List of museums in the Texas Panhandle

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The Helium Monument & Time Capsule is located in front of the Don Harrington Discovery Center

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.

Texas Panhandle

The Texas Panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state. The panhandle is a rectangular area bordered by New Mexico to the west and Oklahoma to the north and east. The Handbook of Texas defines the southern border of Swisher County to be the southern boundary of the Texas Panhandle region.

According to the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission, the following counties constitute the Texas Panhandle:[1]

Armstrong County Briscoe County Carson County Castro County Childress County Collingsworth County Dallam County Deaf Smith County Donley County Gray County Hall County Hansford County Hartley County Hemphill County Hutchinson County Lipscomb County Moore County Ochiltree County Oldham County Parmer County Potter County Randall County Roberts County Sherman County Swisher County Wheeler County Museums Texas Panhandle museums Museum name Image City County Type Summary/Refs Adrian Lions Antique Museum Adrian Oldham Agriculture Antique farm equipment[2] Amarillo College Natural History Museum Amarillo Potter Natural history Located in Ordway Hall, includes mammals, birds, fish, insects and ships in a bottle[3] Amarillo Historical Museum Amarillo Potter Local history [4] Amarillo Museum of Art Amarillo Potter Art Collections include American Modernist paintings, Asian art, photography Amarillo Railroad Museum Amarillo Potter Railroad Model railway layouts[5] American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum Amarillo Potter Horse History and heritage of the American Quarter Horse Armstrong County Museum Claude Armstrong Multiple Art, local history and culture, includes the museum, art gallery, the historic Gem Theatre, Hall of Honor, a one-room school house[6] Bob Wills Museum Turkey Hall Music Life of musician Bob Wills, "King of Western Swing"[7][8] Carson County Square House Museum Panhandle Carson Multiple Exhibits include mammoth hunters, Indian Wars, cattle ranches, railroads, 1920s oil boom, region's part in the space program, area wildlife gallery and two art galleries Castro County Museum Dimmitt Castro Local history [9] Childress County Heritage Museum Childress Childress Local history Exhibits include Indian artifacts, theater memorabilia, West Texas materials, school and period rooms, Childress Army Airfield, Michie Transportation Museum The Citadelle Canadian Hemphill Art Residential art museum of arts patron Malouf Abraham, Jr. Collingsworth County Museum Wellington Collingsworth Multiple Art and local history and period artifacts[10] Deaf Smith County Historical Museum Hereford Deaf Smith Local history Area pioneer heritage Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum McLean Gray Commodity History of barbed wire and its impact on the development of the Old West Don Harrington Discovery Center Amarillo Potter Science Hands-on exhibits on natural history and core sciences Dot's Mini Museum Vega Oldham Commodity Includes Route 66 and cowboy memorabilia, Avon bottles[11][12] Freedom Museum Pampa Gray Military Military equipment and memorabilia, including a WWII B-25 Bomber and a WWII Burma Jeep[13] Goodnight Historical Center Goodnight Armstrong Historic house 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[14][15] Harrington House Amarillo Potter Historic house 20th-century house with French and English antiques and fine decorative items[16] Heritage Hall Museum Memphis Hall Local history [17][18] Hutchinson County Historical Museum Borger Hutchinson Local history Exhibits include paleontology, geology, archaeology, farming and ranching, oil boom Isaac McCormick Pioneer Cottage Stinnett Hutchinson Historic house 1890s period pioneer home, open by appointment[19] Jack Sisemore Traveland RV Museum Amarillo Potter Transportation Collection of vintage RVs[20] Julians Bivins Museum Boys Ranch Oldham Local history Early history of Oldham County, Old Tascosa, Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, Native American and prehistoric Panhandle cultures artifacts, cowboy and pioneer items[21] Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian Amarillo Potter Native American Art and culture of Pueblo and Plains people[22] McLean-Alanreed Area Museum McLean Gray Local History Area history museum with emphasis on ranching heritage, Titanic Shipwreck connection, Mclean WWII POW encampment[23] Milburn-Price Culture Museum Vega Oldham Local history [24] Mobeetie Jail Museum Mobeetie Wheeler Local history [25] Museum of the Plains Perryton Ochiltree Multiple Includes local and natural history, toys & dolls, glass, bottles, tools, vehicles, period business and room displays, depot, historic house and general store[26] Oldham County Heritage Farm & Ranch Museum Vega Oldham Agriculture Outdoor display of antique farm and ranch equipment[27] Old Jail Museum Silverton Briscoe Prison [28] Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum Canyon Randall Texas culture and history Campus of West Texas A&M University, includes American West, pioneer and agriculture history, art, paleontology, decorative arts and furniture, firearms, antique vehicles, sports artifacts, textiles and an outdoor pioneer village Parmer County Pioneer Heritage Museum Friona, Parmer Local history [29] Pioneer West Museum Shamrock Wheeler Local history Exhibits include Great Plains Indians, astronaut Alan Bean, cowboys, pioneer weapons, Fort Elliot, farming and ranching, period businesses and room displays River Valley Pioneer Museum Canadian Hemphill Local history Historic interpretation of the settlement period in the eastern Texas Panhandle[30] Roberts County Museum Miami Roberts Local history [31][32] Saints' Roost Museum Clarendon Donley Local history [33] Sherman County Depot Museum Stratford Sherman Local history Located in a historic depot[34] Stationmaster's House Museum Spearman Hansford Local history [35] Swisher County Museum Tulia Swisher Local history Includes 1930s period house, ranch and farm artifacts, replica blacksmith shop, military artifacts, needle art, Santa Fe Railroad and Native American artifacts, also known as Swisher County Archives & Museum[36] Texas Air & Space Museum Amarillo Potter Aviation Located at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, features civilian and military aircraft Texas Pharmacy Museum Amarillo Potter Medical Part of Texas Tech University in the Health Sciences Center[37] Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame Pecos Reeves American Wes Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame first inducted individuals in 2004. They honor individuals from a myriad of sources, including the West of the Pecos rodeo events, categories from the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame and around the country. They use the courtyard of the West of the Pecos Museum.[38] Tower Station and U-Drop Inn Shamrock Wheeler Historic site 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 Turkey Roost Museum Turkey Hall Local history [39] White Deer Land Museum Pampa Gray Local history Guided tours of period displays from the 1880s until ca 1945, includes furnishings, household items, clothing, arrowheads, tools[40] Window on the Plains Museum Dumas Moore History Formerly the Moore County Historical Museum, features period home, farming and business displays Wolf Creek Heritage Museum Lipscomb Lipscomb Multiple Local culture, history and art[41] XIT Museum Dalhart Dallam Local history Includes History of XIT Ranch, period room displays, weapons, railroads, role of county sheriff, natural history Defunct museums Texas Tornado Museum, Amarillo[42] 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 North Texas List of museums in Central Texas List of museums in South Texas List of museums in West Texas Resources Texas Association of Museums Historic House Museums in Texas References "Demographics". 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