List of museums in North Texas

The list of museums in North 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.

Old Red Museum, Dallas

North Texas

North Texas (also commonly called North Central Texas, Northeastern Texas and Nortex) is a distinct cultural and geographic area forming the central-northeastern section of the U.S. state of Texas. North Texas is generally considered to include the area south of Oklahoma, east of Abilene, and north of Waco. North Texas by this definition is more precisely the northern part of the eastern portion of Texas.

The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Cottle, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Foard, Grayson, Hardeman, Hood, Hunt, Jack, Johnson, Kaufman, Montague, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, and Young County, Texas.

Museums

Museum name	City	County	Type	Summary/Refs
African American Museum of Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Art	Includes African American folk art, African masks, sculptures, gold weights, and textiles, art reflecting African American culture and history[1]
Allen Heritage Center	Allen	Collin	Local history	Photos, clothing, located in a replica depot[2]
American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Aviation	History of American Airlines and the air transportation industry
Amon Carter Museum of American Art	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Art	American art, includes paintings, sculptures and photography[3]
Archer County Historical Museum	Archer City	Archer	Local history	Located in the former county jail[4][5]
Arlington Museum of Art	Arlington	Tarrant	Art	Focus is contemporary Texas art exhibitions[6][7]
ArtCentre of Plano	Plano	Collin	Art	[8]
Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum	Greenville	Hunt	Local history	Historical information about the cotton industry, and Medal of Honor recipient Audie Murphy, Hunt County War Memorial on the grounds
Bain-Honaker House	Farmersville	Collin	Historic house	Operated by the Farmersville Historical Society[9]
Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Historic house
The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum	Dallas	Dallas	Art	Samurai armor collection
Barnard's Mill Art Museum	Glen Rose	Somervell	Art	Historic mill and art museum, operated by the Somervell History Foundation[10][11]
Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum	The Colony	Denton	Collection of toilet seats.	Formerly located in Alamo Heights in Bexar County.[12][13][14]
Bath House Cultural Center	Dallas	Dallas	Multiple	Includes a fine arts gallery and the White Rock Lake Museum with exhibits of natural history
Bayless-Selby House Museum	Denton	Denton	Historic house	Victorian period home in Denton Historical Park[15]
Baylor County Museum	Seymour	Baylor	Local history	[16][17]
Ben Hogan Museum	Dublin	Erath	Sports	Life of golfer Ben Hogan[18]
Big Bear Native American Museum	Cleburne	Johnson	Native American	[19]
Bridgeport Heritage Museum	Bridgeport	Wise	Local history	Includes coal mining, railroads, natural gas, housed in the lower floor of the Bridgeport Visitors Center[20]
Bull Riding Hall of Fame	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Hall of fame	To recognize bull riders, bullfighters, bulls, stock contractors, and other notables.[21]
Burleson Heritage Museum	Burleson	Johnson	Local history	The original 1912 Interurban electric trolley station (and drug store), with restored rail car 330 and parlor car 411 outside for touring, and items and information of local historical significance.[22][23]
Capehart Communications Collection	Corsicana	Navarro	Technology	Open by appointment, private collection of communications equipment including telephones, magazines, posters, records, and related communications equipment[24]
Cattle Raisers Museum	Fort Worth	Tarrant	History	History of the cattle and ranching industry in Texas, located inside the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History[25]
Cavanaugh Flight Museum	Addison	Dallas	Aviation	Vintage aircraft, aviation heritage
Cedar Hill Museum of History	Cedar Hill	Dallas	Local history	[26]
Chestnut Square Historic Village	McKinney	Collin	Open air	Includes six historic homes, a one-room school house, chapel and store, blacksmith shop, smoke house, and chapel[27]
