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.
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
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Museum name | City | County | Type | Summary/Refs | |
Art Center of Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | Nueces | Art | Community art center with exhibit galleries[1] | |
Art Museum of South Texas | Corpus Christi | Nueces | Art | Affiliated with Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, focus of collection in on fine art and craft of the Americas with particular interest in Texas and surrounding states, including those in Mexico[2] | |
Aviation Museum at Garner Field | Uvalde | Uvalde | Aviation | Located at Garner Field[3][4] | |
Bay Education Center | Rockport | Aransas | Natural history | Ecology of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve[5] | |
Beeville Art Museum | Beeville | Bee | Art | Located in the Esther Barnhart House, teaching museum, exhibitions featuring works of renowned artists and collections from museums, galleries and private collections[6] | |
Ben's Western Wear Hat Museum | Cotulla | La Salle | Clothing | Collection of Western hats[7] | |
Berclair Mansion | Berclair | Goliad | Historic house | Operated by the Beeville Art Association, 1930s mansion with art and antiques from around the world | |
Blackland Museum | Taft | San Patricio | Local history | [8] | |
Border Heritage Museum | Laredo | Webb | Local history | Operated by the Webb Webb County Heritage Foundation, also known as Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum[9] | |
Briscoe Art & Antique Collection | Uvalde | Uvalde | Art | Located within First State Bank of Uvalde, collection of fine art and antiques collected by former Governor and Mrs. Dolph Briscoe[10] | |
Briscoe-Garner Museum | Uvalde | Uvalde | Biographical | Home of Vice President John Nance Garner, operated by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History[11] | |
Brownsville Heritage Museum | Brownsville | Cameron | Local history | Part of the Brownsville Heritage Complex, features large textile collection, operated by the Brownsville Historical Association[12] | |
Brownsville Museum of Fine Art | Brownsville | Cameron | Art | [13] | |
Brush Country Museum | Cotulla | La Salle | Local history | Operated by the La Salle County Historical Commission, includes local arrowheads, relics from Fort Ewell, photos, household items[14] | |
Calhoun County Museum | Port Lavaca | Calhoun | Local history | Local history, natural history and maritime history[15] | |
Casa Ortiz | Laredo | Webb | Historic house | Operated by Texas A&M International University, mid 19th-century border/Mexican great house, open for tours[16] | |
Centennial House | Corpus Christi | Nueces | Historic house | Operated by the Corpus Christi Area Heritage Society, mid 19th-century Britton-Evans House[17] | |
Children's Museum of Brownsville | Brownsville | Cameron | Children's | [18] | |
Children's Discovery Museum of the Golden Crescent | Victoria | Victoria | Children | [19] | |
Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum | Cuero | DeWitt | American West | Ranching, the great cattle drives and the American cowboy[20] | |
Commemorative Air Force Rio Grande Valley Wing Museum | Brownsville | Cameron | Military | World War II history, vehicles and aircraft, branch of the Commemorative Air Force[21] | |
Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History | Corpus Christi | Nueces | Multiple | Natural history, local history and culture | |
Costumes of the Americas Museum | Brownsville | Cameron | Textile | Textiles and garments of the native peoples of all the Americas[22] | |
Cuero Heritage Museum | Cuero | DeWitt | Local history | Includes collection of ceramic juice reamers[23] | |
DeWitt County Historical Museum | Cuero | DeWitt | Historic house | Victorian period Bates-Sheppard home, includes wildflower specimen displays, local history exhibits and a log cabin, contributing building NRHP Cuero Commercial Historic District[24][25] | |
Donna Hooks Fletcher Historical Museum | Donna | Hidalgo | Local history | Includes items of local history and an art gallery[26] | |
Duval County Historical Museum | San Diego | Duval | Local history | [27] | |
Edward Wolters Memorial Museum | Shiner | Lavaca | Local history | Exhibits include antique guns, a country store, dinosaur bones, embroidery and hand stitchery collections, dolls, musical instruments, antiques[28] | |
Eggleston House Museum | Gonzales | Gonzales | Historic house | 1840s period dog-run style cabin[29] | |
El Progreso Memorial Library | Uvalde | Uvalde | Local history | Public library, features the Weisman Museum of Southwest Texas[30] | |
