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The list of museums in 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.

East Texas

East Texas is a region in the U.S. state of Texas, that borders the entire Louisiana state line on the east, Arkansas on the northeast near Texarkana, and Oklahoma on the north. It includes all or parts of 49 counties and contains the regions known as the Texas Piney Woods, and Deep East Texas.

Counties included are Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Panola, Polk, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Walker and Wood.

Museums

List of museums in East Texas

Museum name	Image	City	County	Notes	Refs
Howard House Museum		Palestine	Anderson
Museum for East Texas Culture		Palestine	Anderson	Located in the old Palestine High School
The History Center		Diboll	Angelina	Photographs, archives, oral history
Museum of East Texas		Lufkin	Angelina
Naranjo Museum of Natural History		Lufkin	Angelina	Dinosaurs and fossils, artifacts of ancient cultures
Texas Forestry Museum		Lufkin	Angelina	Texas timber history
Ace of Clubs House		Texarkana	Bowie	AJA the Draughn-Moore House on the National Register of Historic Places
Discovery Place Children's Museum		Texarkana	Bowie
Texarkana Museum of Regional History		Texarkana	Bowie	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Regional Arts Center		Texarkana	Bowie	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
The Williams House Museum		De Kalb	Bowie	1885 Texas & Pacific Railroad Section House. Exhibits on Lead Belly, Luke Walker, Durwood Merrill, Barry B. Telford, Dan Blocker and Ricky Nelson
Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Museum		Pittsburg	Camp
Atlanta Historical Museum		Atlanta	Cass	Exhibit on locally born aviator Bessie Coleman
American Freedom Museum		Bullard	Cherokee	WWII memorabilia
Caddo Mounds State Historic Site		Alto	Cherokee	National Register of Historic Places
Heritage Center of Cherokee County		Rusk	Cherokee	Artifacts dating from American Civil War to current day
Jim Hogg Historic Site		Rusk	Cherokee
Vanishing Texana Museum		Jacksonville	Cherokee	Collections date to the 1800s through the 1970s.
Patterson Museum		Enloe	Delta County
Clara Foster Slough Museum		Enloe	Delta County	Artifacts, genealogy center
Alamo Mission Museum		Mount Vernon	Franklin	Replica of the Alamo Mission
Cotton Belt Depot		Mount Vernon	Franklin
Fire Station Museum		Mount Vernon	Franklin	Memorabilia related to hometown football athlete Don Meredith
Franklin County Genealogical Society		Mount Vernon	Franklin
Majors-Parchman Farmstead		Mount Vernon	Franklin	1883 Victorian farmhouse
Old Jail Art Museum		Mount Vernon	Franklin	Housed in a circa 1912 jail
Winnsboro Historical Museum		Winnsboro	Franklin
Kilgore College East Texas Oil Museum		Kilgore	Gregg	History, artifacts and exhibits
Gladewater Museum		Gladewater	Gregg	The museum displays tell the story of Gladewater and the surrounding areas from the early settlement days through the 1930s and beyond. Elvis performed here many times
Gregg County Historical Museum		Longview	Gregg	Housed in the 1910 Everett Building
Longview Museum of Fine Arts		Longview	Gregg	Focus is contemporary regional art
R.G. LeTourneau Memorial Museum and Archives		Longview	Gregg
Rangerette Showcase and Museum		Kilgore	Gregg	Part of Kilgore College, memorabilia of the Kilgore College Rangerettes
Batson Oil Patch Museum		Batson	Hardin	A tribute to the unsung working-class heroes of the oil industry
Bertha Terry Cornwell Museum of Sour Lake History		Sour Lake	Hardin	Sour Lake history 1840 to present
Kirby-Hill House		Kountze	Hardin	National Register of Historic Places
Ice House Museum		Silsbee	Hardin	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Harrison County Historical Museum		Marshall	Harrison	Located in the old courthouse, county history and culture
Inez Hatley Hughes Historical Research Center		Marshall	Harrison
Marshall Visual Art Center		Marshall	Harrison
Michelson Museum of Art		Marshall	Harrison	Work of Russian-American artist Leo Michelson
Service and Sacrifice: Harrison County at War at Memorial City Hall Performance Center		Marshall	Harrison
