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
La Maison Acadienne
1500 Boston Avenue Nederland, TX 77627 (409) 722-0279 Website
Mountain Trail Region
La Mujer Obrera/Café Mayapan
2000 Texas Ave. El Paso, TX 79901 (915) 217-1135 Website
Independence Trail Region
Lake Jackson Historical Museum
249 Circle Way Lake Jackson, TX 77566 (979) 297-1570 Website
Forest Trail Region
Lamar University’s Dishman Art Museum
1030 East Lavaca Lamar University Beaumont, TX 77710 (409) 880-8959 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Landmark Inn State Historic Site
402 E. Florence Street Castroville, TX 78009 (830) 931-2133 Website
Tropical Trail Region
Laredo Center for the Arts
500 San Agustin Avenue Laredo, TX 78040 (956) 725-1715 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Latino Cultural Center of Dallas
2600 Live Oak St. Dallas, TX 75204 (214) 671-0045 Website
Tropical Trail Region
Laureles Ranch House Museum
1501 East 7th Street Brownsville, Texas 78520 (956) 372-1515 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
LBJ Museum of San Marcos
131 N. Guadalupe Street San Marcos, TX 78667 (512) 353-3300 Website
Brazos Trail Region
Lee County Heritage Center/Schubert-Fletcher Home
183 E. Hempstead Street Giddings, TX 78942 (979) 542-2072 Website
Brazos Trail Region
Lexington Log Cabins and Heritage Center
524 Fourth Street Lexington, TX 78947 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Llano County Historical Museum
310 Bessemer Llano, TX 78643 (325) 247-3026 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Log Cabin Village
2100 Log Cabin Village Lane Fort Worth, TX 76109 (817) 392-5881 Website
Independence Trail Region
Lone Star Flight Museum at Ellington Joint Reserve Base
11551 Aerospace Ave. Houston, TX 77034 (888) 359-5736 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Lone Star Motorcyle Museum
36517 FM 187 Vanderpool, TX 78885 830/966-6103 Website
Mountain Trail Region
Los Portales Tourist Museum and Information Center
1521 San Elizario Road San Elizario, TX 79849 (915) 851-1682 Website
Plains Trail Region
Lubbock Lake National Historic Landmark
2401 Landmark Drive Lubbock, TX 79415 (806) 742-1116 Website
Brazos Trail Region
Madison County Museum
201 North Madison Madisonville, TX 77864 (936) 348-5230 Website
Mountain Trail Region
Magoffin Home State Historic Site
1120 Magoffin Ave. El Paso, TX 79901 (915) 533-5147 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Main and Military Plazas
Bounded by West Houston St., North, Santa Rosa Ave., West Nueva St., and North St. Mary’s St. San Antonio, TX 78205 (210) 207-6700 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Mansfield Historical Museum and Heritage Center
102 N. Main St. Mansfield, TX 76063 (817) 473-4250 Website
Mountain Trail Region
Marfa and Presidio County Museum
110 West San Antonio Street Marfa, TX 79843 (432) 729-4140
Independence Trail Region
Market House Museum
205 S. Market Street Goliad, TX 77963 (361) 645-8767 Website
Forts Trail Region
Martin & Francis Lehnis Railroad Museum & Visitor Center
700 East Adams Street Brownwood, TX 76801 (325) 643-6376 Website
Pecos Trail Region
Martin County Historical Museum
207 Broadway Street Stanton, TX 79782 (432) 756-2722
Independence Trail Region
Matagorda County Museum
2100 Ave. F Bay City, TX 77414 (979) 245-7502 Website
Brazos Trail Region
Mayborn Museum Complex
1300 South University Parks Baylor University campus Waco , TX 76706 (254) 710-1110 Website
Tropical Trail Region
McAllen Heritage Center Museum
301 South Main Street McAllen, TX 78501 (956) 687-1904 Website
Forest Trail Region
McFaddin-Ward House
1906 Calder Avenue Beaumont, TX 77701 (409) 832-2134 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
McKenna Children’s Museum
801 West San Antonio St. New Braunfels, TX 78130 (830) 606-9525 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Meadows Museum
5900 Bishop Blvd. Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75205 (214) 768-2516 Website
Pecos Trail Region
Mendoza Trail Museum
Santa Fe Park Road. McCamey, TX 79752 (432) 652-3192 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Mexic-Arte Museum
419 Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701 (512) 480-9373 Website
Independence Trail Region
Michel B. Menard Home
3302 Avenue O Galveston, TX 77550 409-765-3402 or 409-765-7834 Website
Pecos Trail Region
Midland Army Air Field Museum
9600 Wright Drive Midland, TX 79714 (432) 254-6182 Website
Pecos Trail Region
Midland County Historical Museum
200 N Main Street Midland, TX 79701 (432) 688-8947 Website
Pecos Trail Region
Midland Downtown Fire Museum
1500 W. Wall Central Fire Station (east end) Midland, TX 79701 (432) 685-7332
Forts Trail Region
Mills County Historical Museum
1119 Fisher Street Goldthwaite, TX 76844 (325) 648-6212