Chisholm Trail Museum	Cleburne	Johnson	Local history	Outdoor displays of tipis and life size cattle drive silhouettes, history of the Chisholm Trail in the area[19]
Christian Arts Museum	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Art	Spiritually inspired (Christian only) works of art[28]
City-County Heritage Museum	Paducah	Cottle	Local history	Exhibits include antiques, farming, ranching and retail businesses[29]
Clara Foster Slough Museum	Enloe	Delta	Local History	Home to many Enloe, Delta County and Sulphur River artifacts, as well as a genealogy center and library; also known as the Enloe Museum[30]
Clay County 1890 Jail Museum	Henrietta	Clay	Prison	Historic jail and keeper's residence, exhibits of local history[31]
Collin County History Museum	McKinney	Collin	Local history	Includes Civil War, pioneer life and farming exhibits, operated by the Collin County Historical Society[32]
Commemorative Air Force Wing	Lancaster	Dallas	Aviation	Located at Lancaster Airport[33][34][35]
Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum	Denton	Denton	Local history	History and culture of Denton County[15]
Creative Arts Center	Bonham	Fannin	Art	Community arts center with exhibits[36]
Creation Evidence Museum	Glen Rose	Somervell	Creationist
Crow Collection of Asian Art	Dallas	Dallas	Art	Arts and cultures of China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia
Cumbie Aviation Museum	Corsicana	Navarro	Aviation	Officially the Glenn Cumbie Museum of Aviation and Military History, located at Corsicana Municipal Airport, military and aviation artifacts[37]
Dallas Contemporary	Dallas	Dallas	Art	Contemporary art gallery exhibitions
Dallas Firefighters Museum	Dallas	Dallas	Firefighting	Located in the former fire station opposite Fair Park[38]
Dallas Heritage Village	Dallas	Dallas	Living	Portrays life in North Texas from 1840 to 1910, located in the Cedars district[39]
Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education & Tolerance	Dallas	Dallas	History	History of the Holocaust and the moral and ethical response to prejudice, hatred and indifference for the benefit of all humanity
Dallas Museum of Art	Dallas	Dallas	Art
Denton County African American Museum	Denton	Denton	African American	African American history in Denton County, features early 20th century medical office collection[15]
Denton Firefighters' Museum	Denton	Denton	Firefighting	[40]
Dinosaur Valley State Park	Glen Rose	Somervell	Natural history	Visitor center with dinosaur exhibits, park features dinosaur tracks
Doss Heritage and Culture Center	Weatherford	Parker	Local history	Exhibits include Mary Martin, Larry Hagman, Native Americans, early settlement, cattle drivers[41]
Dublin Bottling Works	Dublin	Erath	Industry	Historic working bottling works with W.P. Kloster Museum of Dr. Pepper memorabilia[42][43]
Dublin Historical Museum	Dublin	Erath	Local history	Operated by the Dublin Historical Society, exhibits include Ben Hogan, collection Big Little Books, military artifacts[44]
Dublin Rodeo Heritage Museum	Dublin	Erath	American West	Rodeo photos, saddles, media related to when Dublin, Texas hosted one of the biggest rodeo companies in world during the late 1930s, 1940s and 1950s[45]
Eastland County Law Enforcement Museum	Eastland	Eastland	Law enforcement	located in the 1897 Eastland County Jail, once housing a Santa Claus Bank Robbery suspect.[46]
Eastland County Museum	Eastland	Eastland	Local history	located in the old Eastland National Bank Building.[46][47]
Eastland Outdoor Art Museum	Eastland	Eastland	Art	includes over 40 copies of famous artworks placed around town[46]
Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site	Denison	Grayson	Historic house	Restored 1890s birthplace of President Dwight Eisenhower[48]
Ellis County Museum	Waxahachie	Ellis	Local history	[49]
Emory Heritage Park	Emory	Rains	Open air	Early 20th-century buildings open by appointment, operated by the Rains County Historical Society, includes a 1920s period house, church, service station, cotton gin scales building and jail[50]
Ennis Railroad and Cultural Heritage Museum	Ennis	Ellis	Multiple	Local history, railroad memorabilia, dioramas, depot replicas, Czech dolls from the old country[51]
