List of museums in West Texas

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The list of museums in West 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. Included are nonprofit art galleries and exhibit spaces. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Muleshoe Heritage Center	Muleshoe	Bailey	Ranch house, the ranch cookhouse and bunkhouse and a log cabin	^[1]
Borden County Museum	Gail	Borden	Local history	^[2]
Barton Warnock Visitor Center	Brewster	Brewster	Big Bend National Park	^[3]
Big Bend National Park Visitor Centers	Brewster	Brewster	Big Bend National Park	^[4]
Hallie Stillwell Hall of Fame Museum	Marathon	Brewster	Life of Texas woman rancher Hallie Stillwell, member of the Texas Women's Hall of Fame	^[5]
Museum of the Big Bend	Alpine	Brewster	Part of Sul Ross State University, history and cultural heritage of the Big Bend area	^[6]
Blanket Historical Museum	Blanket	Brown	Artifacts, memorabilia, family history research center	^[7]
Brown County Museum of History	Brownwood	Brown	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places	^[8]
Martin & Frances Lehnis Railroad Museum and Visitor Center	Brownwood	Brown	Railroad	^[9]

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Baird Texas T & P Depot Museum	Baird	Callahan		^[10]
Callahan County Pioneer Museum	Baird	Callahan	Located in the basement of the Callahan County courthouse	^[11]
Robert E. Howard Museum	Cross Plains	Callahan	Home of and museum about Robert E. Howard, author of Conan the Barbarian, NRHP	^[12]
Woody's Classic Cars and Baseball Museum	Cross Plains	Callahan		^[13]
Texas Last Frontier Museum	Morton	Cochran	Housed in the 1957 Masonic Temple	^[14]
Whiteface Museum	Whiteface	Cochran	Housed in the 1926 Whiteface Hotel, featurers local history	^[15]
Fort Chadbourne	Bronte	Coke	Restored and ruins of the mid 19th-century frontier fort that was also a stage stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail, visitor center with artifacts	^[16]
Earnest and Dorothy Barrow Foundation Museum	Eola	Concho	Local history	^[17]
Don Freeman Memorial Museum	Eden	Concho	Local history	^[18]
Museum of the Desert Southwest	Crane	Crane	Local history exhibits	^[19]
Crockett County Museum	Ozona	Crockett	American West period displays, local and regional history	^[20]
Fort Lancaster	Sheffield	Crockett	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, Texas State Antiquities Landmark	^[21]
Crosby County Pioneer Museum	Crosbyton	Crosby	Local history	^[22]
Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum	Crosbyton	Crosby	creationism	^[23]
Ralls Historical Museum	Ralls	Crosby	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[24]
Clark Hotel Museum	Van Horn	Culberson	AKA Culbertson County Museum, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places	^[25]
Frijole Ranch Museum	Salt Flat	Culberson	National Register of Historic Places	^[26]
Dal Paso Museum	Lamesa	Dawson	Local history exhibits	^[27]
Spur-Dickens County Museum	Spur, Texas	Dickens	Local history	^[28]

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum	Eastland	Eastland	Named for area chief justice	^[29]
Conrad Hilton Center and Museum	Cisco	Eastland	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places. Located in the Mobley Hotel, the first hotel bought by Conrad Hilton	^[30]
Eastland County Museum	Eastland	Eastland	Local history	^[31]
Lela Latch Lloyd Museum	Cisco	Eastland	Located in the 1915 city hall, historical artifacts	^[32]
Ellen Noël Art Museum	Odessa	Ector	Eclectic American artcollection from 1860 to the present	^[33]
Odessa Meteor Crater	Odessa	Ector	Impact crater and museum	^[34]
Parker House Ranching Museum	Odessa	Ector	Mid 20th-century period ranching family house	^[35]
Presidential Museum and Leadership Library	Odessa	Ector	History of the American Presidency, including presidents, vice presidents, First Ladies, candidates, campaigns	^[36]
White-Pool House	Odessa	Ector	National Register of Historic Places Listings, state antiquities landmark. Built by Indiana immigrant Charles White who helped establish the first county government	^[37]

