# List of museums in West Texas

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The list of museums in West 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. Included are nonprofit art galleries and exhibit spaces. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

## West Texas

West Texas is a vernacular term applied to a region in the southwestern quadrant of the United States that primarily encompasses the arid and semiarid lands in the western portion of the state of Texas.
The counties included are Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Brewster, Brown, Callahan, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Culberson, Dawson, Dickens, Eastland, Ector, El Paso, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Hale, Haskell, Hockley, Howard, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Jones, Kent, Kimble, King, Knox, Lamb, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Midland, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, Winkler, and Yoakum.

## Museums in West Texas, listed by county
### Andrews - Brown

List of museums in Andrews - Brown counties, Texas :
| Museum name | City | County | Notes |
| Muleshoe Heritage Center | Muleshoe | Bailey | Ranch house, the ranch cookhouse and bunkhouse and a log cabin |
| Borden County Museum | Gail | Borden | Local history |
| Barton Warnock Visitor Center | Brewster | Brewster | Big Bend National Park |
| Big Bend National Park Visitor Centers | Brewster | Brewster | Big Bend National Park |
| Hallie Stillwell Hall of Fame Museum | Marathon | Brewster | Life of Texas woman rancher Hallie Stillwell, member of the Texas Women's Hall of Fame |
| Museum of the Big Bend | Alpine | Brewster | Part of Sul Ross State University, history and cultural heritage of the Big Bend area |
| Blanket Historical Museum | Blanket | Brown | Artifacts, memorabilia, family history research center |
| Brown County Museum of History | Brownwood | Brown | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places |
| Martin & Frances Lehnis Railroad Museum and Visitor Center | Brownwood | Brown | Railroad |

### Callahan - Dickens

List of museums in Callahan - Dickens counties, Texas :
| Museum name | City | County | Notes |
| Baird Texas T & P Depot Museum | Baird | Callahan | |
| Callahan County Pioneer Museum | Baird | Callahan | Located in the basement of the Callahan County courthouse |
| Robert E. Howard Museum | Cross Plains | Callahan | Home of and museum about Robert E. Howard, author of Conan the Barbarian, NRHP |
| Woody's Classic Cars and Baseball Museum | Cross Plains | Callahan | |
| Texas Last Frontier Museum | Morton | Cochran | Housed in the 1957 Masonic Temple |
| Whiteface Museum | Whiteface | Cochran | Housed in the 1926 Whiteface Hotel, featurers local history |
| Fort Chadbourne | Bronte | Coke | Restored and ruins of the mid 19th-century frontier fort that was also a stage stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail, visitor center with artifacts |
| Earnest and Dorothy Barrow Foundation Museum | Eola | Concho | Local history |
| Don Freeman Memorial Museum | Eden | Concho | Local history |
| Museum of the Desert Southwest | Crane | Crane | Local history exhibits |
| Crockett County Museum | Ozona | Crockett | American West period displays, local and regional history |
| Fort Lancaster | Sheffield | Crockett | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, Texas State Antiquities Landmark |
| Crosby County Pioneer Museum | Crosbyton | Crosby | Local history |
| Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum | Crosbyton | Crosby | creationism |
| Ralls Historical Museum | Ralls | Crosby | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
| Clark Hotel Museum | Van Horn | Culberson | AKA Culbertson County Museum, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places |
| Frijole Ranch Museum | Salt Flat | Culberson | National Register of Historic Places |
| Dal Paso Museum | Lamesa | Dawson | Local history exhibits |
| Spur-Dickens County Museum | Spur, Texas | Dickens | Local history |

### Eastland - Ector

List of museums in Eastland and Ector counties, Texas :
| Museum name | City | County | Notes |
| Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum | Eastland | Eastland | Named for area chief justice |
| Conrad Hilton Center and Museum | Cisco | Eastland | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places. Located in the Mobley Hotel, the first hotel bought by Conrad Hilton |
| Eastland County Museum | Eastland | Eastland | Local history |
| Lela Latch Lloyd Museum | Cisco | Eastland | Located in the 1915 city hall, historical artifacts |
| Ellen Noël Art Museum | Odessa | Ector | Eclectic American artcollection from 1860 to the present |
| Odessa Meteor Crater | Odessa | Ector | Impact crater and museum |
| Parker House Ranching Museum | Odessa | Ector | Mid 20th-century period ranching family house |
| Presidential Museum and Leadership Library | Odessa | Ector | History of the American Presidency, including presidents, vice presidents, First Ladies, candidates, campaigns |
| White-Pool House | Odessa | Ector | National Register of Historic Places Listings, state antiquities landmark. Built by Indiana immigrant Charles White who helped establish the first county government |

