List of museums in Central Texas
The 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. Also included are non-profit art galleries and exhibit spaces. Closed museums and museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
Central Texas
Central Texas is a region in the U.S. state of Texas. It is roughly bordered by Greater San Antonio to the Texas Hill Country to McLennan County to Washington County.
Counties included are Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Comanche, Coryell, Falls, Fayette, Freestone, Gillespie, Grimes, Hamilton, Hays, Hill, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Llano, Madison, Mason, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, Washington, Williamson, and Wilson County, Texas.
Museums
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Museum name | Image | City | County | Type | Summary/Refs |
1st Cavalry Division Museum | Fort Hood | Bell | Military | History of the 1st Cavalry Division, a rapidly deployable heavy armored division of the United States Army[1][2] | |
The Alamo | San Antonio | Bexar | Military | World-famous site of siege, battle, and massacre | |
Agriculture Heritage Museum | Boerne | Kendall | Agriculture | Antique tractors, butter churns, wagons, cider making, corn shelling, farm tools and equipment[3] | |
American Legion Post 157 Military Museum | Bandera | Bandera | Military | Includes uniforms, models of airplanes, ships, helicopters, tanks, armored personnel carriers[4] | |
Anderson Mill and Robinson Museum | Volente | Travis | Local history | Operated by the Anderson Mill Gardeners, working replica water-powered grist mill[5] | |
Armstrong Browning Library | Waco | McLennan | Multiple | Part of Baylor University, changing exhibits from its collections of literary works, art, decorative arts, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her family | |
E.A. Arnim Archives & Museum | Flatonia | Fayette | Local history | Exhibits include goods and furnishings for home and office, advertising memorabilia, antique children's toys, clothing, veterans display, farm implements, tools and vehicles[6] | |
Art Center Waco | Waco | McLennan | Art | [7] | |
Artpace | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | Contemporary art center | |
Austin Fire Museum | Austin | Travis | Firefighting | Located in Central Fire Station No. 1 | |
Austin History Center | Austin | Travis | Local history | Local history collection of the Austin Public Library, features changing exhibits from its collections | |
Austin Museum of Digital Art | Austin | Travis | Art | Digital art | |
Austin Nature & Science Center | Austin | Travis | Natural history | Located in Zilker Park, hands-on nature exhibits, live animals[8] | |
Bastrop Museum | Bastrop | Bastrop | Local history | Located in a 1930s fire station and jail, also houses the city visitor center, operated by the Bastrop County Historical Society[9] | |
Bell County Museum | Belton | Bell | Local history | Historical and cultural heritage of Bell County, includes mustache cup collection, miniature house collection, 1850s log cabin[10] | |
Benz Gallery of Floral Art | College Station | Brazos | Art | Part of Texas A&M University, features paintings, photography and sculpture of landscapes, flowers and plants[11] | |
Beverly S. Sheffield Education Center | Austin | Travis | Natural history | Home of the "Splash! Into the Edwards Aquifer" exhibit about Barton Springs[12] | |
Big Medium | Austin | Travis | Art | Visual arts organization with two gallery spaces[13] | |
Billy the Kid Museum | Hico | Hamilton | American West | Local history and exhibits about Billy the Kid, gift shop[14] | |
Blanco County WW2 Museum | Blanco | Blanco | History | Local history, resident's role, and art and images of WW2, part of the Buggy Barn Museum complex[15][16] | |
Blanco Pioneer Museum | Blanco | Blanco | Local history | [17] | |
Blanton Museum of Art | Austin | Travis | Art | Part of the University of Texas at Austin, collection features European paintings, modern and contemporary American and Latin American art, prints and drawings | |
Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | Contemporary art, features over 20 exhibitions a year | |
Blues & History Museum | Navasota | Grimes | Music | Part of Navasota Blues Alley, shops and museum with vintage records, displays and artifacts about local history and musicians[18] | |
Bosque Museum | Clifton | Bosque | Local history | Paleo-American archaeology, Norwegian artifacts, pioneer artifacts, firearms, textiles, early medical equipment and Civil war displays[19] | |
Brazos Valley African American Museum | Bryan | Brazos | African American | African and African American history, art and culture, both nationally and locally[20] | |
Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History | Bryan | Brazos | Natural history | Exhibits include fossils, dinosaurs, minerals, cotton farming, Native American stone tools, ranching and state heritage artifacts | |
Brenham Heritage Museum | Brenham | Washington | Local history | History and culture of Washington County | |
