List of museums in the Texas Panhandle

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The list of museums in the Texas Panhandle 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. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit art galleries and exhibit spaces.

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Armstrong County Museum	Claude	Armstrong	Art, local history and culture, includes the museum, art gallery, the historic Gem Theatre, Hall of Honor, a one-room school house	^[2]
Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight Ranch State Historic Site	Goodnight	Armstrong	Operated by the Armstrong County Museum, late 19th-century pioneer home of rancher Charles Goodnight, visitor center exhibits about the Goodnights, bison, and transportation and settlement of the area National Register of Historic Places listings in Armstrong County, Texas	^[3]
Old Jail Museum	Silverton	Briscoe	Prison	^[4]
Carson County Square House Museum	Panhandle	Carson	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places	^[5]
Castro County Museum	Dimmitt	Castro		^[6]
Childress County Heritage Museum	Childress	Childress	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[7]
Collingsworth County Museum	Wellington	Collingsworth	Art, local history and period artifacts	^[8]
XIT Museum	Dalhart	Dallam	Artifacts from the old XIT Ranch era	^[9]
Deaf Smith County Historical Museum	Hereford	Deaf Smith	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[10]
Saints' Roost Museum	Clarendon	Donley	Clarendon was nicknamed "Saints' Roost" in the 19th century, for its proliferation of local churches and absence of saloons	^[11]

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum	McLean	Gray	History of barbed wire in Texas	^[12]
Freedom Museum	Pampa	Gray	Military equipment and memorabilia, housed in a building erected in 1939 by the WPA	^[13]
McLean-Alanreed Area Museum	McLean	Gray	Ranching heritage, Titanic Shipwreck connection, Mclean WWII POW encampment	^[14]
White Deer Land Museum	Pampa	Gray	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places	^[15]
Woody Guthrie Folk Music Center	Pampa	Gray	Guthrie lived in Pampa 1928–1937, and attended Pampa High School	^[16]

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Bob Wills Museum	Turkey	Hall	Life of musician Bob Wills, who spent much of his boyhood in Hall County	^[17]
Hall County Heritage Hall Museum	Memphis	Hall	Local history	^[18]
Turkey Roost Museum	Turkey	Hall	Local history	^[19]
Stationmaster's House Museum	Spearman	Hansford	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[20]
XIT Museum	Dalhart	Hartley County	Collection of artifacts from the XIT Ranch (1885 - 1912)	^[21]
Citadelle Art Foundation Museum	Canadian	Hemphill	Originally housed the First Baptist Church, later serving as a residential home for the Abraham family who conveyed the property and its grounds to the city.	^[22]
River Valley Pioneer Museum	Canadian	Hemphill	Historic interpretation of the settlement period in the eastern Texas Panhandle	^[23]
Hutchinson County Historical Museum	Borger	Hutchinson	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[24]
Isaac McCormick Pioneer Cottage	Stinnett	Hutchinson	Constructed in 1899, McCormick was the area's first settler	^[25]

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Wolf Creek Heritage Museum	Lipscomb	Lipscomb	Local culture, history and art	^[26]
Window on the Plains Museum and Art Center	Dumas	Moore	Formerly the Moore County Historical Museum, features period home, farming and business displays	^[27]
Museum of the Plains	Perryton	Ochiltree	History, artifacts and period pieces	^[28]
Adrian Lion's Club Farm and Ranch Museum	Adrian	Oldham	Antique farm equipment	^[29]
Dot's Mini Museum	Vega	Oldham	Only available to be viewed from the outside	^[30]
Julians Bivins Museum	Boys Ranch	Oldham	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[31]
Milburn-Price Culture Museum	Vega	Oldham	Non-profit, local history	^[32]
Oldham County Heritage Farm & Ranch Museum	Vega	Oldham	Antique farm and ranch equipment	^[33]

Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Parmer County Pioneer Heritage Museum	Friona	Parmer	Local history	^[34]
Amarillo College Natural History Museum	Amarillo	Potter	Mammals, birds, fish, insects and	^[35]
Amarillo Historical Museum	Amarillo	Potter	Local history	^[36]
Amarillo Museum of Art	Amarillo	Potter	Varied collection	^[37]
Amarillo Railroad Museum	Amarillo	Potter	Model railway layouts	^[38]
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum	Amarillo	Potter	History and heritage of the American Quarter Horse	^[39]
Cadillac Ranch	Amarillo	Potter and Randall	Located along the old U.S. Route 66 Created by businessman Stanley Marsh III	^[40]
Don Harrington Discovery Center	Amarillo	Potter	Hands-on exhibits on natural history and core sciences	^[41]
Harrington House	Amarillo	Potter	20th-century house with French and English antiques and fine decorative items<	^[42]
Jack Sisemore Traveland RV Museum	Amarillo	Potter	Collection of vintage RV	^[43]
Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian	Amarillo	Potter	Art and culture of Pueblo and Plains people	^[44]
Texas Air & Space Museum	Amarillo	Potter	Aviation	^[45]
Texas Pharmacy Museum	Amarillo	Potter	Part of Texas Tech University in the Health Sciences Center	^[46]

List of museums in the Texas Panhandle

Texas Panhandle

Museums in the Texas Panhandle, listed by county

Armstrong - Donley

Gray

Hall - Hutchinson

Lipscomb - Oldham

Parmer - Potter

Randall - Wheeler

Defunct museums

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Museum name	City	County	Notes	Refs
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum	Canyon	Randall	Campus of West Texas A&M University	^[47]
Memory Lane Car Museum	Pecos	Reeves		^[48]
Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame	Pecos	Reeves	American West	^[49]
West of The Pecos Museum	Pecos	Reeves	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[50]
Roberts County Museum	Miami	Roberts	Local history	^[51]
Sherman County Depot Museum	Stratford	Sherman	Located in the Santa Fe Depot building	^[52]
Swisher County Museum	Tulia	Swisher	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[53]
Old Mobeetie Jail Museum	Mobeetie	Wheeler	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	^[54]
Pioneer West Museum	Shamrock	Wheeler	25-room museum located in the 1928 Reynolds hotel	^[55]
Tower Station and U-Drop Inn	Shamrock	Wheeler	Restored 1936 Art Deco gas station/inn/restaurant on Route 66, now houses a museum, visitors’ center, gift shop and the city's Chamber of Commerce	^[56]