Starr Family Home State Historic Site		Marshall	Harrison	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
T. C. Lindsey and Co. General Store		Jonesville	Harrison	Old-fashioned general store and part museum with antiques, rare automobiles, jukeboxes and other memorabilia
Texas and Pacific Railway Museum		Marshall	Harrison	Railroad related
Chandler Museum & Visitors Center		Chandler	Henderson
East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society		Athens	Henderson
Henderson County Historical Museum		Athens	Henderson	Local history
Old Henderson County Jail		Athens	Henderson	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center		Athens	Henderson	26,000-gallon aquarium, live shows
Hopkins County Museum and Heritage Park		Sulphur Springs	Hopkins	Includes local history museum and park with over 11 relocated historic houses, shops and mills
Southwest Dairy Museum		Sulphur Springs	Hopkins	Dairy farming and dairy products
Houston County Visitor Center And Museum		Crockett	Houston	Varied collection
Monroe-Crook House		Crockettt	Houston	Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1854 by Armistead Thompson Mason Monroe, grandnephew of President James Monroe
Calaboose Museum		Kirbyville	Jasper	Images and artifacts
East Texas Regional Art Center		Jasper	Jasper	6-8 exhibitions per year
Jasper County Historical Museum		Jasper	Jasper	Weaponry collection dating back to the Texas Revolution
Art Museum of Southeast Texas		Beaumont	Jefferson	Art collection that spans three centuries
Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum		Beaumont	Jefferson	Babe Didrikson Zaharia was born in Port Arthur
Beaumont Art League		Beaumont	Jefferson	Brown Gallery and the Scurlock Gallery
Beaumont Children's Museum		Beaumont	Jefferson	Inside the Beaumont Civic Center
Beaumont Police Department Museum		Beaumont	Jefferson	Weaponry and memorabilia
Chambers Historical House Museum		Beaumont	Jefferson	Historic house
Clifton Steamboat Museum		Beaumont	Jefferson
Dishman Art Museum		Beaumont	Jefferson	Part of Lamar University
Dutch Windmill Museum		Nederland	Jefferson	Multiple exhibits about area cultural history
Edison Museum		Beaumont	Jefferson	All about Thomas Edison and his inventions
Fire Museum of Texas		Beaumont	Jefferson	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
John Jay French House		Beaumont	Jefferson	Oldest house in Beaumont, built in 1845
La Maison Acadienne		Nederland	Jefferson	Replica of early Acadian homes in South Louisiana, with local French heritage displays
La Maison Beausoleil		Port Neches	Jefferson	Built 1810 in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
McFaddin-Ward House		Beaumont	Jefferson	Listed on the National Register of Historical Places
Museum of the Gulf Coast		Port Arthur	Jefferson	Heritage of the Gulf Coast
Pompeiian Villa		Port Arthur	Jefferson	Replica of a 79 A.D Pompeiian villa . National Register of Historic Places and is a Recorded Texas historic Landmark
Rose Hill Manor		Port Arthur	Jefferson	Listed on the National Register of Historical Places
Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum		Beaumont	Jefferson	Part of Lamar University, restored oil boomtown village that show the effects of the Spindletop oil well on the local community
Texas Artist Museum		Port Arthur	Jefferson	Working museum for area artists
Texas Energy Museum		Beaumont	Jefferson	Texas oil industry and oil discovery science
White Haven		Port Arthur	Jefferson	1905 New England colonial style home, but later changed to Southern Greek Revival. Owned by Lamar State College-Port Arthur. Tours by appointment only
Vuylsteke Dutch Home		Port Arthur	Jefferson	Early 20th-century (1905) Dutch colonial home owned by Lamar State College–Port Arthur.
Lamar County Historical Museum		Paris	Lamar
Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site		Paris	Lamar	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Valley of the Caddo Museum and Cultural Center		Paris	Lamar
Jefferson Historical Society Museum		Jefferson	Marion	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Lafayette Street Vintage Vehicles Car Museum		Jefferson	Marion	Vintage and antique cars from the 1920s through the 1950s
