Focus on American Western and Native American art and artifacts
Starr Family Home State Historic Site Marshall East Texas Historic house
Station Museum of Contemporary Art Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art
Stephen F. Austin State Park San Felipe Prairies and Lakes Open air Includes historic log dogtrot house and J.J. Josey General Store & Museum
Stephenville Museum Stephenville Prairies and Lakes Open air website
Sterling McCall Historic Cadillac Museum Warrenton Prairies and Lakes Automotive website
Sterne-Hoya House Museum and Library Nacogdoches East Texas Historic house website
Stillman House Museum Brownsville South Plains Historic house website, part of the Brownsville Heritage Complex, late 1800s period house
Stockyards Museum Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Industry website, history of the Fort Worth Stockyards Company and the meatpacking industry
Strake Jesuit Art Museum Houston Texas Gulf Coast Art website, part of Strake Jesuit College Preparatory,
Tate-Senftnberg-Brandon House Museum Columbus Prairies and Lakes Historic house information
TecH2O Center El Paso West Texas Environmental website, water management in the Chihuahuan Desert
Tejano Roots Museum Alice South Texas Tejano Music
Texana Museum Edna Texas Gulf Coast Local history information, information, local cultural and natural history
Texas Air Museum San Antonio South Plains East Texas Aviation
Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum Temple Prairies and Lakes Railroad website
Texas and Pacific Railway Museum Marshall East Texas Railroad
Texas City Museum Texas City Texas Gulf Coast Local history website, includes model railroad exhibit and children's discovery area
Texas Civil War Museum Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Civil War website
Texas Country Music Hall of Fame Carthage East Texas Music
Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes American West
Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum Austin Texas Hill Country Law enforcement website
Texas Energy Museum Beaumont Texas Gulf Coast Industry website, Texas oil industry and oil discovery science
Texas Fire Museum Dallas Prairies and Lakes Firefighting website
Texas Folklife Austin Texas Hill Country Art website, features a visual arts gallery and performance space for showcasing the cultural traditions of Texas communities
Texas Forestry Museum Lufkin East Texas Multiple website, area logging industry, the CCC, the United States Forest Service and forests
Texas Governor's Mansion Austin Texas Hill Country Historic house
Texas Heritage Museum Hillsboro Prairies and Lakes Military website, information, part of Hill College, history of Texas and Texans in wartime
Texas Highway Patrol Museum San Antonio South Plains Law enforcement website, history of the Texas Highway Patrol
Texas Maritime Museum Rockport Texas Gulf Coast Maritime website
Texas Memorial Museum Austin Texas Hill Country Natural history Part of the University of Texas at Austin, exhibits dinosaurs, fossils, gems, rocks, minerals, Texas wildlife, evolution and biodiversity
Texas Military Forces Museum Austin Texas Hill Country Military website, located at Camp Mabry
Texas Music Museum Austin Texas Hill Country Music website
Texas Musicians Museum Hillsboro Prairies and Lakes Music website, includes exhibits of Texas musicians and Texas music memorabilia
Texas Pharmacy Museum Amarillo Texas Panhandle Medical website, part of Texas Tech University
Texas Prison Museum Huntsville Piney Woods Law enforcement website
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum Waco Prairies and Lakes Law enforcement
Texas Seaport Museum Galveston Texas Gulf Coast Maritime website, includes the three-masted barque Elissa
Texas Sports Hall of Fame Waco Prairies and Lakes Sports
Texas State Capitol Austin Texas Hill Country History Visitor center features exhibits about Texas history
Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures Corpus Christi Texas Gulf Coast Cultural website, art, artifacts and culture of Asia
Texas Surf Museum Corpus Christi Texas Gulf Coast Sports website
Texas Transportation Museum San Antonio South Plains Transportation Railroad cars and model railroad, antique automobiles
Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art Dallas Prairies and Lakes Art Arts and cultures of China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia
Third Coast Squadron Commemorative Air Force Museum Alice South Plains Military website, history of the 3rd Coast Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force
Thistle Hill Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Historic house website
Tomball Museum Center Tomball Texas Gulf Coast Open air website, operated by the Spring Creek County Historical Association, includes two period historic houses, country doctor's office, farm equipment display, log buildings, church, schoolhouse, oil camp house
Tyler Museum of Art Tyler Piney Woods Art website
Tyler Rose Museum Tyler Piney Woods Entertainment website, history and memorabilia of the Texas Rose Festival