Fiedler Memorial Museum at Texas Lutheran University | Seguin | Guadalupe | Natural history | Located in Langner Hall, includes rocks, minerals & fossils, New Guinea and Native American artifacts, resource center for earth science and geography, with outdoor rock garden[31] | |
Fort Duncan Museum | Eagle Pass | Maverick | Military | Exhibits of local and fort history and artifacts | |
Freddy Fender Museum | San Benito | Cameron | Music | Life of musician Freddy Fender[32] | |
Frio Pioneer Jail Museum | Pearsall | Frio | Local history | Includes local history displays, historic jail cells[33] | |
Fulton Mansion State Historic Site | Fulton | Aransas | Historic house | Restored Victorian mansion | |
Goliad Market House Museum | Goliad | Goliad | Local history | Exhibits include farming, ranching, local occupations, local life, Indian artifacts and tools, Texas Revolution, World War I and II uniforms and artifacts[34] | |
Goliad State Park and Historic Site | Goliad | Goliad | History | Restored Spanish Colonial era Mission of Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zuñiga | |
Gonzales County Jail Museum | Gonzales | Gonzales | Prison | Includes Gonzales rebuilt gallows, original cells, sheriff's and jailer's quarters, exhibits on County law enforcement[35] | |
Gonzales Memorial Museum | Gonzales | Gonzales | Local history | Erected in 1936 as part of the Texas Centennial celebration, includes Eggleston Log House[36] | |
Gonzales Pioneer Village Living History Center | Gonzales | Gonzales | Living history | Mid-19th century pioneer village,[37] includes State Association of Texas Pioneers Museum[38] | |
Grace Armantrout Museum | George West | Live Oak | Local history | [39] | |
Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum | Harlingen | Cameron | Multiple | Art and local history, formerly the Rio Grande Valley Museum, includes the museum, Lon C. Hill Home, Paso Real Stagecoach Inn, and Harlingen's first hospital[40] | |
Heritage Museum | Falfurrias | Brooks | Local history | Frontier and pioneer heritage, includes a Texas Ranger room[41] | |
Heritage Park | Corpus Christi | Nueces | Historic house | Includes 9 Victorian homes[42] | |
Hidalgo Pumphouse Museum | Hidalgo | Hidalgo | Technology | Historic pumphouse with equipment, grounds part of the World Birding Center[43] | |
Imaginarium of South Texas | Laredo | Webb | Children's | Hands-on activities and science exhibits[44] | |
International Museum of Art & Science | McAllen | Hidalgo | Multiple | Science, art, collections include North and South American art and folk art in all media, geological specimens | |
Iwo Jima Memorial Museum | Harlingen | Cameron | Military | Part of the Marine Military Academy, Battle of Iwo Jima souvenirs, photographs and memorabilia[45] | |
J.B. Wells House Museum | Gonzales | Gonzales | Historic house | Late 19th-century house[46][47] | |
John E. Conner Museum | Kingsville | Kleberg | Multiple | Part of Texas A&M University–Kingsville, natural and cultural history of South Texas[48] | |
K Space Contemporary | Corpus Christi | Nueces | Art | Art gallery[49] | |
Karnes County Museum | Helena | Karnes | Local history | Operated by the Karnes County Historical Society[50] | |
Kenedy Ranch Museum of South Texas | Sarita | Kenedy | History | History of Mifflin Kenedy and the Kenedy family and the economic development of South Texas in ranching, railroads, land development and oil[51] | |
King Ranch Museum | Kingsville | Kleberg | Agriculture | History of the King Ranch[52] | |
Kingsville Depot Museum | Kingsville | Kleberg | Railroad | Restored 1904 train depot with railroad and local history displays[53] | |
Kinney County Heritage Museum | Brackettville | Kinney | Local history | Operated by the Kinney County Historical Commission[54][55] | |
Landmark Inn State Historic Site | Castroville | Medina | Historic house | Historic mid 19th-century inn, museum and tours | |
La Paz County Historical Museum | San Ygnacio | La Paz | Local history | [56] | |
Laredo Center for the Arts | Laredo | Webb | Art | Visual and performing arts center[57] | |
Laughlin Heritage Foundation Museum | Del Rio | Val Verde | Aviation | History of Laughlin Air Force Base[58] | |
Lavaca Historical Museum | Hallettsville | Lavaca | Local history | Includes the South Central Texas Semi Pro Baseball Hall of Fame and the Texas State Championship High School Rodeo Hall of Fame[59] | |
Little Graceland Museum | Los Fresnos | Cameron | Biographical | Elvis Presley memorabilia[60][61] | |
Longhorn Museum | Pleasanton | Atascosa | Local history | Includes cowboy artifacts, longhorn and wild game mounts, general store display, and a depot, caboose and railroad artifacts[62] | |
Los Nogales | Seguin | Guadalupe | Historic house | 1849 adobe house, with several rescued historic buildings nearby | |
