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
Forest Trail Region
Toyland Farm & Military Museum
3123 CR 2407 Route 3, Box 110 Rusk, TX 75785 (936) 858-3514
Hill Country Trail Region
Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum
605 Robert E Lee Rd. Austin, TX 78704 (512) 445-5582 Website
Tropical Trail Region
USS Lexington
2914 North Shoreline Blvd. Corpus Christi, TX 78403 800-523-9539 or 361-888-4873 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Valley of the Caddo Museum & Cultural Center
1115 Bonham St. Paris, TX 75461 (903) 905-4099 Website
Forest Trail Region
Vanishing Texana Museum
300 South Bolton Jacksonville, TX 75766 (903) 586-9616 Website
Independence Trail Region
Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site
1702 North 13th St. West Columbia, TX 77486 (979) 345-4656 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Vereins Kirche Museum
112 West Main Fredericksburg, TX 78624 (830) 990-8441 Website
Tropical Trail Region
Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum
810 Zaragoza Street Laredo, TX 78040 (956) 718-2727
Hill Country Trail Region
Villa Finale
401 King William Street San Antonio, TX 78204 (210) 223-9800 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Vintage Flying Museum
505 NW 38th Street, Hangar 33 South Meacham International Airport. Fort Worth, TX 76106 (817) 624-1935 Website
Forts Trail Region
W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas
65258 Interstate 20 Mingus, TX 76463 (254) 968-1886 Website
Independence Trail Region
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site
12300 Park Road 12 Washington, TX 77880 (936) 878-2214 Website
Brazos Trail Region
Wendish Heritage Museum
1011 County Road 212 Serbin, TX 78942 (979) 366-2441 Website
Tropical Trail Region
Weslaco Museum
500 South Texas Boulevard Weslaco, TX 78599 (956) 968-9142 Website
Pecos Trail Region
West of the Pecos Museum and Park
120 E. Dot Stafford Street Pecos, TX 79772 (432) 445-5076 Website
Plains Trail Region
Wheeler Historical Museum
105 N. Alan L Bean Blvd. Wheeler, TX 79096 (806) 826-2251 Website
Plains Trail Region
White Deer Land Museum
116 South Cuyler Street Pampa, TX 79066 (806) 669-8041 Website
Lakes Trail Region
White Settlement Historical Museum
8320 Hanon Drive White Settlement, TX 76108 (817) 246-9719 Website
Pecos Trail Region
Whitehead Memorial Museum
1308 South Main St. Del Rio, TX 78840 (830) 774-7568 Website
Plains Trail Region
Wichita-Brazos Museum and Cultural Center
200 E. Hays Benjamin, TX 79505 (940) 459-2229 Website
Tropical Trail Region
Willacy County Historical Museum
427 S 7th St Raymondville, TX 78580 (956) 689-6604 Website
Brazos Trail Region
The Williamson Museum
716 South Austin Ave. Georgetown, TX 78626 (512) 943-1670 Website
Plains Trail Region
Window on the Plains Museum and Art Center
1820 S. Dumas Ave. Dumas, TX 79029 (806) 935-3113 Website
Independence Trail Region
Winedale Historical Center
3738 FM 2714 Round Top, TX 78954 (979) 278-3530 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Witliff Collections at Texas State University-San Marcos
601 University Drive San Marcos, TX 78666 (512) 245-2313 Website
Plains Trail Region
Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
13310 Highway 305 Lipscomb, TX 79056 (806) 852-2123 Website
Plains Trail Region
Woody Guthrie Folk Music Center
320 S. Cuyler Pampa, TX 79065 (806) 664-0824 Website
Forts Trail Region
Woody’s Classic Cars & Baseball Museum
500 SW 5th Street Cross Plains, Texas 76443 (254) 725-4042 Website
Forts Trail Region
Z.I. Hale Museum / Rock Hotel Heritage Center
242 West Dale Winters, TX 79567 (325) 754-2036 Website
Tropical Trail Region
Zapata County Museum of History
805 N US Hwy 83 Zapata, TX 78076 (956) 765-8983 Website