### El Paso County

List of museums in El Paso County, Texas :
| Museum name | City | County | Notes |
| 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss Museum | El Paso | El Paso | |
| Casasola Museum/Museo Casasola | El Paso | El Paso | History of the US-México relationship |
| Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens | El Paso | El Paso | Part of the University of Texas at El Paso, regional cultural and natural history |
| Chamizal National Memorial | El Paso | El Paso | Includes a history museum and three art galleries |
| El Paso County Historical Society Museum | El Paso | El Paso | |
| El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center | El Paso | El Paso | Holocaust |
| El Paso Museum of Archaeology | El Paso | El Paso | Prehistory and culture of the El Paso area and the Southwest |
| El Paso Museum of Art | El Paso | El Paso | Art |
| El Paso Museum of History | El Paso | El Paso | History and culture |
| Fort Bliss and Old Ironsides Museum | Fort Bliss | El Paso | Military history from 1849 forward |
| International Museum of Art | El Paso | El Paso | Located in the Turney home |
| Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site | El Paso | El Paso | |
| Lynx Exhibits | El Paso | El Paso | Privately owned traveling exhibitions |
| Magoffin Home State Historic Site | El Paso | El Paso | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places |
| National Border Patrol Museum | El Paso | El Paso | Law enforcement |
| Noncommissioned Officer Heritage And Education Center | Fort Bliss | El Paso | US Army non-commissioned officer 1775 to present |
| Old El Paso County Jail Museum | El Paso | El Paso | |
| Old Fort Bliss Replica Cultural Center | Fort Bliss | El Paso | Military |
| Portales Museum and Visitors Information Center | El Paso | El Paso | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
| Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso | El Paso | El Paso | How transportation enhanced the development of business and industry in the region |
| Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts | El Paso | El Paso | Part of the University of Texas at El Paso |
| TecH2O Center | El Paso | El Paso | Water management in the Chihuahuan Desert |
| UTEP Heritage House | El Paso | El Paso | Historical repository of University of Texas at El Paso |
| Veterans Memorial Museum & Memorial Walk | San Elizario | El Paso | The Los Portales Museum and Visitors Center |
| Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Cultural Center Museum | El Paso | El Paso | Native American inter-active experience |

### Floyd - Knox

List of museums in Floyd - Knox counties, Texas :
| Museum name | City | County | Notes |
| Floyd County Museum | Floydada | Floyd | Artifacts from the 1540 Coronado Expedition |
| Gaines County Museum | Seminole | Gaines | Local history |
| Seagraves-Loop Museum and Art Center | Seagraves | Gaines | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
| Garza County Historical Museum | Post | Garza | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places. Ranch, cowboy, Indian, and pioneer artifacts. Formerly a medical facility |
| OS Ranch Museum | Post | Garza | Artwork of Texas, the American West, and Asia, in a house built for C. W. Post who later founded Post cereals |
| Jimmy Dean and Llano Estacado Museum | Plainview | Hale | On the campus of Wayland Baptist University |
| Malouf Abraham Family Art Center | Plainview | Hale | Wayland Baptist University |
| Hale County Farm and Ranch Museum | Post | Hale | Antique farm machinery, windmills, a depot and caboose |
| Hangar 25 Air Museum | Big Spring | Howard | Historic aircraft from World War II and the Big Spring Army Air Forces Bombardier School, history of Webb Air Force Base |
| Heritage Museum of Big Spring | Big Spring | Howard | Area artifacts and memorabilia |
| Potton House | Big Spring | Howard | National Register of Historic Places |
| Hudspeth County Railroad Depot Museum | Sierra Blanca | Hudspeth | Railroad and local history displays, operated by the Hudspeth County Historical Society |
| Fort Davis National Historic Site | Fort Davis | Jeff Davis | National Register of Historic Places |
| Overland Trail Museum | Fort Davis | Jeff Davis | Early life in the old West, operated by the Fort Davis Historical Society |
| Anson-Jones Museum | Anson | Jones | Local history |
| Cowboy Country Museum | Stamford | Jones | Ranching heritage |
| Wichita – Brazos Museum and Cultural Center | Benjamin | Knox | Barbed-wire collection and settlement memorabila |

