Museums
Museums and the artifacts they keep safe help bridge the span between past and present, ancient and modern, and between foreign cultures and our own.
Texas History Comes Alive
In doing so, they reveal much about who we are in the context of the big picture. But when we want to dig deeper and discover the details about our own local heritage and origins, we plan a trip to our hometown historical museum.
Almost every community in the state hosts a historical museum where artifacts and stories from the surrounding region reveal the nuances of who we have become, both as individuals and as a distinctly Texan community. They also often harbor the how’s and why’s as well. The hometown historical museum is the perfect place to learn about your family, your neighbors, your community, and your roots. It serves as archive, library, and encyclopedia, as center for celebration and revelation, and a constant in a fast-changing world where proof of our past resides, secure and discoverable.
Read more about museums in the Handbook of Texas Online.
Featured Museums
Explore Museums
Tropical Trail Region
Rockport Center for the Arts
Rockport Center for the Arts 106 Austin St. Rockport, TX 78382 (361) 729-5519 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Rockwall County Historical Foundation Museum
901 E. Washington St. Rockwall, TX 75087 (972) 722-1507 Website
Independence Trail Region
Rosenberg Railroad Museum
1921 Avenue F Rosenberg, TX 77471 (281) 633-2846 Website
Independence Trail Region
Rutherford B.H. Yates House
1304 Andrews Street Houston, TX 77019 (713) 739-0163 Website
Forest Trail Region
Sabine County Jail Museum and Virgie Speights Memorial Library
201 Main St. Hemphill, TX 75948 (409) 787-2251 Website
Plains Trail Region
Saint’s Roost Museum
610 East Harrington Street Clarendon, TX 79226 (806) 874-2746 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site
812 South Church Street Paris, TX 75460 (903) 785-5716 Website
Forest Trail Region
Sam Houston Memorial Museum
1836 Sam Houston Ave. Huntsville, TX 77341 (936) 294-1832 Website
Independence Trail Region
Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center
650 FM 1011 Liberty, 77575 (936) 336-8821 Website
Brazos Trail Region
Sam Houston Sanders’ Corps of Cadets Center
Military Sciences Building Texas A&M University Campus College Station, TX 77843 (979) 862-2862 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site
890 West State Hwy 56 Bonham, TX 75418 (903) 583-5558 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Sam Rayburn Library and Museum
800 West Sam Rayburn Drive Bonham, TX 75418 (512) 495-4515 Website
Forts Trail Region
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
1 Love Street San Angelo, TX 76903 (325) 653-3333 Website
Tropical Trail Region
San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum
210 East Heywood Street San Benito , TX 78586 (956) 361-3800 Website
Independence Trail Region
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
3523 Independence Parkway South La Porte, TX 77571 (281) 479-2431 Website
Forts Trail Region
San Saba County Historical Museum
271 S. Thomas Stewart Dr. San Saba, TX 76877 Website
Tropical Trail Region
San Ygnacio Historic District
610 Washington Ave. San Ygnacio, Texas 78067 Website
Forts Trail Region
Santa Fe Depot and Harvey House
600 East Depot Street Brownwood, TX 76804 (325) 646-9535 Website
Forts Trail Region
Schleicher County Historical Museum
7 W Murchison St Eldorado, TX 76936 (325) 374-2554 Website
Independence Trail Region
Schulenburg Historical Museum
631 N. Main St. Schulenburg, TX 78956 (979) 743-2403 Website
Plains Trail Region
Science Spectrum Museum & Omni Theater
2579 South Loop 289 Lubbock, TX 79423 (806) 745-2525 Website
Plains Trail Region
Seagraves-Loop Museum and Art Center
201 Main Street Seagraves, TX 79359 (806) 546-2810 Website
Independence Trail Region
Sebastopol House Historic Site
704 Zorn Seguin, TX 78155 830-379-4833 or 830-401-2480 Website
Tropical Trail Region
Selena Museum
5410 Leopard St. Museum housed at Q-Productions Corpus Christi, TX 78408 (361) 289-9013 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Settlement to City Museum
208 W. Hudgins St. Grapevine, TX 76051 (817) 410-3526 Website
Plains Trail Region
Sherman County Depot Museum
17 North Main Street Stratford, TX 79084 (806) 290-3655 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Sid Richardson Museum
309 Main Street Fort Worth, TX 76106 (817) 332-6554 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
411 Elm St. Dallas, TX 75202 (214) 747-6660 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Somervell County Museum
101 SW Vernon Street Glen Rose, TX 76043 (254) 898-0640 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Sophienburg Museum & Archives
401 West Coll Street New Braunfels, TX 78130 (830) 629-1572 Website
Tropical Trail Region
South Texas Archives
930 West Richard Avenue 3rd Floor, James C. Jernigan Library, TAMU Kingsville Kingsville, TX 78363 (361) 593-2019 Website
Independence Trail Region
Space Center Houston
1601 Nasa Pkwy. Houston, TX 77058 (281) 244-2100 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Spellman Museum of Forney History
200 South Bois d'Arc Forney, TX 75126 (972) 552-2400 Website
Forest Trail Region
Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum
5550 Jimmy Simmons Blvd. Beaumont, Texas 77710 (409) 880-1750 Website