B-RI Railroad Museum | Teague | Freestone | Railroad | Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway Depot and Office Building located on NRHP, also local history exhibits[21] | |
Briscoe Center for American History | Austin | Travis | History | Part of the University of Texas at Austin, exhibits of history from its collections | |
Briscoe Western Art Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | Art, history, and culture of the American West[22] | |
Buckhorn Barber Shop & Museum | New Braunfels | Comal | Multiple | 20th century period barbershop with miniature circus and pictures made from lapidary stone displays, operated by the New Braunfels Conservation Society[23] | |
Buckhorn Saloon & Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Multiple | Old West saloon and museum with wildlife trophy mounts, mounted fish specimens, bird dioramas, the Hall of Texas History Wax Museum and the Texas Ranger Museum | |
Buggy Barn Museum | Blanco | Blanco | Transportation | Vintage buggies, wagons and carriages[24] | |
Bullock Texas State History Museum | Austin | Travis | Texas history | History of the State of Texas | |
Burleson County Czech Heritage Museum | Caldwell | Burleson | Local history | Heritage and culture of the Czech in Europe and area Czech pioneer settlers[25][26] | |
Burleson County Historical Museum | Caldwell | Burleson | Local history | Operated by the Burleson County Historical Society in the Burleson County Courthouse[27][28] | |
CAF-Centex Hangar Aircraft Museum | San Marcos | Hays | Aviation | Chapter of the Commemorative Air Force[29] | |
Calaboose African American History Museum | San Marcos | Hays | African American | Built 1871 as jail. When newer facility built for white prisoners became 'annex' for blacks. Later USO Center for black soldiers in World War II.[30][31] | |
Caldwell County Museum | Lockhart | Caldwell | Local history | Located in the former Caldwell County Jail, operated by the Caldwell County Historical Commission[32][33] | |
Caldwell Visitors Center Museum | Caldwell | Burleson | Local history | Displays in the Caldwell Civic and Visitors Center[34] | |
Camp Hearne Exhibit & Visitor Center | Hearne | Robertson | Military | History of the World War II prisoner of war camp located near Hearne, includes a replica of a 1942 US Army barrack[35][36] | |
Carmine Chamber of Commerce Museum and Visitor's Center | Carmine | Fayette | Local history | Located in a historic train depot[37] | |
Casa Navarro State Historic Site | San Antonio | Bexar | Historic house | Restored 1848 adobe home of Tejano patriot José Antonio Navarro, signer of Texas Declaration of Independence | |
Cell Block Museum | Hillsboro | Hill | Prison | Former county jail and sheriff's residence[38][39] | |
Central Texas Rail History Center | Flatonia | Fayette | Railroad | Includes a Southern Pacific switch tower, a caboose, photo pavilion and an information center[40] | |
Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos | San Marcos | Hays | Ethnic | Hispanic arts, culture, heritage and values[41] | |
Centro de Artes | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | City-owned exhibition space for Latino arts and cultures and their influences on the United States,[42] located in the former Museo Alameda facility | |
Chappell Hill Historical Society Museum | Chappell Hill | Washington | Local history | Exhibits include Soule University for men, The Chappell Hill Female College, cotton, the Brazos River, the Polish community and the Civil War[43] | |
Children's Museum of the Brazos Valley | Bryan | Brazos | Children's | [44] | |
Charles S. Cock House Museum | San Marcos | Hays | Historic House | Operated by the Heritage Association of San Marcos, open for events[45][46] | |
Comanche County Historical Museum | Comanche | Comanche | Local history | Exhibits include a blacksmith shop, filling station, doctor's office and replica saloon[47] | |
Conservation Plaza | New Braunfels | Comal | Open air | 18 buildings form mid-19th century German-Texan village, operated by the New Braunfels Conservation Society[48] | |
The Contemporary Austin | Austin | Travis | Art | Contemporary art, two locations, one in Clara Driscoll's Laguna Gloria, second in the Jones Center | |
Coryell Museum and Historical Center | Gatesville | Coryell | Local history | Exhibits include spurs, Texas music, sports, archaeology, space exploration, period business displays[49] | |
Cultural Activities Center | Temple | Bell | Art | Also called the CAC, includes a theatre, 4 art studios, 4 art galleries, and meeting rooms[50] | |
Culture Commons | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | City-owned exhibit hall that features visual art exhibits, performances, invited speakers, and workshops, located in the Plaza de Armas Building[51] | |
Czech Heritage Museum and Genealogical Center | Temple | Bell | Ethnic | Czech culture, history and immigration to America[52] | |
Dick's Classic Garage | San Marcos | Hays | Automobile | American vehicles and memorabilia from the 1930s though the 1950s | |
