Museums

Museums Links

• Texas Association of Museums Includes a database of Texas museums.
  
  
• Houston Museum of Natural Science IMAX theatre, planetarium, live butterfly exhibit, all in a beautiful setting.
  
• Texas A&M University Art Collections and Exhibitions College Station
  
• Texas Forestry Museum Lufkin - in the heart of the East Texas Piney Woods, the Texas Forestry Museum is one of the largest museums of its kind in the United States. The Museum offers a historic look at early logging, lumberjacks, sawmill towns, and the development of one of Texas' oldest industries, wood products.
  
• Maritime and Naval Museums - Texas List of Texas museums with locations, hours, and items on display.
  
• The Dallas Museum of Natural History The Dallas Museum of Natural History is the only collections-based, research-driven public natural history museum in the region. With working archaeologists and paleontologists on staff, the museum not only repackages and interprets scientific knowledge but actively expands its frontiers.
  
• Heard Museum McKinney - The Heard Museum is a 25,000 sq. ft. science museum, a 287 acre wildlife sanctuary, a new 4000 sq. ft. Raptor Rehabilitation Center and a 3750 sq. ft. environmental center and outdoor aquatic laboratory.
  
• The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Omni Theatre, Noble Planetarium, interactive learning in the family oriented exhibit areas. Open 7 days a week.
  
• American Airpower Heritage Museum Midland - The official website of the American Airpower Heritage Museum of the Confederate Air Force. The website offers a virtual tour of the Museum. The AAHM is accredited by AAM and is one of the premier aviation museums in the world.
  
• Galveston, Texas Museums The Original and Most Comprehensive Guide to Galveston Island Museums on the Web.
  
• The Menil Collection Houston - The Menil Collection museum was inaugurated in 1987 to house, conserve, and exhibit the permanent collection of John and Dominique de Menil. Its concentrations include art from antiquity, the Byzantine world, tribal cultures, and the twentieth century.
  
• Heritage Farmstead Plano - Tour the turn-of-the-century farm and see what living in a 1891 Victorian farmhouse and farming on the Blackland Prairies of North Texas was like. A wonderful museum that caters to both adults and children.
  
• The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame Fort Worth - The National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame honors and documents the lives of Women who have distinguished themselves while exemplifying the pioneer spirit of the American West.
  
• Texas State History Museum The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum is a dynamic educational institution that engages visitors in the exciting Story of Texas through a variety of program and exhibit experiences. Located in Austin.
  
• Amon Carter Museum Houses a collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell and collects, preserves, and exhibits the finest examples of American art.
  
• Texas Fire Museum Texas Fire Museum was founded to acquire, restore and preserve the old Dallas Fire Department Maintenance Facility, inorder to restore, preserve and store select fire apparatus and fire suppression equipment.
  
• The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Dallas - The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas examines the life, death, times and legacy of President John F. Kennedy.
  
• Texas Seaport Museum Galveston - explores Texas' rich legacy of seaborne commerce and immigration. The Museum's staff and volunteers bring the past to life with special exhibits, educational programs, and historic projects like the Galveston Immigration Database and the restoration of the 1877 iron barque Elissa.
  
• Cowboy Artists of America Museum Kerrville - The most prestigious and enduring association of Western Artists in the nation. Many of these talented artists have actually lived the cowboy life, and all of them are cowboys at heart. Located in the heart of the popular "Hill Country" region, only a short drive from San Antonio.
  
• Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art Austin (University of Texas) - one of the top 10 University Art Museums in the country.
  
• The Heritage Society Houston - The mission of the Heritage Society is to preserve the history of the community through restoration and maintenance of historic structures, exhibition of historical artifacts and presentation of education programs which focus on Houston's past and its relationship to the present and future.
  
• Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum Waco - The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated to the history and popular culture of the legendary Texas Rangers. Founded in 1823, the Texas Rangers constitute the oldest state law enforcement agency in the nation and an enduring symbol of Texas and the American West.
  
• Pioneer Memorial Log House Museum Houston - built in 1936 by the San Jacinto Chapter Daughters of the Republic, is home to an eclectic collection of Texas history and other interesting articles.
  
• Contemporary Arts Museum Presents changing exhibitions of local, national and international artists.
  
• Ocean Star Museum Less than an hour from downtown Houston, the world's petroleum capital, the Offshore Energy Center (OEC) operates its state-of-the-art facility, the Ocean Star.
  
• Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
  
• Dallas Museum of Art the museum's permanent collection ranges from impressionist paintings to contemporary sculpture.
  
• Wooden Nickel Historical Museum The Wooden Nickel Historical Museum is dedicated to making the general public more aware of the history of Wooden Nickels, and their many different uses.
  
• The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library San Antonio - The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library is part of the Alamo historical complex in San Antonio, Texas. The library has been developed and is supported and maintained by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas for the use of all researchers. The non-circulating collections pertain to the history of Texas, San Antonio, and the Alamo.
  
• Whitehead Memorial Museum Del Rio - Our exhibits consist of several buildings, each a historical significance in itself. The Whitehead Memorial Museum is dedicated to the preservation of Del Rio's heritage as well as Val Verde County's.
  
• Museum of Printing History Houston - An educational and fun experience in the history of civilization.
  
• Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute Waco - Birthplace of Dr. Pepper. Museum in original bottling building.
  
• The Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth - The Kimbell Art Museum's holdings range in period from antiquity to the 20th century, including masterpieces by Fra Angelico, Holbein, El Greco, Caravaggio, La Tour, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Houdon, Goya, Vigée Le Brun, David, Delacroix, Cézanne, Picasso, Matisse, and Mondrian.
  
• Austin Children's Museum Presents innovative, participatory museum exhibits, programs and resources which encourage curiosity, creativity, appreciation and learning for children, their families and those who work with children.
  
• Sid Richardson Collection of Western Art Official Web Site Permanent collection of paintings of Frederic Remington, Charles Russell,and other Western artists from the Sid Richardson Collection,in Fort Worth, Texas
  
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston - the oldest comprehensive museum in the Southwest United States. Art of world cultures from antiquity to the present.
  
• Longview Museum of Fine Arts formed to create interest in and promote knowledge of the visual arts throughout the City of Longview and vicinity by exhibiting, interpreting and preserving works of art.
  
• Art Museum of Southeast Texas Beaumont - the museum's collections are comprised of primarily 19th and 20th century fine, folk and decorative arts. The emphasis on the fine art collection is American art with an ever-growing collection of national and regionally recognized paintings, with regular special exhibits.
  
• XIT Museum The XIT Museum is located on the former XIT Ranch, headquartered in Dalhart and works to preserve the history of the Texas pioneer ranchers of the area.
  
• American Cotton Museum Greenville - the history and impact of the cotton industry on the Northern Texas Blacklands and the United States.
  
• Rice University Art Gallery Houston
  
• Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History The museum's mission is to stimulate understanding of the dynamic relationships between the peoples of the Brazos Valley and their natural environment, and to encourage responsible stewardship of all natural resources.
  
• Museum of Health & Medical Science Houston - A Texas-sized view of the human body from the inside. The Amazing Body Pavilion includes giant human organ models and interactive exhibits that explore how systems of the body work and stay healthy.
  
• San Jacinto Monument and Museum Houston - San Jacinto Monument and Museum. The 570-foot San Jacinto Monument stands in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest monument column in the world.