Umlauf Sculpture Garden Austin Texas Hill Country Art Features sculpture by 20th century American sculptor Charles Umlauf and other contemporary sculptors
United States Army Medical Department Museum San Antonio South Plains Medical Located at Fort Sam Houston
UNT Galleries Denton Prairies and Lakes Art website, part of the University of North Texas
USS Lexington Museum Corpus Christi Texas Gulf Coast Maritime WWII aircraft carrier museum ship
USS Texas La Porte Texas Gulf Coast Museum ship Battleship, part of San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
UTEP Heritage House El Paso West Texas Local history website, history of the University of Texas at El Paso
Van Area Oil & Historical Museum Van Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Vanishing Texana Museum Jacksonville Piney Woods Local history website, located in the Jacksonville Public Library
Varner•Hogg Plantation State Historical Site West Columbia Texas Gulf Coast Historic house
Vereins Kirche Museum Fredericksburg Texas Hill Country Local history website, operated by the Gillespie County Historical Society
Veterans Museum of Texas Huntsville Piney Woods Military website, also known as HEARTS Veterans Museum of Texas
Vintage Flying Museum Fort Worth Prairies and Lakes Aviation website
Wallisville Heritage Park and Museum Wallisville Texas Gulf Coast Local history website, information
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site Washington-on-the-Brazos Prairies and Lakes Multiple Includes Star of the Republic Museum, Independence Hall and Barrington Living History Farm
West Bay Common School Children's Museum League City Texas Gulf Coast Children's website, includes one room schoolhouse, barn with farm tools and hands-on displays, and an ice house/barbershop
West of the Pecos Museum Pecos West Texas Local history website
Wharton County Museum Wharton Texas Gulf Coast Local history website, history, culture, and traditions of the county
White Deer Land Museum Pampa Texas Panhandle Local history website, guided tours of period displays
Whitehead Memorial Museum Del Rio Big Bend Local history website, exhibits include folk art nativity display, doctor's office, military exhibit, 1870 period mercantile store/house, Black Seminole Scouts exhibit, Border Radio exhibit
W. H. Stark House Orange Texas Gulf Coast Historic house 1920s period house
Wichita Falls Museum of Art Wichita Falls Texas Panhandle Art website, part of Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls Railroad Museum Wichita Falls Texas Panhandle Railroad
Williams House Museum De Kalb Piney Woods Local history information
Williamson Museum Georgetown Texas Hill Country Local history website, history of Williamson County
Wills Point Depot Museum Wills Point Prairies and Lakes Local history information
Wilson County Jailhouse Museum Floresville South Plains Prison information
Window on the Plains Museum Dumas Texas Panhandle History Formerly the Moore County Historical Museum, features period home, farming and business displays
Wise County Heritage Museum Decatur Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Witte Museum San Antonio South Plains Multiple Natural history, science, art, log cabins and historic homes
W.K Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas Thurber Prairies and Lakes Industry website, operated by Tarleton State University, development of the coal, brick, and petroleum industries in the Thurber area
Wolf Creek Heritage Museum Lipscomb Texas Panhandle Multiple website, local culture, history and art
Women & Their Work Austin Texas Hill Country Art website, gallery for women artists
The Women's Museum Dallas Prairies and Lakes Women's Contributions of American women
Wooden Nickel Historical Museum San Antonio South Plains Numismatic website, factory and collection of wooden nickels and paper money
Woodlands Children's Museum Woodlands Texas Gulf Coast Children's website
XIT Museum Dalhart Texas Panhandle Local history Includes History of XIT Ranch, period room displays, weapons, railroads, role of county sheriff, natural history
Yoakum Heritage Museum Yoakum Prairies and Lakes Local history website
Yturri-Edmunds Historic Site San Antonio South Plains Historic house website, operated by the San Antonio Conservation Society, open by appointment
Zaner Robison Historical Museum Royse City Prairies and Lakes Local history website

Defunct museums

See also

Resources

References

  1. ^ http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1300 Roadside America report, 1999
  2. ^ http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1243 Roadside America report, 2000
  3. ^ http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10853 Roadside America report, 2002
  4. ^ http://www.webbheritage.org/ Webb County Heritage Foundation information
  5. ^ Roadside America report, 2009
  6. ^ http://www.classiccar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9980 Classic Cars.com notice
  7. ^ http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/2628 Roadside America report, 2002
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