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss Museum	El Paso	El Paso		^[38]
Casasola Museum/Museo Casasola	El Paso	El Paso	History of the US-México relationship	^[39]
Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens	El Paso	El Paso	Part of the University of Texas at El Paso, regional cultural and natural history	^[40]
Chamizal National Memorial	El Paso	El Paso	Includes a history museum and three art galleries	^[41]
El Paso County Historical Society Museum	El Paso	El Paso		^[42]
El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center	El Paso	El Paso	Holocaust	^[43]
El Paso Museum of Archaeology	El Paso	El Paso	Prehistory and culture of the El Paso area and the Southwest	^[44]
El Paso Museum of Art	El Paso	El Paso	Art	^[45]
El Paso Museum of History	El Paso	El Paso	History and culture	^[46]
Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museum	Fort Bliss	El Paso	Military history from 1849 forward	^[47]
International Museum of Art	El Paso	El Paso	Located in the Turney home	^[48]
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site	El Paso	El Paso		^[49]
Lynx Exhibits	El Paso	El Paso	Privately owned traveling exhibitions	^[50]
Magoffin Home State Historic Site	El Paso	El Paso	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places	^[51]
National Border Patrol Museum	El Paso	El Paso	Law enforcement	^[52]
Noncommissioned Officer Heritage And Education Center	Fort Bliss	El Paso	US Army non-commissioned officer 1775 to present	^[53]
Old El Paso County Jail Museum	El Paso	El Paso		^[54]
Old Fort Bliss Replica Cultural Center	Fort Bliss	El Paso	Military	^[55]
Portales Museum and Visitors Information Center	El Paso	El Paso	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[56]
Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso	El Paso	El Paso	How transportation enhanced the development of business and industry in the region	^[57]
Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts	El Paso	El Paso	Part of the University of Texas at El Paso	^[58]
TecH2O Center	El Paso	El Paso	Water management in the Chihuahuan Desert	^[59]
UTEP Heritage House	El Paso	El Paso	Historical repository of University of Texas at El Paso	^[60]
Veterans Memorial Museum & Memorial Walk	San Elizario	El Paso	The Los Portales Museum and Visitors Center	^[61]
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Cultural Center Museum	El Paso	El Paso	Native American inter-active experience	^[62]

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Floyd County Museum	Floydada	Floyd	Artifacts from the 1540 Coronado Expedition	^[63]
Gaines County Museum	Seminole	Gaines	Local history	^[64]
Seagraves-Loop Museum and Art Center	Seagraves	Gaines	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[65]
Garza County Historical Museum	Post	Garza	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places. Ranch, cowboy, Indian, and pioneer artifacts. Formerly a medical facility	^[66]
OS Ranch Museum	Post	Garza	Artwork of Texas, the American West, and Asia, in a house built for C. W. Post who later founded Post cereals	^[67]
Jimmy Dean and Llano Estacado Museum	Plainview	Hale	On the campus of Wayland Baptist University	^[68]
Malouf Abraham Family Art Center	Plainview	Hale	Wayland Baptist University	^[69]
Hale County Farm and Ranch Museum	Post	Hale	Antique farm machinery, windmills, a depot and caboose	^[70]
Hangar 25 Air Museum	Big Spring	Howard	Historic aircraft from World War II and the Big Spring Army Air Forces Bombardier School, history of Webb Air Force Base	^[71]
Heritage Museum of Big Spring	Big Spring	Howard	Area artifacts and memorabilia	^[72]
Potton House	Big Spring	Howard	National Register of Historic Places	^[73]
Hudspeth County Railroad Depot Museum	Sierra Blanca	Hudspeth	Railroad and local history displays, operated by the Hudspeth County Historical Society	^[74]
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Fort Davis	Jeff Davis	National Register of Historic Places	^[75]
Overland Trail Museum	Fort Davis	Jeff Davis	Early life in the old West, operated by the Fort Davis Historical Society	^[76]
Anson-Jones Museum	Anson	Jones	Local history	^[77]
Cowboy Country Museum	Stamford	Jones	Ranching heritage	^[78]
Wichita – Brazos Museum and Cultural Center	Benjamin	Knox	Barbed-wire collection and settlement memorabilia	^[79]