Dewees Remschel House | Dewees | Wilson | Historic house | Operated by the Wilson County Historical Society, open by appointment, exhibits of local and ranching history[53] | |
Dime Box Heritage Society Museum | Dime Box | Lee | Local history | Includes area Czech and German heritage[54][55] | |
The DoSeum | San Antonio | Bexar | Children's | Focused on early childhood learning, especially in the creative arts, sciences and early literacy[56][57] | |
Dougherty Arts Center | Austin | Travis | Art | Includes Julia C. Butridge Gallery[58] | |
Dr Pepper Museum | Waco | McLennan | Food | Housed in the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company Building listed on NRHP McLennan County | |
Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead Museum | Dripping Springs | Hays | Historic house | Restored early 20th century farmstead | |
Earle-Napier-Kinnard House | Waco | McLennan | Historic house | Operated by Historic Waco Foundation, Victorian period home[59] | |
East Terrace House Museum | Waco | McLennan | Historic house | Operated by Historic Waco Foundation, Victorian Italianate villa also known as the John Wesley Mann House, NRHP McLennan Co[59] | |
Elgin Depot Museum | Elgin | Bastrop | Local history | [60] 7 | |
Elisabet Ney Museum | Austin | Travis | Art | Sculpture by the acclaimed German-born artist Elisabet Ney in her studio and home | |
Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center | Austin | Travis | Ethnic | Mexican American cultural arts and heritage, includes two galleries featuring local, regional and national Latino artists[61] | |
Falls on the Colorado Museum | Marble Falls | Burnet | Local history | [62] | |
N. W. Faison House | La Grange | Fayette | Historic house | Mid 19th-century house with late 19th-century antique furnishings, artwork, and everyday household items[63] | |
Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site | Anderson | Grimes | Historic house | Restored 1850s period family home and stagecoach stop | |
Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives | La Grange | Fayette | Local history | [64] | |
Fayetteville Area Heritage Museum | Fayetteville | Fayette | Local history | Features authentic replicas of historic trains, businesses, ethnic groups, military, organizations, households[65] | |
Forsyth Galleries | College Station | Brazos | Art | Part of Texas A&M University, features collections of English cameo glass, American and English glass objects and American paintings[66] | |
Fort Croghan | Burnet | Burnet | Military | Museum with period antiques and grounds with restored frontier fort buildings | |
Fort House | Waco | McLennan | Historic house | Operated by Historic Waco Foundation, Edwardian Greek Revival home[59] | |
Fort McKavett State Historic Site | Fort McKavett | Menard | Military | Restored buildings from when Buffalo Soldiers were stationed here[67] | |
Fort Martin Scott | Fredericksburg | Gillespie | Military | Restored frontier fort with period displays, owned and operated by the City of Fredericksburg | |
Fort Sam Houston Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Military | History of Fort Sam Houston, one of the nation's oldest military institutions[68][69][70] | |
Freestone County Historical Museum | Fairfield | Freestone | Local history | Located in a former jail, features telephone collection, two furnished log cabins[71][72] | |
French Legation Museum | Austin | Travis | Historic house | Private home built in 1841 for the French chargé d'affaires to the Republic of Texas | |
Frontier Times Museum | Bandera | Bandera | Local history | American West, pioneer & prehistoric artifacts | |
George Bush Presidential Library | College Station | Brazos | Biographical | Life and career of President George H. W. Bush | |
George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center | Austin | Travis | African American | African-American history and culture in the United States | |
Giddings Public Library & Cultural Center | Giddings | Lee | Multiple | Features display of Native American artifacts, Negro league baseball memorabilia of Hilton Smith[73][74] | |
Giddings-Stone Mansion | Brenham | Washington | Historic house | 19th century Greek Revival mansion, tours by appointment with the Heritage Society of Washington County[75] | |
Giddings Wilkin House | Brenham | Washington | Historic house | Mid 19th-century house with period and original Giddings and Wilkin family pieces, tours by appointment with the Heritage Society of Washington County[75] | |
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | Traditional and contemporary Latino arts and culture[76] | |
The Guenther House | San Antonio | Bexar | Local history | Victorian period house that includes museum room with Pioneer Flour Mills memorabilia, restaurant and store | |
Guinness World Records Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Amusement | ||
Hamilton County Museum | Hamilton | Hamilton | Local history | Located in the former county jail, exhibits include agriculture, businesses, Indians, cowboys, pioneers[77] | |
Harry Ransom Center | Austin | Travis | 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 | |