Epperson-McNutt House		Jefferson	Marion	aka House of the Seasons, listed on NRHP in Marion County, 1870s period Greek Revival house
Museum of Measurement and Time		Jefferson	Marion	Horology Measurement Mathematics, from the collection of Johnny and Edith Ingram
R. D. Moses Texas & Pacific Model Railroad		Jefferson	Marion	Located in the depot building behind the Jefferson Museum, 1950s period HO model train layout of the Texas & Pacific Railroad in West Texas. Model railroad by R.D. Moses and Jack Luck over three decades
Durst-Taylor Historic House and Gardens		Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches	Mid-19th-century period house
Millard's Crossing Historic Village		Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. 19th and early 20th-century village on 37 acres
Nacogdoches Fire Department Museum		Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches	Built in 1996
Nacogdoches Railroad Depot Museum		Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches	Railroad
Old Stone Fort Museum		Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches	Part of Stephen F. Austin State University, located in a replica late 18th-century building that was a trading post, private home, church, jail and saloon
Old University Building		Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Sterne-Hoya House Museum and Library		Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, mid 19th-century house associated with Davy Crockett and Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin State University Galleries		Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches	Multiple on campus galleries
Newton County Historical Center and Museum		Newton	Newton	Local archives, archaeology, history and artifacts
Powell Hotel Museum		Newton	Newton	Built in 1889 as the W.H.Ford Male and Female College. Converted in 1914 to a hotel, serving as a private residence 40 years later
Orangefield Cormier Museum		Orange	Orange	Conceived by oilman Paul Cormier to depict life in a small town
Bridge City Historical Museum		Bridge City	Orange
Heritage House Museum		Orange	Orange	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Stark Museum of Art		Orange	Orange	American Western and Native American art and artifacts
Stark House W. H. Stark House		Orange	Orange	National Register of Historic Places 1920s period house
Panola County Heritage Museum and Texas Tea Room		Carthage	Panola
Panola County Jail		Carthage	Panola	Historic county jail, includes the Old Jail Museum on the 2nd floor, and the Soape Family Museum with displays of local history
Texas Country Music Hall of Fame		Carthage	Panola	Texas country music singers, songwriters, disc jockeys, etc.
Johnson's Rock Shop and Museum		Livingston	Polk	Rocks, crystals and fossils
Polk County Memorial Museum		Livingston	Polk	Exhibits include prehistory, Native Americans, pioneers, industry, agriculture, businesses, culture
Emory Heritage Park		Emory	Rains County
Lennox Home		Clarksville	Red River	Operated by the Red River County Historical Society. Queen Anne-style 1897 home
Red River County Old Jail Museum		Clarksville	Red River	Completed in 1889, architects Maj. S. B. Haggart and Marshall Sanguinet
Depot Museum		Henderson	Rusk	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, aka Rusk County Depot Museum Complex
Gaston Museum		Joinerville	Rusk	Life in the East Texas Oil Field from the 1930s through 1960s
Howard Dickinson House		Henderson	Rusk	Historic house built in 1855 by Virginia-born brothers James and David P. Howard. David's wife Martha Ann was a cousin to Sam Houston, who made numerous visits to the home.
London Museum		New London	Rusk	History and artifacts of the 1937 New London School explosion, which killed approximately 298 people
Monte Verdi Plantation		Cushing	Rusk	National Register of historic places. Former cotton plantation that used enslaved labor until the June 19, 1865 emancipation of the slaves in Texas
Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum - Remembering Columbia		Hemphill	Sabine	The museum was funded by real estate developer Al Smith and named for his wife Patricia Huffman Smith. Crew of the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster: Americans commander Rick Husband, pilot William C. McCool, mission specialists Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon of Israel. During the recovery of the bodies, helicopter pilot Jules “Buzz” Mier Jr. and Texas Forest Service employee Charles Kreneck also lost their lives
Sabine County Jail Museum and Vergie Speights Memorial Library		Hemphill	Sabine
Ezekiel Cullen House		San Augustine	San Augustine	Mid 19th-century house, operated by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Mission Dolores State Historic Site		San Augustine	San Augustine	Visitor center, museum and campground with artifacts from the Mission Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los Ais, one of the Spanish missions in Texas
San Jacinto County Museum and Old Jail		Coldspring	San Jacinto	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Camp Ford Historic Park, C.S.A.		Tyler	Smith
Carnegie History Center		Tyler	Smith
Center for Earth and Space Science Education		Tyler	Smith	On the campus of Tyler Junior College
Cotton Belt Depot Museum		Tyler	Smith	Deeded to the city of Tyler by the Southern Pacific Rail Road
Dewberry Plantation		Tyler	Smith	The life of Col. John Dewberry
Discovery Science Place		Tyler	Smith	For kids of all ages
Goodman–LeGrand House		Tyler	Smith	National Register of Historic Places
Historic Aviation Memorial Museum		Tyler	Smith	Oral histories, memorabilia and aircraft
Tyler Museum of Art		Tyler	Smith	Over a thousand works of art
Tyler Rose Museum		Tyler	Smith	History and memorabilia of the Texas Rose Festival
Whitaker-McClendon House		Tyler	Smith	National Register of Historic Places. Eastlake Bracketed Victorian period estate
Trinity County Museum and Hensley Genealogical and Historical Research Center		Groveton	Trinity
Allan Shivers Library and Museum		Woodville	Tyler	Established by former Texas governor Allan Shivers in 1996 and his wife Marialice. Housed in the 1881 old Robert A. Cruse home
Colmesneil House		Colmesneil	Tyler	Built in 1880 by W.T. Colmesneil
Heritage Village		Woodville	Tyler	Replicated pioneer structures
Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum		Gilmer	Upshur
Historic Upshur Museum		Gilmer	Upshur	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Literary Museum in Gilmer		Gilmer	Upshur	Global memorabilia from the Larry W. Osborne collection
Blackwell House Museum		Carlton	Van Zandt County	Built in 1886
Canton Plaza Museum		Canton	Van Zandt County
The Salt Palace		Grand Saline	Van Zandt County	Constructed entirely of salt, as the entire town is built atop an underground salt lode.
Heritage Park Museum of East Texas		Edgewood	Van Zandt County	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Van Area Oil & Historical Museum		Van	Van Zandt County
Van Zandt County Veterans Memorial and Visitors Center		Canton	Van Zandt County
Wills Point Depot Museum		Wills Point	Van Zandt County	Artifacts, documents and photos
Gibbs-Powell House Museum		Huntsville	Walker	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum of Texas		Huntsville	Walker
Sam Houston Memorial Museum		Huntsville	Walker	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Place
Samuel Walker Houston Museum and Cultural Center		Huntsville	Walker	Both Samuel Walker Houston and his father Joshua Houston were enslaved people owned by Sam Houston
Texas Prison Museum		Huntsville	Walker	The museum has on display the Old Sparky electric chair used for executions
Alba Public Library and Museum		Alba	Wood
East Texas African American Museum		Hawkins	Wood	Founded in 2016, spearheaded by Gloria Washington, Clarence Shackleford and Tyler pastor Steven Cofe
Mineola Historical Museum		Mineola	Wood	National Register of Historic Places
Mineola Railroad Museum		Mineola	Wood	See: Mineola station (Texas)

Defunct museums

• Light Crust Doughboys Hall of Fame and Museum, Quitman, all things related to the Light Crust Doughboys, opened 2005, closed 2011

See also

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

Resources

• Texas Association of Museums
• Historic House Museums in Texas