List of museums in West Texas

West Texas

Museums in West Texas, listed by county

Andrews - Brown

Callahan - Dickens

Eastland - Ector

El Paso County

Floyd - Knox

Lamb - Lynn

Martin - Nolan

Pecos - Runnels

Schleicher - Sutton

Taylor - Terry

Tom Green - Yoakim

Defunct museums

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Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Littlefield Lands Duggan House Museum	Littlefield	Lamb	Local history	^[80]
Sand Crawl Museum	Olton	Lamb	Local history	^[81]
American Wind Power Center	Lubbock	Lubbock	American-style windmills	^[82]
Buddy Holly Center	Lubbock	Lubbock	Visual arts exhibits, history and legacy of musician Buddy Holly	^[83]
FiberMax Center for Discovery	Lubbock	Lubbock	Non-profit, American agriculture	^[84]
Lubbock Lake Landmark	Lubbock	Lubbock	Archeological site. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places	^[85]
Museum of Texas Tech University	Lubbock	Lubbock	Natural history, cultural history, art	^[86]
National College Baseball Hall of Fame	Lubbock	Lubbock	History of college baseball	^[87]
National Ranching Heritage Center	Lubbock	Lubbock	Ranching history and art, park with 38 ranch structures and steer statues	^[88]
Science Spectrum	Lubbock	Lubbock	Hands-on science and technology interactive exhibits, aquarium	^[89]
Silent Wings Museum	Lubbock	Lubbock	World War II weaponry and transport,	^[90]
Slaton Museum	Slaton	Lubbock	Local history	^[91]
Texas Air Museum	Slaton	Lubbock	Restored historic aircraft, military jets, transport vehicles	^[92]
Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts	Lubbock	Lubbock	Visual and performing arts, includes four galleries	^[93]
O'Donnell Heritage Museum	O'Donnell	Lynn	Local history, including actor Dan Blocker memorabilia	^[94]

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Martin County Historical Museum	Stanton	Martin	Exhibits include farms, ranches, schools and local businesses	^[95]
Heart of Texas Country Music Museum	Brady	McCullough	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, history and memorabilia of country music artists	^[96]
McCulloch County Courthouse	Brady	McCullough	State antiquities landmark	^[97]
Heart of Texas Historical Museum	Brady	McCullough	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[98]
Fort McKavett State Historic Site	Menard	Menard	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[99]
Heart of West Texas Museum	Colorado City	Mitchell	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[100]
Brown-Dorsey Medallion Home	Midland	Midland	Late 19th-century period Victorian home, open by appointment with the Midland County Historical Society	^[101]
George W. Bush Childhood Home	Midland	Midland	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places	^[102]
Haley Memorial Library & History Center	Midland	Midland	Changing exhibits of Western art and history from its collections	^[103]
McCormick Gallery at Midland College	Midland	Midland	Art	^[104]
Midland Army Air Field Museum	Midland	Midland	World War II aviation culture and history	^[105]
Midland County History Museum	Midland	Midland	Local history	^[106]
Midland Downtown Lions Club Fire Museum	Midland	Midland	Firefighting uniforms, equipment, vehicles	^[107]
Museum of the Southwest	Midland	Midland	National Register of Historic Places	^[108]
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum	Midland	Midland	Petroleum exploration, equipment, industry, geology, art by Tom Lovell, Chaparral cars	^[109]
Scarborough-Lineberry House	Midland	Midland	Early 20th-century house, owned by the City	^[110]
Motley County Historical Museum	Matador	Motley	Local history located in a former hospital	^[111]
National WASP WWII Museum	Sweetwater	Nolan	History of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, World War II American female aviators	^[112]
Pioneer Museum	Sweetwater	Nolan	Local history	^[113]

Museum name	City	County	Note	Refs
Alley Oop Park Museum	Iraan	Pecos	Birthplace of Alley Oop comic strip	^[114]
Annie Riggs Memorial Museum	Fort Stockton	Pecos	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Place	^[115]
Historic Fort Stockton	Fort Stockton	Pecos	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places	^[116]
Old Pecos County Jail	Fort Stockton	Pecos	Prison	^[117]
West of the Pecos Museum	Pecos	Reeves	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, multiple displays of the Old West	^[118]
Chinati Foundation	Marfa	Presidio	Contemporary art and sculpture	^[119]
Fort Leaton State Historic Site	Presidio	Presidio	National Register of Historic Places, archaeological and natural history	^[120]
Giant 1956 film Museum at the Hotel Paisano	Marfa	Presidio	Memorabilia of the 1956 film Giant that was filmed in town	^[121]
Marfa and Presidio County Museum	Marfa	Presidio	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[122]
Hickman Museum	Big Lake	Reagan	Local history	^[123]
Z.I. Hale Museum / Rock Hotel Heritage Center	Winters	Runnels	Local history	^[124]