Hearne Depot | Hearne | Robertson | Railroad | Restored depot features the Robertson County Railroads Collection and photos of local history[36] | |
Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country | Canyon Lake | Comal | Local history | Dinosaurs, fossils, Native American artifacts, farm equipment, antiques[78] | |
Highland Lakes Squadron WWII Aircraft and Museum | Burnet | Burnet | Aviation | Restored World War II aircraft, weapons, home front items, newspapers, uniforms, helmets, aircraft and ship models, other artifacts, part of the Commemorative Air Force; also known as Highland Lakes Air Museum[79] | |
Historic Hubbard Museum | Hubbard | Hill | Local history | Located in the historic Hubbard High School, includes memorabilia from sportsmen Tris Speaker, Tony York and Carlisle Littlejohn, local business displays[80][81] | |
History of West Museum | West | McLennan | Local history | website[82] | |
H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports | Austin | Travis | Sports | History of physical culture and sports, part of the University of Texas at Austin | |
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio | San Antonio | Bexar | History | History of the Holocaust and the dangers of hatred, prejudice and apathy[83] | |
Horlock Art Gallery and History Museum | Navasota | Grimes | Multiple | Victorian period house to tour, municipal art gallery[84] | |
Institute of Texan Cultures | San Antonio | Bexar | Texas history | Chronicles the contributions of the various ethnic groups. Part of the HemisFair Park Campus of the University of Texas, San Antonio. | |
Instituto Cultural de México | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | Art and culture of Mexico, operated by the Mexican Cultural Institute[85] | |
Itasca Railroad Depot Museum | Itasca | Hill | Local history | [86] | |
Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum | Austin | Travis | African American | Located at the Southgate-Lewis House, African American experience in Austin and Travis County | |
James H. Long Railroad Park and Museum | Smithville | Bastrop | Railroad | Formerly known as the Smithville Railroad Park and Museum[87] | |
John P. Coles Cabin and Independence Log House | Independence | Washington | Historic house | Located in Old Baylor Park, 19th-century pioneer homes, tours by the Independence Historical Society[88] | |
Katy Hamman-Stricker Women's Heritage Center | Calvert | Robertson | History | ||
Kerr Arts & Cultural Center | Kerrville | Kerr | Art | Community art center with exhibits[89] | |
Lampasas County Museum | Lampasas | Lampasas | Local history | Natural and historical heritage and culture of Lampasas County, also known as Keystone Square Museum[90] | |
Kimble County Historical Museum | Junction | Kimble | Local history | [91] | |
La Grange Railroad Museum | La Grange | Fayette | Railroad | Located in the La Grange M-K-T (Katy) Railroad Depot[92] | |
La Vernia Heritage Museum | La Vernia | Wilson | Local history | Operated by the La Vernia Historical Association[93] | |
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center | Austin | Travis | Art, Natural History | Part of the University of Texas at Austin. Botanical garden with changing art exhibits related to native flowers and nature | |
Lee County Heritage Center | Giddings | Lee | Local history | Located in the Schubert-Fletcher Home[74] | |
Lee Lockwood Library and Museum | Waco | McLennan | Masonic | Three floors of exhibits on Freemasonry in Europe, North America and Texas[94] | |
Lexington Log Cabins | Lexington | Lee | Local history | A pioneer furnished log cabin, a log cabin with local history displays, and a corn crib with 19th century tools and implements[95] | |
Limestone County Historical Museum | Groesbeck | Limestone | Local history | Exhibits include early pioneers, Fort Parker, courthouse history, Mexia oil boom, county schools and communities[96] | |
Lindheimer House | New Braunfels | Comal | Historic house | Operated by the New Braunfels Conservation Society, tours upon request, mid 19th-century home of Ferdinand Lindheimer | |
Llano County Historical Museum | Llano | Llano | Local history | Located in a historic drug store with soda fountain display, exhibits include area geology, farming and ranching, clothing and textiles, mining, businesses, military, polo exhibit about Cecil Smith[97] | |
Lone Star Motorcycle Museum | Vanderpool | Bandera | Transportation | Motorcycles dating from the 1910s to the present[98] | |
Luling Oil Museum | Luling | Caldwell | Industry | website, history of the local oil industry from when this was a boom town, also known as the Central Texas Oil Patch Museum | |
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum | Austin | Travis | Biographical | Presidential library on the University of Texas campus. LBJ is known for the Civil Rights laws, the War on Poverty efforts, and the escalation in Vietnam | |
Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum of San Marcos | San Marcos | Hays | Biographical | College experiences and early political life of President Lyndon B. Johnson, on the town square[99] | |