Market Square Research Center | Brownsville | Cameron | Art | Houses the collections and archives of the Brownsville Historical Association, features permanent exhibit of American Western artn[12] | |
McAllen Heritage Center | McAllen | Hidalgo | Local history | Located inside the historic old McAllen Post Office[63] | |
McClanahan House | Beeville | Bee | Historic house | Mid 19th-century house, open first Sunday of every month, operated by the Bee County Historical Society[64][65] | |
McMullen County Historical Museum | Tilden | McMullen | Local history | Open by appointment[66] | |
Medina County Museum | Hondo | Medina | Local history | Located in a former railroad depot[67] | |
Mission Historical Museum | Mission | Hidalgo | Local history | [68] | |
Mt. Olive Museum & Cultural Center | Waelder | Gonzales | African American | History of the Armstrong Colony, an early settlement of freed slaves near Flatonia[69] | |
Museum Foundation of Hebbronville Museum | Hebbronville | Jim Hogg | Local history | Located in a former jail[70] | |
Museums of Port Isabel | Port Isabel | Cameron | Multiple | Complex includes the Port Isabel Historic Museum with local history exhibits, the Treasures of the Gulf Museum with exhibits from 3 1554 Spanish shipwrecks, and the Point Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site[71] | |
Museum of South Texas History | Edinburg | Hidalgo | Local history | Originally the Hidalgo County Jail, history of the Rio Grande Valley, South Texas and Northern Mexico | |
Museum of the Coastal Bend | Victoria | Victoria | Local history | Heritage of Texas' mid-coastal region[72] | |
Nave Museum | Victoria | Victoria | Art | Works by Royston Nave and changing exhibits NRHP Victoria County[73] | |
Old Fort Clark Guardhouse Museum | Brackettville | Kinney | Military | 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 | |
Orange Grove Area Museum | Orange Grove | Jim Wells | Local history | [74] | |
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site | Brownsville | Cameron | Military | Visitor center features exhibits about the Battle of Palo Alto and the Mexican–American War | |
Pape's Nutcracker Museum | Seguin | Guadalupe | Commodity | Probably the world's largest collection of nutcrackers, free to visit, retail outlet for pecans, fruits, and treats[75] | |
Pioneer Flight Museum | Kingsbury | Guadalupe | Aviation | Aircraft, vehicles and artifacts from the beginning of flight to the early years of WWII[76] | |
Port Isabel Historical Museum | Port Isabel | Cameron | Local history | Features collection of Mexican artifacts from the U.S.-Mexican War[77] | |
Point Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site | Port Isabel | Cameron | Lighthouse | Mid 19th-century lighthouse open for climbing | |
Port Aransas Museum | Port Aransas | Nueces | Local history | [78] | |
Presidio La Bahía | Goliad | Goliad | Military | Restored fort, chapel and museum | |
Rancho El Colorado & Guerra Post Office Museum | Guerra | Jim Hogg | Local history | [79] | |
Refugio County Museum | Refugio | Refugio | Local history | [80] | |
Real County Historical Museum | Leakey | Real | Local history | Antique furniture, clothing, household items, farm and ranching tools and equipment[81] | |
Republic of the Rio Grande Museum | Laredo | Webb | Local history | 19th-century period rooms, history of the Republic of the Rio Grande, formerly Nuevo Santander Museum, operated by the Webb County Heritage Foundation | |
Reuss Pharmacy Museum | Cuero | DeWitt | Medical | Historic pharmacy museum display in a working drugstore,[82] contributing building Cuero Commercial Historic District | |
Rockport Center for the Arts | Rockport | Aransas | Art | Arts center with exhibit galleries[83] | |
Roma Historical Museum | Roma | Starr | Local history | [84] | |
Sabinal Canyon Museum | Utopia | Uvalde | Local history | Includes pioneer farm implements, Indian artifacts, fossils and minerals[85] | |
San Benito History Museum | San Benito | Cameron | Local history | Operated by the San Benito Historical Society[86] | |
Sebastopol House State Historic Site | Seguin | Guadalupe | Historic house | Most outstanding example west of the Mississippi of early, experimental concrete technology. Built by slaves circa 1856, using "limecrete" | |
Seguin-Guadalupe County Heritage Museum | Seguin | Guadalupe | Local history | Featured display tells of the Wilson Brothers Pottery, the first successful business operated by freedmen after slavery was ended[87] | |
Selena Museum | Corpus Christi | Nueces | Biographical | Tejano music singer Selena[88] | |
Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site | Comstock | Val Verde | Archaeology | Interpretive center about the park's Native American pictographs, cave dwellings and history | |
