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
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Forts Trail Region
Mills County Historical Museum
1119 Fisher Street Goldthwaite, TX 76844 (325) 648-6212
Forts Trail Region
Miss Hattie’s Bordello Museum
18 ½ East Concho Ave. San Angelo, TX 76903 (325) 653-0112 Website
Forest Trail Region
Mission Dolores State Historic Site
701 South Broadway San Augustine, TX 75972 (936) 275-3815 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell Street Fort Worth, TX 76107 (866) 824-5566 Website
Brazos Trail Region
Moody House Museum
114 West Ninth Street Taylor , TX 76574 (512) 352-8654 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Morton Museum of Cooke County
210 South Dixon Street Gainesville, TX 76240 (940) 668-8900 Website
Plains Trail Region
Motley County Historical Museum
828 Dundee Street Matador, TX 79244 (806) 347-2968
Brazos Trail Region
MSC Forsyth Center Galleries
TAMU Memorial Student Center 275 Joe Routt Blvd College Station, TX 77843 (979) 845-9251 Website
Plains Trail Region
Muleshoe Heritage Center Complex
2000 Ash Avenue Muleshoe, TX 79347 (806) 272-5873 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Museo Alameda
101 South Santa Rosa Avenue San Antonio , TX 78207 (210) 206-2787 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Museum of North Texas History
720 Indiana Wichita Falls, TX 76301 (940) 322-7628 Website
Tropical Trail Region
Museum of South Texas History
200 North Closner Blvd Edinburg, TX 78541 (956) 383-6911 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture
1370 Church Hill Dr. New Braunfels, TX 78130 (830) 629-6504 Website
Plains Trail Region
Museum of Texas Tech University
3301 4th St. Lubbock, TX 79409 (806) 742-2490 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Museum of the American Railroad
8004 N. Dallas Pkwy Frisco, TX 75034 (214) 428-0101 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Museum of the Americas
216 Fort Worth Hwy. Weatherford, TX 76086 (817) 341-8668 Website
Mountain Trail Region
Museum of the Big Bend
Harrison Street and Avenue B Sul Ross University Alpine, TX 79834 432-837-8143 or 432-837-8730 Website
Independence Trail Region
Museum of the Coastal Bend
2200 East Red River Victoria College Victoria, TX 77901 Website
Forest Trail Region
Museum of the Gulf Coast
700 Procter Street Port Arthur, TX 77640 (409) 982-7000 Website
Plains Trail Region
Museum of the Plains
1200 North Main Street Perryton, TX 79070 (806) 435-6400 Website
Pecos Trail Region
Museum of the Southwest
1705 West Missouri Avenue Midland, TX 79701 (432) 683-2882 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Museum of Western Art
1550 Bandera Highway Kerrville, TX 78028 (830) 896-2553 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Mustangs of Las Colinas Museum
5205 North O'Connor Drive Irving, TX 75039 (469) 617-8929 Website
Forest Trail Region
N.H. Davis Pioneer Complex and Museum
308 Liberty Street Montgomery, TX 77356 (936) 597-4360 Website
Independence Trail Region
N.W. Faison House and Museum
822 South Jefferson Street La Grange, TX 78945 (713) 628-9065
Forest Trail Region
Nacogdoches Fire Museum
214 E. Pilar Nacogdoches, TX 75961 (936) 559-2541 Website
Lakes Trail Region
Nasher Sculpture Center
2001 Flora Street Dallas, TX 75201 (214) 242-5100 Website
Mountain Trail Region
National Border Patrol Museum
4315 Transmountain Road El Paso, TX 79924 915-759-6060 or 1-877-276-8738 Website
Forts Trail Region
National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature
102 Cedar Abilene, TX 79601 (325) 673-4586 Website
Lakes Trail Region
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
1720 Gendy Street Fort Worth, TX 76107 (817) 336-4475 Website
Lakes Trail Region
National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame
2201 Dottie Lynn Parkway STE 115 Fort Worth, TX 76120 (817) 534-8801 Website
Independence Trail Region
National Museum of Funeral History
National Museum of Funeral History 415 Barren Springs Dr. Houston, TX 77090 (281) 876-3063
Hill Country Trail Region
National Museum of the Pacific War
340 East Main St. Fredericksburg, TX 78624 (830) 997-8600 Website
Plains Trail Region
National Ranching Heritage Center
3121 Fourth Street Lubbock, TX 79409 (806) 742-0498 Website
Forts Trail Region
The National Vietnam War Museum
12685 Mineral Wells Hwy Mineral Wells, TX 76067 940-325-4003 or 940-452-1470 Website
Forts Trail Region
National WASP WWII Museum
210 Avenger Field Rd. Sweetwater, TX 79556 (325) 235-0099 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
Neill-Cochran House
2310 San Gabriel Austin, TX 78705 (512) 478-2335 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
New Braunfels Railroad Museum
302 W. San Antonio New Braunfels, TX 78131 (830) 627-2447 Website
Lakes Trail Region
No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum, Inc.
119 Silent Wings Blvd. Terrell, TX 75160 (972) 551-1122 Website
Hill Country Trail Region
O. Henry Museum
409 East 5th Street Austin, TX 78701 (512) 974-1398 Website