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park | Johnson City | Blanco | 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 | |
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site | Stonewall | Gillespie | Multiple | Includes the visitor center with memorabilia from President Johnson's presidency, the 1870s-eriod Behrens Cabin, and the 1918-period Sauer-Beckmann Farmstead, a living history farmstead | |
Madison County Museum | Madisonville | Madison | Local history | [100][101] | |
Magic Lantern Castle Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Theater | Collection of magic lanterns, slides and equipment, open by appointment only[102][103] | |
Martin Museum of Art | Waco | McLennan | Art | Part of Baylor University in the located in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, collection includes works by Robert Rauschenberg, Käthe Kollwitz, Francisco de Goya, Edouard-Leon Cortes, George Post, Phil Dike, Edgar Whitney and John Marin[104] | |
Mayborn Museum Complex | Waco | McLennan | Multiple | Part of Baylor University, natural history, science, 15 building historic village, local history, history of Baylor | |
McCulloch House | Waco | McLennan | Historic house | Operated by Historic Waco Foundation, Victorian period house, NRHP McLennan Co[59] | |
McDade Historical Museum | McDade | Bastrop | Local history | [105] | |
McKenna Children's Museum | New Braunfels | Comal | Children's | [106] | |
McNay Art Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | Galleries of 19th and 20th century European and American art, in a mansion by Atlee B. Ayers, the top Texas architect of his day | |
Mexia Public Schools Museum | Mexia | Limestone | Education | History of the Mexia Public Schools and Dunbar High School[107] | |
Mexic-Arte Museum | Austin | Travis | Art | Traditional and contemporary Mexican and Latino art | |
Michael and Noemi Neidorff Art Gallery | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | Art gallery of Trinity University, space for student, faculty, and non-Trinity exhibitions, curated and managed by Trinity students[108] | |
Mier's Home Museum | Sonora | Sutton | Local history | Operated by the Sutton County Historical Society[109][110] | |
Milam County Museum | Cameron | Milam | Prison | Located in the former county jail, include jail, law enforcement and local history displays[111][112] | |
Millie Seaton Collection of Toys and Dolls | San Marcos | Hays | Doll | Located in the historic Augusta Hofheinz House, open by appointment[113][114] | |
Mills County Historical Museum | Goldthwaite | Mills | Local history | [115][116] | |
Mills County Old Jail Museum | Goldthwaite | Mills | Prison | Also houses the chamber of commerce[117][118] | |
Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites | La Grange | Fayette | Local history | Art Deco-style Monument to victims of the Dawson Massacre and the Mier Expedition, also Kreische House and tours of the brewery ruins | |
Moody Museum | Taylor | Williamson | Historic house | Late Victorian to early 20th-century period home of former Texas Governor Dan Moody[119] | |
Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording | Austin | Travis | Technology | Collection of sound recording equipment and media, planned museum[120] | |
Museum of Natural & Artificial Ephemerata | Austin | Travis | Commodity | Changing exhibits of ephemera relating to a theme[121] | |
Museum of the American GI | College Station | Brazos | Military | Military equipment, vehicles uniforms and memories of all American servicemen and women[122] | |
Museum of the Weird | Austin | Travis | Amusement | Strange and unusual items[123][124] | |
Museum of Western Art | Kerrville | Kerr | Art | Art of the American West, formerly known as Cowboy Artists of America Museum | |
Musick Alumni Center and Museum at the Parker House | Belton | Bell | Education | History of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor[125] | |
National Museum of the Pacific War | Fredericksburg | Gillespie | Military | History of the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, part of Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site | |
Neill-Cochran House Museum | Austin | Travis | Historic house | Mid 19th-century Greek Revival mansion | |
New Braunfels Heritage Village | New Braunfels | Comal | Living history | Includes Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture with Texas Biedermeier furniture[126] | |
New Braunfels Railroad Museum | New Braunfels | Comal | Railroad | Railroad equipment, cars, memorabilia and model railroad display[127] | |
O. Henry House Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Local history | House where author O. Henry worked while living in San Antonio | |
O. Henry Museum | Austin | Travis | Biographical | Life and works of author O. Henry, also known as William Sidney Porter | |
Old Bakery and Emporium | Austin | Travis | Multiple | Includes an art gallery exhibiting local artists age 50 and above and houses a museum known as the Lundberg-Maerki Historical Collection | |
