List of museums in South Texas

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

South Texas

South Texas is a region of the US state of Texas that lies roughly south of and including San Antonio. The southern and western boundary is the Rio Grande, and to the east it is the Gulf of Mexico.

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Counties included are Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, DeWitt, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Frio, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Jackson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Lavaca, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Real, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, Zavala County, Texas.

Museums

Aransas - Brooks

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List of museums in the Aransas - Brooks counties
Museum name Image City County Notes Refs
Bay Education Center Rockport Aransas Ecology of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve [1]
Fulton Mansion State Historic Site Rockport Aransas Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Place [2]
History Center for Aransas County Rockport Aransas [3]
Rockport Center for the Arts Rockport Aransas All varieties of the arts [4]
Texas Maritime Museum Rockport Aransas [5]
Longhorn Museum Pleasanton Atascosa [6]
Beeville Art Museum Beeville Bee [7]
McClanahan House Beeville Bee Oldest business structure in Beeville [8]
Skidmore Historical Society Museum Skidmore Historical Society Museum Skidmore Bee [9]
The Heritage Museum at Falfurias Falfurrias Brooks County [10]
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Calhoun - Cameron

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List of museums in the Calhoun - Cameron counties
Museum name Image City County Notes Refs
Calhoun County Museum Port Lavaca Calhoun [11]
Brownsville Heritage Museum/Stillman House Museum Brownsville Cameron Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places [12]
Children's Museum of Brownsville Brownsville Cameron [13]
Commemorative Air Force Rio Grande Valley Wing Museum Brownsville Cameron World War II history, vehicles and aircraft, branch of the Commemorative Air Force [14]
Costumes of America Brownsville Cameron [15]
Freddy Fender Museum San Benito Cameron [16]
The Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum Harlingen Cameron [17]
Historic Brownsville Museum Brownsville Cameron Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places [18]
Iwo Jima Museum Harlingen Cameron [19]
Market Square Research Center Brownsville Cameron [20]
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Brownsville Cameron [21]
Port Isabel Lighthouse [Port Isabel Lighthouse Port Isabel, Texas Cameron National Register of Historic Places [22]
Port Isabel Historical Museum Port Isabel Cameron [23]
San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum San Benito Cameron [24]
San Benito History Museum San Benito Cameron [25]
Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame and Museum San Benito Cameron [26]
Treasures of the Gulf Museum Port Isabel Cameron Children's Discovery Lab [27]
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DeWitt - Frio

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List of museums in the DeWitt - Frio counties
Museum name Image City County Notes Refs
Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum Cuero DeWitt Recorded Texas Historic Landmark [28]
Cuero Heritage Museum Cuero DeWitt National Register of Historic Places [29]
DeWitt County Historical Museum Cuero DeWitt Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places [30]
Pharmacy and Medical Museum of Texas Cuero DeWitt Established by Joseph Reuss in 1845 [31]
Yoakum Heritage Museum Yoakum DeWitt [32]
Dimmit County Visitor Center and Jailhouse Museum Carrizo Springs Dimmit [33]
Wade House Memorial Museum Carrizo Springs Dimmit [34]
Duval County Historical Museum San Diego Duval Local history [35]
Frio Pioneer Jail Museum Pearsal Frio County Built in 1884 [36]
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Goliad - Guadalupe

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List of museums in the Goliad - Guadalupe counties
Museum name Image City County Notes Refs
Berclair Mansion Berclair Goliad Operated by the Beeville Art Association, 1930s mansion with art and antiques from around the world [37]
Fannin Battleground State Historic Site Fannin Goliad Recorded Texas Historic Landmark [38]
Goliad State Park and Historic Site Former custodian's house for Goliad State Park Goliad Goliad Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places [39]
J. A. White Family Goliad Center for Texas History Goliad Goliad [40]
Market House Museum Goliad Goliad Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places [41]
Presidio La Bahía Presidio La Bahía Goliad Goliad National Register of Historic Places [42]
Zaragoza Birthplace State Historic Site Zaragoza Birthplace State Historic Site Goliad Goliad State Antiquities Landmark [43]
Eggleston House Gonzales Gonzales 1840s period dog-run style cabin [44]
Gonzales County Jail Museum Gonzales Gonzales Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places [45]
Gonzales Memorial Museum Gonzales Gonzales [46]
Gonzales Pioneer Village Living History Center Gonzales Gonzales 10 historic structures [47]
J.B. Wells House Museum Gonzales Gonzales [48]
Pioneer Flight Museum Kingsbury Guadalupe [49]
Los Nogales Los Nogales Seguin Guadalupe 1849 adobe house, National Register Listing [50]
Pape's Nutcracker Museum Seguin Guadalupe Nutcrackers, bowls, and other items [51]
Sebastopol House Historic Site Seguin Guadalupe National Register Listing, [52]
Seguin Guadalupe County Heritage Museum Seguin Guadalupe [53]
Texas Agricultural Education and Heritage Center Seguin Guadalupe blacksmith shop, smoke house, one-room schoolhouse and general store [54]
Wilson Pottery Museum Seguin Guadalupe Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places. Museum is inside Sebastopol House Historic Site. [55]
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Hidalgo