Euless Heritage Museum	Euless	Tarrant	Local history	Includes a military room, a 1930s kitchen, and a 1940s school room[52]
Fannin County Museum of History	Bonham	Fannin	Local history	[53]
Farmers Branch Historical Park	Farmers Branch	Dallas	Open air	27 acres, includes 1856 Gilbert House, a train depot, school, 1930s Dodson House, 1885 Victorian cottage, 1890s church[54]
Fielder House	Arlington	Tarrant	Local history	Operated by the Arlington Historical Society[55]
Fire Hall Museum	Crowell	Foard	Local history	[56]
Florence Ranch Homestead	Mesquite	Dallas	Historic house	Late 19th-century settler's homestead[57]
Fort Inglish	Bonham	Fannin	History	Replica mid 19th-century fort, includes a frontier cabin, a trading post, and blacksmith shop, open seasonally[58]
Fort Richardson State Park	Jacksboro	Jack	Military	Restored post-Civil War fort buildings[59]
Fort Worth Aviation Museum	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Aviation	History of North Texas aviation from the first flight to modern stealth aircraft. 25 aircraft and special exhibits on forward air control, World War I, military aviation, barnstormers, airlines, airports, World War II, Consolidated B-36 and other locally made aircraft.
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Multiple	Science, local history
Frisco Heritage Center	Frisco	Collin	Local history	Local history exhibits, period room and industry displays, Heritage Center village of historic homes, a log cabin, one room school house and church[60]
Frontiers of Flight Museum	Dallas	Dallas	Aviation	History behind the earliest aviators to modern astronauts, balloons and Zeppelins, the Wright brothers, World War I & II commercial and general flight and the ongoing space program
Fuller House	Euless	Tarrant	Historic house	Restored Depression era house[52]
Gallery at UTA	Arlington	Tarrant	Art	Part of the Fine Arts building of the University of Texas at Arlington[61]
W. K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas	Thurber	Erath	Industry	Operated by Tarleton State University, development of the coal, brick, and petroleum industries in the Thurber area[62]
Gordon Community Library & Museum	Gordon	Palo Pinto	Local history	[63]
Grapevine Historical Museum	Grapevine	Tarrant	Local history	Operated by the Grapevine Historical Society in a former ice house[64]
Grapevine Museum Galleries	Grapevine	Tarrant	Art	Art galleries, located in the visitor's information center depot that also includes the Grapevine Vintage Railroad operations, a blacksmith shop, the station house[65]
Grayson County Frontier Village	Denison	Grayson	Open air	Recreated frontier village with many historic houses[66]
Hall of State	Dallas	Dallas	Local history	Exhibits of city history and culture, operated by the Dallas Historical Society
Harber Wildlife Museum	Sherman	Grayson	Natural history	Collection of big game animals in dioramas and African artifacts[67]
Hardeman County Historical Jail Museum	Quanah	Hardeman	Prison	Historic jail and keeper's residence[68]
Heard-Craig Center for the Arts	McKinney	Collin	Historic house	1900 Heard-Craig House with family's heirlooms, paintings, art objects, personal memorabilia and furniture[69]
Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary	McKinney	Collin	Natural history	Includes Texas' venomous snakes, rocks, minerals and fossils, seashells and marine life, North Texas ecosystems, 289-acre wildlife sanctuary[70]
Heritage Farmstead Museum	Plano	Collin	Living	Blackland Prairie farm culture and history from about 1890 to 1920
Heritage House	Irving	Dallas	Historic house	Early 20th-century period house, operated by the Irving Heritage Society[71][72]
Hill County Cell Block Museum	Hillsboro	Hill	Local history	exhibits include Hill County native Willie Nelson, Native American artifacts, vintage clothing, and an actual cell block that was used until the 80s[73]
Conrad Hilton Museum	Cisco	Eastland	Local history	Building that housed the first Hilton Hotel, the Mobley Hotel; part of the building houses the Mobley Museum about Conrad Hilton and the Mobley Hotel[74][75]
Himes Log Cabin	Euless	Tarrant	Historic house	restored 1850s log cabin[52]
Hood County Jail and Museum	Granbury	Hood	Prison	Old Western jail with local history exhibits[76]
Horton Classic Car Museum	Nocona	Montague	Automotive	Focus on American vintage, classic and muscle cars[77]
ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History	Dallas	Dallas	Creationist	Owned by the Institute for Creation Research
Interurban Railway Museum	Plano	Collin	Transportation
International Bowling Museum	Arlington	Tarrant	Sports	Bowling history
International Ordnance Museum	Saint Jo	Montague	Military
International Museum of Cultures	Duncanville	Dallas	Anthropology	Contemporary indigenous world cultures[78]
Irving Arts Center	Irving	Dallas	Art	Includes four galleries and a sculpture garden
Jack County Museum	Jacksboro	Jack	Local history	[79]
Jesuit Dallas Museum	Dallas	Dallas	Art	Part of the Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, art from 5 continents and 25 countries, spanning 2000 years[80]
Johnson County Museum	Cleburne	Johnson	Local history	Operated by the Johnson County Historic Commission, located on the north wing of the first floor in the restored Johnson County Court House[81]
Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House	Dallas	Dallas	Biographical	Home of Juanita Craft, area civil rights pioneer[82][83]
Kell House Museum	Wichita Falls	Wichita	Historic house	Operated by the Wichita County Heritage Society, early 20th-century period house[84][85]
Kemp Center for the Arts	Wichita Falls	Wichita	Art	Arts center with exhibit galleries, performing arts, operated by the Arts Council of Wichita Falls Area[86]
Kimbell Art Museum	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Art	Collections include European, Asian and Pre-Columbian art[87]
Knapp Heritage Park	Arlington	Tarrant	Open air	Operated by the Arlington Historical Society, includes a one-room schoolhouse, two cabins, and a blacksmith barn[55]
Latino Cultural Center	Dallas	Dallas	Art	Latino art and culture with an art gallery
Layland Museum	Cleburne	Johnson	Local history	Exhibits include regional home and family life, Native Americans, clothing, art and craft, frontier and town life[88]
Lefty Frizzell Museum	Corsicana	Navarro	Music	Exhibits of Texas country western stars, furniture and memorabilia of Lefty Frizzell, part of the Pioneer Village[89][90]
Lela Llatch Lloyd Memorial Museum	Cisco	Eastland	Local history	[91]
Lenora Rolla Heritage Center Museum	Fort Worth	Tarrant	African-American	Open by appointment
Leonard Historic Museum	Leonard	Fannin	Local history	Photos, antique Native American pottery[92]
Log Cabin Village	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Living	19th-century period pioneer village[93]
Lone Star Hi-Railers Model Train Exhibit	Grapevine	Tarrant	Railroad	Located in a restored depot, model train layout, No. 771 Baldwin Mikado 2-8-2 steam engine and baggage car outside[94]
The MAC	Dallas	Dallas	Art	Contemporary art in all disciplines[95]
Mama Muriel's Doll Museum	Leonard	Fannin	Dolls	Thousands of dolls dating back to the mid-1800s, includes Barbie dolls, antique German and French dolls, dolls from Madame Alexander, Effanbee and American Girl[96]
Mansfield Historical Museum	Mansfield	Tarrant	Local history	Operated by the Mansfield Historical Society[97][98]
Mary Kay Museum	Addison	Dallas	Biographical	Located at the headquarters of Mary Kay, history and accomplishments of Mary Kay Ash[99]
Meadows Museum	Dallas	Dallas	Art	Features Spanish art, part of Southern Methodist University
Medicine Mound Museum	Medicine Mound	Hardeman	Local history	Open Saturdays and by appointment[100][101]
Mesquite Arts Center	Mesquite	Dallas	Art	Performing and cultural art center with gallery[102]
Military Museum of Fort Worth	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Military	Artifacts and history of veterans and combat units connected to Texas from the 20th century through today, including World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf Wars. Featured is a gallery of "Hometown Heros" that tells the story of notable Fort Worth natives including Amon G. Carter Jr., Clarence Brewster, Howard Scott and more.[103]
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Modern art[87]
Morton Museum	Gainesville	Cooke	Local history	History of Cooke County, operated by the Cooke County Heritage Society[104]
Museum of Biblical Art	Dallas	Dallas	Art	Features art with a Biblical theme, includes the National Center for Jewish Art