Old Fayette County Jail | La Grange | Fayette | Prison | Historic 19th-century jail, memorabilia of Fayette County law enforcement[128] | |
Old Fort Parker | Groesbeck | Limestone | Military | Restored 1830s fort buildings, site of the Fort Parker massacre[129] | |
Old Ice House Ranch Museum | Sonora | Sutton | Local history | Housed in a former ice house, operated by the Sutton County Historical Society, exhibits includes pioneer, ranching, lawmen and outlaws, area history, transportation, model train layout[130] | |
Palm House Museum | Round Rock | Williamson | Historic house | [131][132] | |
People's Gallery at City Hall | Austin | Travis | Art | Annual exhibit of works by regional artists[133] | |
Pioneer Farms | Austin | Travis | Living | Also known as Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms, features five themed, restored historic areas: an 1841 Tonkawa encampment, an 1868 German emigrant farm, an 1873 Texian farm, an 1887 cotton planter’s farm and an 1899 Sprinkle Corner rural village[134] | |
Pioneer Memorial Museum | Harper | Gillespie | Local history | Pioneer artifacts, arrowheads, toys, tools, military items[135] | |
Pioneer Museum | Fredericksburg | Gillespie | Open air | Operated by the Gillespie County Historical Society includes, Markplatz, Vereins Kirche Museum, Fredericksburg Volunteer Fire Department Museum, White Oak School and historic homes | |
Pioneer Town | Wimberley | Hays | Open air | Replica pioneer town buildings at the 7A Resort, includes Jack Glover's Cowboy Museum[136][137] | |
Pump Project Art Complex | Austin | Travis | Art | Non-profit art space that provides working studios and gallery facilities to emerging and established artists[138] | |
Red Men Museum and Library | Waco | McLennan | History | History of the Fraternal Organization Improved Order of Red Men[139] | |
Republic of Texas Museum | Austin | Travis | History | Operated by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, heritage of The Republic of Texas historic period[140] | |
Ripley's Believe It or Not! | San Antonio | Bexar | Amusement | ||
Rockne Museum | Rockne | Bastrop | Local history | Operated by the Rockne Historical Association in Hilbig Park[141] | |
Ross Carroll Bennett House | Brenham | Washington | Historic house | Victorian mansion with original family and period antique, tours by appointment with the Heritage Society of Washington County[75] | |
Round Rock Arts | Round Rock | Williamson | Art | Area arts council with ArtSpace exhibit gallery[142] | |
Round Top Historical Society Museum | Round Top | Fayette | Open air | [143] | |
Salado Museum and College Park | Salado | Bell | Local history | Also known as Central Texas Area Museum[144] | |
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park | San Antonio | Bexar | Texas history | Features four Spanish frontier missions: Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan, and Espada, and a museum in the visitor's center | |
San Antonio Art League Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | Features works in all media by Texas artists[145] | |
San Antonio Museum of Art | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | World class collections displayed in restored Lone Star Brewery buildings | |
San Saba County Historical Museum | San Saba | San Saba | Local history | Exhibits include barbed wire, 19th-century period rooms[146] | |
Sanders Corps of Cadets Center | College Station | Brazos | Military | Part of Texas A&M University, history of the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets | |
Capt. Charles Schreiner Mansion | Kerrville | Kerr | Historic house | 19th-century period mansion | |
Schulenburg Historical Museum | Schulenburg | Fayette | Local history | [40][147] | |
Sculpture Ranch | Johnson City | Blanco | Art | 140-acre contemporary sculpture gardens[148] | |
Seward Plantation | Independence | Washington | Historic house | Mid 19th-century plantation home, open for groups of 10 or more by reservation | |
Scobee Education Center at San Antonio College | San Antonio | Bexar | Science | Includes the Scobee Planetarium, Challenger Learning Center[149] | |
Sculptors Dominion International | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | Outdoor sculpture displays, open by appointment or during the Sculptors Invitational event[150] | |
Semmes Gallery | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | Part of Fine Arts Building at the University of the Incarnate Word[151] | |
Smithville Heritage House & Museum | Smithville | Bastrop | Local history | Operated by the Smithville Heritage Society[152][153] | |
Somerville Area Museum | Somerville | Burleson | Local history | [154] | |
Sophienburg Museum | New Braunfels | Comal | Local history | Heritage and founding of New Braunfels[155] | |
South Austin Popular Culture Center | Austin | Travis | Art | Pop art related to Austin, focusing on the art and ephemera of Austin's live music scene from the 1960s through today. | |
Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches | Lockhart | Caldwell | Horology | Historic clocks, watches[156] | |