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Schleicher County Historical Museum	Eldorado	Schleicher	Local history	^[125]
Old Jail Art Center	Albany	Shackelford	Art, National Register of Historic Places	^[126]
Breckenridge Aviation Museum	Breckenridge	Stephens	Aviation	^[127]
Breckenridge Fine Arts Center	Breckenridge	Stephens	Art	^[128]
Flying A's Classic Car Club Museum	Albany	Shackelford	Classic automobiles and memorabilia	^[129]
Fort Griffin State Historic Site	Albany	Shackelford	Fort ruins, visitor center displays about the mid 19th-century cavalry fort	^[130]
Scurry County Museum	Snyder	Scurry	County history, also art exhibits	^[131]
Swenson Memorial Museum	Breckenridge	Stephens	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[132]
Miers Home Museum	Sonora	Sutton	Late 19th-century house, operated by the Sutton County Historical Society	^[133]
Old Sonora Ice House Ranch Museum	Sonora	Sutton	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	^[134]

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
12th Armored Division Memorial Museum	Abilene	Taylor	History of the 12th Armored Division in World War II	^[135]
Center for Contemporary Arts	Abilene	Taylor	Four galleries	^[136]
Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame Museum	Abilene	Taylor		^[137]
Fort Phantom Hill	Abilene	Taylor		^[138]
Amy Graves Ryan Fine Arts Gallery	Abilene	Taylor	Part of McMurry University	^[139]
Merkel Area Historical Museum	Merkel	Taylor		^[140]
Buffalo Gap Historic Village	Buffalo Gap	Taylor	Historic Western village	^[141]
Cockerell Galleries	Abilene	Taylor	Art, operated by Abilene Christian University	^[142]
Dyess Heritage Museum, Memorial Park and Linear Air Park	Abilene	Taylor	Located at Dyess Air Force Base, includes outdoor display of historic aircraft, museum about the base's history	^[143]
Frontier Texas!	Abilene	Taylor	American West interactive simulations	^[144]
The Grace Museum	Abilene	Taylor	Art, local history, and children's museum	^[145]
Ira M. Taylor Memorial Gallery	Abilene	Taylor	Part of Hardin–Simmons University	^[146]
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature	Abilene	Taylor	Exhibitions of art from children's books	^[147]
Taylor County History Center	Buffalo Gap	Taylor	Historic village	^[148]
Terrell County Memorial Museum	Sanderson	Terrell	"Cactus Capitol of Texas"	^[149]
Terry County Heritage Museum	Brownfield	Terry	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[150]
Meadow Museum	Meadow	Terry	Local history, with special display on Meadow native Sonny Curtis	^[151]

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Angelo State University Art Gallery	San Angelo	Tom Green	Carr Education-Fine Arts Building	^[152]
E. H. Danner Museum of Telephony	San Angelo	Tom Green	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Place Technology, located at Fort Concho	^[153]
Fort Concho	San Angelo	Tom Green	National Historic Landmark	^[154]
Robert Wood Johnson Museum of Frontier Medicine	San Angelo	Tom Green	North Ward of Post Hospital	^[155]
Miss Hattie's Bordello	San Angelo	Tom Green	Tours of the Victorian period	^[156]
Railway Museum of San Angelo	San Angelo	Tom Green	Located in a 1909 Orient-Santa Fe Depot	^[157]
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts	San Angelo	Tom Green	Texas artists, Mexican and Mexican-American art	^[158]
Adrian House	McCamey	Upton		^[159]
Denver City Heritage Museum	Denver City	Yoakum	Local history and memorabilia	^[160]
Medallion Home Museum	Kermit	Winkler	Carpenter Gothic house built in 1907 by W. H. Seastrunk	^[161]
Mendoza Trail Museum	McCamey	Upton	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[162]
Ward County Museum Complex	Monahans	Ward	1920s jail, Holman House, and other collections	^[163]
Rankin Museum	Rankin	Upton	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1920s period Yates Hotel, local history displays	^[164]
Rattlesnake Bomber Base Museum	Monahans	Ward County	Pyote Air Force Base	^[165]
Roy Orbison Museum	Wink	Winkler	Life and career of musician Roy Orbison	^[166]
Tsa Mo Ga Memorial Museum	Plains	Yoakum	Operated by the Texas Federation of Women's Club, open by appointment	^[167]
Winkler County Historical Museum	Wink	Winkler	Local history	^[168]