Museum of Earth History	Dallas	Dallas	Religious	Young Earth creationist museum based on fundamentalist Christian theology
Museum of Geometric and MADI Art	Dallas	Dallas	Art	Madí and geometric abstract art[105]
Museum of North Texas History	Wichita Falls	Wichita	Local history	Includes Native American artifacts, cowboy hat collection, oil industry memorabilia, wedding gowns, ship models, period displays, model trains,[106] also operates the Call Aviation Field Memorial Exhibit at Wichita Falls Regional Airport,[107] history of Call Field in World War I, historic aircraft, Sheppard Air Force Base
Museum of the American Railroad	Frisco	Collin	Railroad	Steam, diesel and passenger railroad equipment[108]
Museum of the Americas (Texas)	Weatherford	Parker	Anthropology	Crafts, folk art, culture and artifacts including Mexico, Northwest Coast Indians, Plains Indians, Seminole Indians of Florida, Kuna Indians of Panama[109]
Mustangs of Las Colinas	Irving	Dallas	Art	One of the largest equestrian sculptures in the world, adjacent museum about the work's creation[110]
Nash Farm	Grapevine	Tarrant	Farm	Mid 19th-century working farm[111]
Nasher Sculpture Center	Dallas	Dallas	Art	Modern and contemporary sculpture museum and garden
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame	Fort Worth	Tarrant	American West	Famous cowgirls, memorabilia
National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum	Fort Worth	Tarrant	American West	Cowboy contributions of Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, European Americans, and African Americans
National Scouting Museum	Irving	Dallas	Scouting	Official museum of the Boy Scouts of America
National Vietnam War Museum	Weatherford	Parker	Military	Proposed museum, will include Vietnam era artifacts & exhibits[112]
No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum	Terrell	Kaufman	Military	History of the World War II flight training schools for British pilots, includes log books, training materials, WW II memorabilia and uniforms[113]
Nokona Ballglove Museum	Nocona	Montague	Sports	Part of the Nokona Baseball Glove Factory.
Northeast Texas Children's Museum	Commerce	Hunt	Children's	Located in the Watson Center building of Texas A&M University–Commerce[114]
Old Jail Museum	Palo Pinto	Palo Pinto	Prison	Operated by the Palo Pinto County Historical Commission, historic jail and keeper's residence, complex includes several log cabins and a carriage house[115]
Old Post Office Museum & Art Center	Graham	Young	Multiple	Local history and art[116]
Old Red Museum	Dallas	Dallas	Local history	County history and culture, located in the former Dallas County Courthouse
Outlaw Trails Museum	Sherman	Grayson	History	Located in the Touch of Class Antique Mall, eclectic collection of antiques, collectibles and memorabilia; themes include local history, commercial, railroad, outlaw, political and Native American[117][118]
Quanah Acme & Pacific Railroad Museum	Quanah	Hardeman	Local history	Located in a 1908 Spanish-style depot[68]
Patterson-Appleton Center for Visual Arts	Denton	Denton	Art	Operated by the Greater Denton Arts Council, includes the Meadows and Gough Galleries[119]
The Pearce Collections at Navarro College	Corsicana	Navarro	Multiple	Contemporary American Western art and American Civil War collections
Pelham Community History Museum	Pelham	Navarro	African American	African American community heritage[120]
Penn Farm Agricultural History Center	Cedar Hill	Dallas	Agriculture	Located in Cedar Hill State Park, working farm with reconstructed and historic buildings from the mid-1800s through the mid-1900s
Perot Museum of Nature and Science	Dallas	Dallas	Multiple	Natural history, science, children's exhibits; formerly Dallas Museum of Nature & science
Perrin Air Force Base Historical Museum	Denison	Grayson	Military	History of the Perrin Air Force Base, located at North Texas Regional Airport[121]
A.W. Perry Homestead Museum	Carrollton	Dallas	Historic house	Early 20th-century pioneer homestead[122]
Pioneer Village	Corsicana	Navarro	Open air	Historic pioneer village with log houses, general store, trading post and other buildings, exhibits about Navarro County, includes the Lefty Frizzell Museum, Sam Roberts Museum, Peace Officers Museum, operated by the Navarro County Historical Society[123]