Southwest School of Art | San Antonio | Bexar | Multiple | Features changing art exhibitions, located in a historic 1851 Ursuline convent that can be toured[157] | |
Spanish Governor's Palace | San Antonio | Bexar | Historic house | 18th century early Spanish house | |
Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum | Schulenburg | Fayette | Aviation | History of Stanzel Company and the development of model aircraft, also late 19th century historic house[158] | |
Star Historical Museum | Star | Mills | Local history | [159][160] | |
Star of the Republic Museum | Washington-on-the-Brazos | Washington | History | Culture and history of the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1846 | |
Stark Galleries | College Station | Brazos | Art | Part of Texas A&M University, focuses on American paintings, prints, drawings and photographs of the 19th and 20th centuries[66] | |
Steves Homestead | San Antonio | Bexar | Historic house | Late 19th-century Victorian homestead, operated by the San Antonio Conservation Society | |
Susanna Dickinson Museum | Austin | Travis | Historic house | 19th-century home of Battle of the Alamo survivor Susanna Dickinson, also known as Joseph and Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum[161] | |
Sutherland Springs Museum | Sutherland Springs | Wilson | Local history | [162] | |
Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum | Temple | Bell | Railroad | Located in the 1911 Santa Fe Depot, includes three locomotives, railroad passenger cars, and cabooses, railroad equipment and memorabilia, Harvey House, local history[163] | |
Texas Air Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Aviation | About Texas and San Antonio's role in the development of military air power | |
Texas A&M Hall of Champions | College Station | Brazos | Sports | Part of Texas A&M University, located in the Bernard C. Richardson Zone at Kyle Field, school athletes and sports history[164] | |
Texas Baptist Historical Museum | Independence | Washington | History | Mid 19th-century Baptist church in which Sam Houston was baptized, museum of historic church artifacts and history of Baptists in Texas[165][166] | |
Texas Basketball Museum | Carmine | Fayette | Sports | History of Texas high school basketball[167] | |
Texas Cotton Gin Museum | Burton | Washington | Agriculture | Working cotton gin and history of cotton farming[168][169] | |
Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center | La Grange | Fayette | Ethnic | Texas Czech culture, pioneers, replica of a late 19th and early 20th century Czech Moravian community[170] | |
Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and Research Center | Austin | Travis | Law enforcement | History of the Texas Department of Public Safety, includes uniforms, vehicles, weapons, equipment[171][172] | |
Texas Governor's Mansion | Austin | Travis | Historic house | Mid 19th-century mansion, home of every governor since 1856 | |
Texas Heritage Museum | Hillsboro | Hill | Military | Part of Hill College, exhibits from the Civil War, World War I, World War II and Vietnam War | |
Texas Medical Association History of Medicine Gallery | Austin | Travis | Medical | Changing exhibits about the history of medicine in Texas and the history of the Texas Medical Association[173] | |
Texas Memorial Museum | Austin | Travis | 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 | Travis | Military | Located at Camp Mabry, history of Texas' militia, volunteer forces and National Guard from 1823 to the present | |
Texas Museum of Science and Technology | Cedar Park | Williamson | Science | Features traveling exhibits, various collections, and soon a full dome planetarium | |
Texas Music Museum | Austin | Travis | Music | Contributions of Texas musicians to the musical heritage of the nation and the world[174] | |
Texas Polka Music Museum | Schulenburg | Fayette | Music | History of polka music in Texas, Texas polka bands and musicians of Czech, German and Polish ancestry[175] | |
Texas Quilt Museum | La Grange | Fayette | Art | Historic and contemporary quilts[176] | |
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum | Waco | McLennan | Law enforcement | History of the Texas Ranger Division | |
Texas Rangers Heritage Center | Fredericksburg | Gillespie | Military | History of the Texas Rangers, museum under construction[177] | |
Texas Sports Hall of Fame | Waco | McLennan | Sports | Important Texas athletes, coaches and administrators | |
Texas State Capitol Visitors Center | Austin | Travis | Texas history | Exhibits about state history, tours of the Texas State Capitol | |
Texas State University Galleries | San Marcos | Hays | Art | Two galleries for the School of Art and Design, located in the Joann Cole Mitte Building[178] | |
Texas Transportation Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Transportation | Railroad cars and model railroad, antique automobiles | |
Texas Wendish Heritage Museum | Serbin | Lee | Ethnic | Operated by the Texas Wendish Heritage Society, history and heritage of the Texas Wends, Slavic immigrants from Lusatia[179] | |
The Thinkery | Austin | Travis | Children's | ||
Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum | Austin | Travis | Art | Sculpture by 20th century American sculptor Charles Umlauf and other contemporary sculptors | |
Union Station Transportation Museum | Giddings | Lee | Railroad | Located in a historic depot, includes memorabilia and collections reflecting life in the early 1900s, Union Pacific Railroad[74][180] | |
United States Army Medical Department Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Military | History of the US Army Medical Department from 1775 to present, located at Fort Sam Houston | |
University of Texas at San Antonio Art Galleries | San Antonio | Bexar | Art | Operated by the Department of Art and History, includes the main gallery on campus, and Terminal 136 downtown, a satellite space[181] | |
USAF Airman Heritage Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Aviation | Located at Lackland Air Force Base, history of the U.S. Air Force, includes historic USAF military aircraft, World War I and World War II air maintenance shop collection, basic training dorms, Women in the Air Force collection[182] | |
Veterans From All Wars & Pioneer Ranch Women Museum | Sonora | Sutton | Local history | Military artifacts, roles of area ranch women[183] | |
Villa Finale | San Antonio | Bexar | Historic house | Victorian period mansion with European furniture, and fine and decorative arts | |
Visual Arts Center | Austin | Travis | Art | Includes 5 galleries, part of the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin[184] | |
Waco Mammoth Site | Waco | McLennan | Natural history | Museum and park featuring fossils of twenty-four Columbian mammoths (Mammuthus columbi) and other mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch | |
Walkers' Gallery | San Marcos | Hays | Art | Sponsored by the San Marcos Area Arts Council and the City of San Marcos with support from the San Marcos Arts Commission[185] | |
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site | Washington-on-the-Brazos | Washington | Multiple | Includes Star of the Republic Museum, Independence Hall and Barrington Living History Farm | |
Whitney Area Museum | Whitney | Hill | Local history | [186] | |
Williamson Museum | Georgetown | Williamson | Local history | History of Williamson County[187] | |
Wilson County Jailhouse Museum | Floresville | Wilson | Prison | Operated by the Wilson County Historical Society, open the first Saturday of the month and for special events | |
Winedale | Winedale | Fayette | Open air | Complex of 19th-century structures and modern facilities situated on 225 acres, reflects German-American culture, operated by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
Wittliff Collections | San Marcos | Hays | Literary | Exhibits from its collections of King of the Hill archives, Southwest writers including Cormac McCarthy and Sam Shepard, and the Lonesome Dove collection, located on the seventh floor of the Alkek Library on the campus of Texas State University[188] | |
Witte Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Multiple | Natural history, science, art, log cabins and historic homes, circus memorabilia, cowboy artifacts | |
Wooden Nickel Museum | San Antonio | Bexar | Commodity | Store with museum about the history of, and San Antonio's contribution to wooden nickels[189] | |
Women & Their Work | Austin | Travis | Art | Gallery for women artists[190] | |
Wright Gallery | College Station | Brazos | Art | Part of Texas A&M University College of Architecture, college's showcase for the visual arts[191] | |
Yturri-Edmunds Historic Site | San Antonio | Bexar | Historic house | House and operating grist mill, 1840–1860, restored in 1964 by the San Antonio Conservation Society, open by appointment | |
Defunct museums
- Central Texas Museum of Automotive History, Rosanky, closed in 2012, collections moved to Dick's Classic Garage in San Marcos, Texas[192]
- Dog Museum, Waco, private collection of dog memorabilia located in Antiquibles Antique Mall, reported closed in 2014[193]
- Fort Graham Museum[194]
- Goodwill Computer Museum, , Austin, closed in 2015[195]
- Hertzberg Circus Collection and Museum, San Antonio, closed in 2001, collections now at the Witte Museum[196][197]
- Henkel Square Museum Village, Round Top, authentic restoration of Anglo-American and German-American 19th century homes, now the Henkel Square Market shopping village since 2010[198]
- Hill Country Wildlife Museum, LLano
- Katherine Anne Porter House, Kyle, no longer a museum but now the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center[199]
- Museo Alameda, San Antonio, closed in 2012,[200] space now the Educational & Cultural Arts Center for Texas A & M San Antonio[201]
- Museum of Aerospace Medicine, San Antonio, closed in 2011[202]
- USAF Security Forces Museum, San Antonio, history of the U.S. Air Force Security Forces, closed in 2014 and being consolidated with the USAF Airman Heritage Museum[203]
- Texas Pioneers, Trail Drivers, Rangers Memorial Museum, San Antonio, moved to the Texas Ranger Museum at the Buckhorn Saloon & Museum,[204][205][206]
See also
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