Shooting Star Museum | Devine | Medina | Transportation | Vintage aircraft, historical aviation items, antique automobiles and early 20th century farming equipment and gasoline engines[89] | |
Sinton Texas Historical Museum | Sinton | San Patricio | Local history | [90] | |
Skidmore Historical Society Museum | Skidmore | Bee | Local history | [91] | |
Smitty's Juke Box Museum | Pharr | Hidalgo | Music | Collection of vintage jukeboxes[92] | |
South Texas Museum | Alice | Jim Wells | Local History | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark[93][94] | |
St. Joseph School Museum | Panna Maria | Karnes | Local history | Late 19th-century private Polish school, exhibits of early Polish settlers, artifacts used in the church, family photos[95] | |
Steinbach Haus | Castroville | Medina | Historic house | Relocated Alsatian house originally built in Wahlbach, France between 1618 and 1648[96] | |
Stillman House Museum | Brownsville | Cameron | Historic house | Part of the Brownsville Heritage Complex, late 19th century period house, operated by the Brownsville Historical Association[12] | |
Tejano Civil Rights Museum | Corpus Christi | Nueces | History | [97] | |
Tejano Roots Museum | Alice | Jim Wells | Music | Tejano music[98] | |
Texana Museum | Edna | Jackson | Local history | Local cultural and natural history, includes exhibit on Karankawa Indians and their role in the La Salle Expeditions[99] | |
Texas A&M International University Art Galleries | Laredo | Webb | Art | Includes the Art Gallery located in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts[100] and the Helen Richter Watson Art Gallery in Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library[101] | |
Texas A & M University Corpus Christi Galleries | Corpus Christi | Nueces | Art | Weil Gallery on the first floor of the Center for the Arts, Islander Art Gallery is located in Hamlin Center[102] | |
Texas Agricultural Education and Heritage Center | Seguin | Guadalupe | Agriculture | Vintage equipment, plots of local crops, a heritage village of collected 19th and early 20th century rural buildings[103] | |
Texas Conjunto Music Museum | San Benito | Cameron | Music | History of regional cojunto music performers[104] | |
Texas Maritime Museum | Rockport | Aransas | Maritime | Themes include exploration and settlement, oil and gas exploration, commercial and sports fishing, boat and shipbuilding[105] | |
Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures | Corpus Christi | Nueces | Art | Art, artifacts and culture of Asia[106] | |
Texas Surf Museum | Corpus Christi | Nueces | Sports | [107] | |
Third Coast Squadron Commemorative Air Force Museum | Alice | Jim Wells | Military | History of the 3rd Coast Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force[108] | |
Treasures of the Gulf Museum | Port Isabel | Cameron | Maritime | History and artifacts from three 1554 Spanish shipwrecks[77] | |
USS Lexington | Corpus Christi | Nueces | Maritime | WWII aircraft carrier museum ship | |
Washington's Birthday Celebration Association Museum | Laredo | Webb | Art | Costumes, history and memorabilia of the Washington's Birthday Celebration festival, located on the grounds of La Posada Hotel[109][110] | |
Whitehead Memorial Museum | Del Rio | Val Verde | Local history | Exhibits include folk art nativity display, doctor's office, military exhibit, 1870 period mercantile store/house, Black Seminole Scouts exhibit, Border Radio exhibit, graves of Roy Bean and his son, Sam | |
Wade House Memorial Museum | Carrizo Springs | Dimmit | Archaeology | At the Dimmit County Public Library, collection of Paleo-Indian projectile points[111] | |
Weslaco Museum | Weslaco | Hidalgo | Local history | [112] | |
Willacy County Historical Museum | Raymondville | Willacy | Local history | [113] | |
Wilson Pottery Museum | Seguin | Guadalupe | Local history | First freed slave pottery collection[114] | |
Yoakum Heritage Museum | Yoakum | DeWitt | Local history | History, culture and artifacts of Yoakum and the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroads[115] | |
Zapata County Museum of History | Zapata | Zapata | Local history | Exhibits include energy, native flora and fauna, military and religious artifacts, geology[116] | |
Zaragoza Birthplace State Historic Site | Goliad | Goliad | Historic house | Reconstructed early 19th-century adobe house where Ignacio Zaragoza was born | |
Defunct museums
- Alamo Village, Brackettville, movie and television shooting location, includes John Wayne Western Museum, closed in 2010[117][118]
- Cool Cats Toy Museum, Corpus Christi
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