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List of museums in the Hidalgo County
Museum name Image City County Notes Refs
City of Alamo Museum Alamo Hidalgo [56]
Donna Hooks Fletcher Historical Museum Donna Hidalgo [57]
Gelman Stained Glass Museum San Juan Hidalgo [58]
International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS)
McAllen Hidalgo Art & science museum [59]
McAllen Heritage Center McAllen Hidalgo [60]
Mission Historical Museum Mission Hidalgo [61]
Museum of South Texas History Edinburg Hidalgo Recorded Texas Historic Landmark [62]
Old Hidalgo Pumphouse Museum and World Birding Center Hidalgo Hidalgo One of the World Birding Center sites [63]
Smitty's Juke Box Museum Pharr Hidalgo From the collection of Leo “Smitty” Schmitt and family [64]
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot Edinburg Hidalgo [65]
Weslaco Museum Weslaco Hidalgo Area history from 18th-century Spanish colonial ranching to present da [66]
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Jackson - Kleberg

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Texana Museum Edna Jackson Local history [67]
Franciscan Museum of Hebbronville Hebbronville Jim Hogg Located in the old Jim Hogg County Jail [68]
Museum Foundation of Hebbronville Hebbronville Jim Hogg [69]
Orange Grove Area Museum Orange Grove Jim Wells Non-profit teaching museum [70]
South Texas Museum Alice Jim Wells Recorded Texas Historic Landmark [71]
Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame Alice Jim Wells Tejano music [72]
Third Coast Squadron Commemorative Air Force Museum Alice Jim Wells History of the 3rd Coast Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force [73]
Karnes County Museum Helena Karnes Ghost town operated by the Karnes County Historical Society [74]
Polish Heritage Center at Panna Maria Panna Maria Karnes Promotes the history, culture, and traditions of the first permanent Polish settlement in the United States [75]
St. Joseph School Museum Panna Maria Karnes Late 19th-century private Polish school, exhibits of early Polish settlers, artifacts used in the church, family photos [76]
Kenedy Ranch Museum of South Texas Sarita Kenedy History of Mifflin Kenedy and the Kenedy family and the economic development of South Texas in ranching, railroads, land development and oil [77]
Old Fort Clark Guardhouse Museum Brackettville Kinney Fort history, local and pioneer history exhibits, displays from several African American military units, including the Black Seminole Scouts and the Buffalo Soldiers of the 24th and 25th U.S. Infantry [78]
Kinney County Heritage Museum Brackettville Kinney Operated by the Kinney County Historical Commission [79]
1904 Train Depot Museum Kingsville Kleberg Recorded Texas Historic Landmark [80]
John E. Conner Museum Kingsville Kleberg Part of Texas A&M University–Kingsville, natural and cultural history of South [81]
King Ranch Museum Kingsville Kleberg History of the King Ranch [82]
South Texas Archives Kingsville Kleberg Affiliated with the James C. Jernigan Library of Texas A&M University-Kingsville [83]
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La Salle - Medina

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List of museums in the La Salle - Medina counties
Museum name Image City County Notes Refs
Brush Country Museum Cotulla La Salle Operated by the La Salle County Historical Commission [84]
City of Shiner Edwin Wolters Memorial Museum Shiner Lavaca Recorded Texas Historic Landmark [85]
Lavaca Historical Museum Hallettsville Lavaca [86]
Grace Armantrout Museum George West Live Oak Local historical interest [87]
Fort Duncan Museum Eagle Pass Maverick National Register of Historic Places Listing [88]
McMullen County Historical Museum Tilden McMullen Everything is archived but available by appointment [89]
Landmark Inn State Historic Site Landmark Inn State Historic Site Castroville Medina State Antiquities Landmark, National Register of Historic Places Listing [90]
Medina County Museum Hondo Medina [91]
Shooting Star Museum Devine Medina Vintage aircraft, historical aviation items, antique automobiles and early 20th century farming equipment and gasoline engines [92]
Steinbach Haus Visitor Center Castroville Medina A 1998 gift to Castroville from Alsace, France, Das Haus Aus Elsass (the House from Alsace), was built in France in the 1600s. [93]
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Nueces - Starr