### Lamb - Lynn

List of museums in Lamb - Lynn counties, Texas :
| Museum name | City | County | Notes |
| Littlefield Lands Duggan House Museum | Littlefield | Lamb | Local history |
| Sand Crawl Museum | Olton | Lamb | Local history |
| American Wind Power Center | Lubbock | Lubbock | American-style windmills |
| Buddy Holly Center | Lubbock | Lubbock | Visual arts exhibits, history and legacy of musician Buddy Holly |
| FiberMax Center for Discovery | Lubbock | Lubbock | Non-profit, American agriculture |
| Lubbock Lake Landmark | Lubbock | Lubbock | Archeological site. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places |
| Museum of Texas Tech University | Lubbock | Lubbock | Natural history, cultural history, art |
| National College Baseball Hall of Fame | Lubbock | Lubbock | History of college baseball |
| National Ranching Heritage Center | Lubbock | Lubbock | Ranching history and art, park with 38 ranch structures and steer statues |
| Science Spectrum | Lubbock | Lubbock | Hands-on science and technology interactive exhibits, aquarium |
| Silent Wings Museum | Lubbock | Lubbock | World War II weaponry and transport, |
| Slaton Museum | Slaton | Lubbock | Local history |
| Texas Air Museum | Slaton | Lubbock | Restored historic aircraft, military jets, transport vehicles |
| Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts | Lubbock | Lubbock | Visual and performing arts, includes four galleries |
| O'Donnell Heritage Museum | O'Donnell | Lynn | Local history, including actor Dan Blocker memorabilia |

### Martin - Nolan

List of museums in Martin - Nolan counties, Texas :
| Museum name | City | County | Notes |
| Martin County Historical Museum | Stanton | Martin | Exhibits include farms, ranches, schools and local businesses |
| Heart of Texas Country Music Museum | Brady | McCullough | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, history and memorabilia of country music artists |
| McCulloch County Courthouse | Brady | McCullough | State antiquities landmark |
| Heart of Texas Historical Museum | Brady | McCullough | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
| Fort McKavett State Historic Site | Menard | Menard | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
| Heart of West Texas Museum | Colorado City | Mitchell | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
| Brown-Dorsey Medallion Home | Midland | Midland | Late 19th-century period Victorian home, open by appointment with the Midland County Historical Society |
| George W. Bush Childhood Home | Midland | Midland | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places |
| Haley Memorial Library & History Center | Midland | Midland | Changing exhibits of Western art and history from its collections |
| McCormick Gallery at Midland College | Midland | Midland | Art |
| Midland Army Air Field Museum | Midland | Midland | World War II aviation culture and history |
| Midland County History Museum | Midland | Midland | Local history |
| Midland Downtown Lions Club Fire Museum | Midland | Midland | Firefighting uniforms, equipment, vehicles |
| Museum of the Southwest | Midland | Midland | National Register of Historic Places |
| Permian Basin Petroleum Museum | Midland | Midland | Petroleum exploration, equipment, industry, geology, art by Tom Lovell, Chaparral cars |
| Scarborough-Lineberry House | Midland | Midland | Early 20th-century house, owned by the City |
| Motley County Historical Museum | Matador | Motley | Local history located in a former hospital |
| National WASP WWII Museum | Sweetwater | Nolan | History of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, World War II American female aviators |
| Pioneer Museum | Sweetwater | Nolan | Local history |

### Pecos - Runnels

List of museums in Pecos - Runnels counties, Texas :
| Museum name | City | County | Note |
| Alley Oop Park Museum | Iraan | Pecos | Birthplace of Alley Oop comic strip |
| Annie Riggs Memorial Museum | Fort Stockton | Pecos | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Place |
| Historic Fort Stockton | Fort Stockton | Pecos | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places |
| Old Pecos County Jail | Fort Stockton | Pecos | Prison |
| West of the Pecos Museum | Pecos | Reeves | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, multiple displays of the Old West |
| Chinati Foundation | Marfa | Presidio | Contemporary art and sculpture |
| Fort Leaton State Historic Site | Presidio | Presidio | National Register of Historic Places, archaeological and natural history |
| Giant 1956 film Museum at the Hotel Paisano | Marfa | Presidio | Memorabilia of the 1956 film Giant that was filmed in town |
| Marfa and Presidio County Museum | Marfa | Presidio | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
| Hickman Museum | Big Lake | Reagan | Local history |
| Z.I. Hale Museum / Rock Hotel Heritage Center | Winters | Runnels | Local history |