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum	Wichita Falls	Wichita	Professional wrestling	History of professional wrestling
Red River Railroad Museum	Denison	Grayson	Railroad	Railroad artifacts, equipment, memorabilia, photos, caboose and railroad cars[124]
Red River Valley Museum	Vernon	Wilbarger	Local history	Includes mounted wild game displays, ranching, pioneer and period business displays, Roy Orbison and Jack Teagarden exhibits, sculptures of Electra Waggoner Biggs
Sid Richardson Museum	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Art	Works of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell and other works about the American West[125]
Ripley's Believe It or Not!	Grand Prairie	Dallas	Amusement	[126]
Roanoke Visitor Center and Museum	Roanoke	Denton	Local history	Located in a former saloon[127]
Robert E. Richeson Memorial Museum	Graham	Young	Military	World War II memorabilia including munitions, uniforms, items of everyday military life and model aircraft, open by appointment[128]
Roaring Ranger Museum	Ranger	Eastland	Local history	History of the town after the oil boom[129]
C.S. Roberts House Museum	Sherman	Grayson	Historic house	1896 Eastlake-Stick Style house, operated by the Sherman Preservation League[130]
Rooming House Museum	Dallas	Dallas	Historic house	Temporary residence of Lee Harvey Oswald at the time of the John F. Kennedy assassination
Ruth Paine House Museum	Irving	Dallas	Historic house	1963 period house where alleged JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald spent the night before the assassination
Sachse Historical Society Museum	Sachse	Dallas	Local history	[131]
Sam Rayburn Museum	Bonham	Fannin	Biographical	Life of former Texas congressman and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Sam Rayburn, operated by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Samuel T. Rayburn House	Bonham	Fannin	Biographical	20th century home of Sam Rayburn, NRHP listing in Fannin County
Santa Fe Depot & Museum	Gainesville	Cooke	Railroad	Restored depot, exhibits include area railroads, Gainesville Community Circus, Coca-Cola and Harvey House Restaurant[132][133]
Settlement to City Museums	Grapevine	Tarrant	Local history	Features three historic period buildings, the 1888 Keeling House Museum with local history displays, the 1910 Cotton Ginner's Museum about the area cotton industry, and the 1900 Donald Schoolhouse[134]
Sherman Jazz Museum	Sherman	Grayson	Music	Collection of jazz LPs, videos, music playback machines, and jazz memorabilia[135]
Sherman Museum	Sherman	Grayson	Local history	Exhibits include area fossils and sharks, period rooms, general store, courthouses of Grayson County[136]
Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza	Dallas	Dallas	History	Life, times, death and legacy of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
Somervell County Museum	Glen Rose	Somervell	Local history	[137]
Spellman Museum of Forney History	Forney	Kaufman	Local history	Operated by the Forney Historic Preservation League, exhibits include Native Americans, wildlife, early settlers, transportation, agriculture, Forney schools[138][139]
Stephenville Historical House Museum	Stephenville	Erath	Open air	Features twelve 19th-century buildings furnished with period furniture and artifacts, including log cabins, a ranch house, a rock cottage, a two-story Victorian house, a chapel, and a school house[140]
Stockyards Museum	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Industry	History of the Fort Worth Stockyards Company and the meatpacking industry[141]
Stonewall Saloon Museum	St. Jo	Montague	History	Restored late 19th-century saloon[142]
Tales 'N' Trails Museum	Nocona	Montague	Local history	Features Native American artifacts and European trade goods, Western heritage artifacts, agriculture displays, leather goods, oil and gas industry displays[143]
Tandy Leather Museum & Gallery	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Art	The Tandy Leather Museum & Gallery is a free museum in Fort Worth, TX featuring an extensive collection of historical and modern leather art[144]
Terrell Heritage Museum	Terrell	Kaufman	Local history	Located in a former Carnegie library[145]
Texas Civil War Museum	White Settlement	Tarrant	Civil War	Artifacts from Texas in the American Civil War, domestic objects, historic flags, personal items, and postwar Victorian clothing[146]
Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame	Fort Worth	Tarrant	American West	The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame was established in 1997. It moved to the Fort Worth Stockyards in 2001. What started out as a way to recognize excellent horsemen and women now honors individuals in all facets of rodeo and western lifestyle.[147][87]
Texas Fashion Collection	Dallas	Dallas	Fashion	Exhibitions at the UNT Artspace and around the area
Texas Heritage Museum	Hillsboro	Hill	Military	Part of Hill College, history of Texas and Texans in wartime[148]
Texas Musicians Museum	Irving	Dallas	Music	Includes exhibits of Texas musicians and Texas music memorabilia[149]
Texas Trail of Fame	Fort Worth	Tarrant	American West	The Texas Trail of Fame is located in the Fort Worth Stockyards. It inducts many individuals from the western way of life, not just rodeo. Markers are placed on the streets in the historic district for each inductee. Each marker has the individual's name and a star that resembles the frontier marshall's badge.[150]
Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame	Fort Worth	Tarrant	American West	The Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame was founded in 1975. It is located in the Cowtown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyards. Inductees are rodeo cowboys from all over Texas.[151]
Texas Women's Hall of Fame	Denton	Denton	Women's history	Located on the Denton campus of Texas Women's University
Texas Women's University Art Galleries	Denton	Denton	Art	East and West Galleries in the Fine Arts Building[152]
UNT ArtSpace Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Art	Part of the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design, includes the Texas Fashion Collection, located in the University Center Building[153]
UNT Galleries	Denton	Denton	Art	Part of the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design, includes the University of North Texas Art Gallery, Cora Stafford Gallery, Lightwell Gallery and North Gallery[153]
U.S. Veterans Museum of Granbury Texas	Granbury	Hood	Military	[154]
Van Alstyne Historical Museum	Van Alstyne	Grayson	Local history	Operated by the Van Alstyne Historical Society[155]
Vintage Flying Museum	Fort Worth	Tarrant	Aviation	Restored historic aircraft[156]
White Settlement Historical Museum	White Settlement	Tarrant	Local history	[157]
Whiteside Museum of Natural History	Seymour	Baylor	Natural history	Area Permian period fossils, live reptiles and amphibians[158]
Whitewright Historical Museum	Whitewright	Fannin	Local history	Open by appointment[159]
Wichita Falls Museum of Art	Wichita Falls	Wichita	Art	Part of Midwestern State University[160]
Wichita Falls Fire & Police Museum	Wichita Falls	Wichita	Railroad	Historic fire engines, equipment and police cruisers, open the 1st Saturday of the month[161]
Wichita Falls Railroad Museum	Wichita Falls	Wichita	Railroad	Includes 15 railroad rolling stock units, 8 motorcar units and railroad memorabilia
Wise County Heritage Museum	Decatur	Wise	Local history	Operated by the Wise County Historical Society[162]
Zaner Robison Historical Museum	Royse City	Rockwall	Local history	Life on the Blackland Prairie from early settlers through the boom years of the 1960s[163]

Defunct museums

• The American Museum of the Miniature Arts, Dallas[164]
• Arlington Sewing Machine Museum, Arlington
• Conspiracy Museum, Dallas, closed in 2006[165]
• Fire Station No.1, Fort Worth former satellite museum of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, closed on February 19, 2016[166]
• Hangar 10 Flying Museum, Denton
• Hayden Museum of American Art, Paris, closed in 2010[167]
• Owens Spring Creek Farm, Richardson, operated by Bob Evans Farms, Inc., closed in 2013[168]
• The Women's Museum, Dallas, closed in 2011[169]

See also

• List of museums in Texas
• List of museums in East Texas
• List of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast
• List of museums in Central Texas
• List of museums in the Texas Panhandle
• List of museums in South Texas
• List of museums in West Texas

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External links

• Texas Association of Museums
• Historic House Museums in Texas