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Museum name Image City County Notes Refs
Art Center of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Nueces Community art center with exhibit galleries [94]
Art Museum of South Texas Art Museum of South Texas Corpus Christi Nueces Variety of American styles [95]
Britton-Evans Centennial House Corpus Christi Nueces Built in 1849 by shipping magnate Forbes Britton, who served in the Texas State Legislature 1857-1861 [96]
Corpus Christi Museum of Science & History Corpus Christi Nueces 40,000 square feet of exhibits [97]
Heritage Park Corpus Christi Nueces Historic Corpus Christi homes [98]
K Space Contemporary Corpus Christi Nueces Rotating art exhibitions [99]
Selena Museum Corpus Christi Nueces Music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez [100]
Port Aransas Museum Port Aransas Nueces Memorabilia and artifacts [101]
Tejano Civil Rights Museum Corpus Christi Nueces [102]
Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures and Education Center Corpus Christi Nueces [103]
Texas Surf Museum and South Texas Music Walk of Fame Corpus Christi Nueces [104]
USS Lexington Corpus Christi Nueces "The Blue Ghost", an Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy [105]
Real County Historical Museum Leakey Real Log cabin, horse-drawn hearse, nearby blacksmith shop [106]
Refugio County Museum Refugio Refugio Local history [107]
Blackland Museum Taft San Patricio Local history [108]
Sinton Texas Historical Museum Sinton San Patricio Historical artifacts [109]
Kelsey Bass Museum Rio Grande City Starr [110]
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Uvalde - Victoria

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Museum name Image City County Notes Refs
Aviation Museum at Garner Field Uvalde Uvalde Military and civilian aircraft [111]
Briscoe Art and Antique Collection Uvalde Uvalde Collection of Governor and Mrs. Dolph Briscoe [112]
Briscoe-Garner Museum Uvalde Uvalde Located in the John Nance Garner House. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places [113]
El Progreso Memorial Library and Weisman Museum of Southwest Texas Uvalde Uvalde [114]
Laughlin Heritage Foundation Museum Del Rio Val Verde History of Laughlin Air Force Base [115]
Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site Comstock Val Verde National Register of Historic Places. Interpretive center about the park's Native American pictographs, cave dwellings and history [116]
Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center Langtry Val Verde Recorded Texas Historic Landmark [117]
Whitehead Memorial Museum Settlers cabin Del Rio Val Verde Recorded Texas Historic Landmark [118]
Children's Discovery Museum of the Golden Crescent Victoria Victoria Children [119]
Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art Victoria Victoria Contemporary Art [120]
Museum of the Coastal Bend Victoria Victoria Heritage of Texas' mid-coastal region [121]
Nave Museum Royston Nave Memorial Victoria Victoria Works by architect Atlee Ayers, as well as other exhibits [122]
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Webb - Zapata

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List of museums in the Webb - Zapata counties
Museum name Image City County Notes Refs
Casa Ortiz Laredo Webb Recorded Texas Historic Landmark [123]
Imaginarium of South Texas Laredo Webb Children's museum [124]
Laredo Center for the Arts Laredo Webb Located in Market Square [125]
Rio Grande Republic Capitol Building Rio Grande Republic Capitol Building Laredo Webb Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places [126]
Texas A&M International University Art Gallery Laredo Webb [127]
Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum Laredo Webb Part of the San Agustín Historic District [128]
Washington's Birthday Celebration Museum Laredo Webb For two weeks every February. Celebrates the birthday of America's first president with parades, fiewoorks and festivities [129]
Willacy County Historical Museum Raymondville Willacy Located in the old Raymondville High School [130]
Mertens Frontier Ranch Store and Museum Zapata Zapata Eclectic collection on the road to the Falcones Reservoir [131]
Zapata County Museum of History Zapata Zapata Local history and artifacts [132]
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Defunct museums

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