### Schleicher - Sutton

List of museums in Schleicher - Sutton counties :
| Museum name | City | County | Notes |
| Schleicher County Historical Museum | Eldorado | Schleicher | Local history |
| Old Jail Art Center | Albany | Shackelford | Art, National Register of Historic Places |
| Breckenridge Aviation Museum | Breckenridge | Stephens | Aviation |
| Breckenridge Fine Arts Center | Breckenridge | Stephens | Art |
| Flying A's Classic Car Club Museum | Albany | Shackelford | Classic automobiles and memorabilia |
| Fort Griffin State Historic Site | Albany | Shackelford | Fort ruins, visitor center displays about the mid 19th-century cavalry fort |
| Scurry County Museum | Snyder | Scurry | County history, also art exhibits |
| Swenson Memorial Museum | Breckenridge | Stephens | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
| Miers Home Museum | Sonora | Sutton | Late 19th-century house, operated by the Sutton County Historical Society |
| Old Sonora Ice House Ranch Museum | Sonora | Sutton | Housed in a former ice house, operated by the Sutton County Historical Society, exhibits includes pioneer, ranching, lawmen and outlaws, area history, transportation, model train layout |

### Taylor - Terry

List of museums in Taylor - Terry counties, Texas :
| Museum name | City | County | Notes |
| 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum | Abilene | Taylor | History of the 12th Armored Division in World War II |
| Center for Contemporary Arts | Abilene | Taylor | Four galleries |
| Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame Museum | Abilene | Taylor | |
| Fort Phantom Hill | Abilene | Taylor | |
| Amy Graves Ryan Fine Arts Gallery | Abilene | Taylor | Part of McMurry University |
| Merkel Area Historical Museum | Merkel | Taylor | |
| Buffalo Gap Historic Village | Buffalo Gap | Taylor | Historic Western village |
| Cockerell Galleries | Abilene | Taylor | Art, operated by Abilene Christian University |
| Dyess Heritage Museum, Memorial Park and Linear Air Park | Abilene | Taylor | Located at Dyess Air Force Base, includes outdoor display of historic aircraft, museum about the base's history |
| Frontier Texas! | Abilene | Taylor | American West interactive simulations |
| The Grace Museum | Abilene | Taylor | Art, local history, and children's museum |
| Ira M. Taylor Memorial Gallery | Abilene | Taylor | Part of Hardin–Simmons University |
| National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature | Abilene | Taylor | Exhibitions of art from children's books |
| Taylor County History Center | Buffalo Gap | Taylor | Historic village |
| Terrell County Memorial Museum | Sanderson | Terrell | "Cactus Capitol of Texas" |
| Terry County Heritage Museum | Brownfield | Terry | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
| Meadow Museum | Meadow | Terry | Local history, with special display on Meadow native Sonny Curtis |

### Tom Green - Yoakim

List of museums in Tom Green - Yoakim counties, Texas :
| Museum name | City | County | Notes |
| Angelo State University Art Gallery | San Angelo | Tom Green | Carr Education-Fine Arts Building |
| E. H. Danner Museum of Telephony | San Angelo | Tom Green | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Place Technology, located at Fort Concho |
| Fort Concho | San Angelo | Tom Green | National Historic Landmark |
| Robert Wood Johnson Museum of Frontier Medicine | San Angelo | Tom Green | North Ward of Post Hospital |
| Miss Hattie's Bordello | San Angelo | Tom Green | Tours of the Victorian period |
| Railway Museum of San Angelo | San Angelo | Tom Green | Located in a 1909 Orient-Santa Fe Depot |
| San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts | San Angelo | Tom Green | Texas artists, Mexican and Mexican-American art |
| Adrian House | McCamey | Upton | |
| Denver City Heritage Museum | Denver City | Yoakum | Local history and memorabilia |
| Medallion Home Museum | Kermit | Winkler | Carpenter Gothic house built in 1907 by W. H. Seastrunk |
| Mendoza Trail Museum | McCamey | Upton | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
| Ward County Museum Complex | Monahans | Ward | 1920s jail, Holman House, and other collections |
| Rankin Museum | Rankin | Upton | Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1920s period Yates Hotel, local history displays |
| Rattlesnake Bomber Base Museum | Monahans | Ward County | Pyote Air Force Base |
| Roy Orbison Museum | Wink | Winkler | Life and career of musician Roy Orbison |
| Tsa Mo Ga Memorial Museum | Plains | Yoakum | Operated by the Texas Federation of Women's Club, open by appointment |
| Winkler County Historical Museum | Wink | Winkler | Local history |

## Defunct museums

* El Paso Explorium, El Paso, closed in 2015
* El Paso Firefighters Museum