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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.

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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

Aransas - Brooks

List of museums in the Aransas - Brooks counties
Museum name	City	County	Notes
Bay Education Center	Rockport	Aransas	Ecology of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve
Fulton Mansion State Historic Site	Rockport	Aransas	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Place
History Center for Aransas County	Rockport	Aransas
Rockport Center for the Arts	Rockport	Aransas	All varieties of the arts
Texas Maritime Museum	Rockport	Aransas
Longhorn Museum	Pleasanton	Atascosa
Beeville Art Museum	Beeville	Bee
McClanahan House	Beeville	Bee	Oldest business structure in Beeville
Skidmore Historical Society Museum	Skidmore	Bee
The Heritage Museum at Falfurias	Falfurrias	Brooks County

Calhoun - Cameron

List of museums in the Calhoun - Cameron counties
Museum name	City	County	Notes
Calhoun County Museum	Port Lavaca	Calhoun
Brownsville Heritage Museum/Stillman House Museum	Brownsville	Cameron	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Children's Museum of Brownsville	Brownsville	Cameron
Commemorative Air Force Rio Grande Valley Wing Museum	Brownsville	Cameron	World War II history, vehicles and aircraft, branch of the Commemorative Air Force
Costumes of America	Brownsville	Cameron
Freddy Fender Museum	San Benito	Cameron
The Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum	Harlingen	Cameron
Historic Brownsville Museum	Brownsville	Cameron	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Iwo Jima Museum	Harlingen	Cameron
Market Square Research Center	Brownsville	Cameron
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Brownsville	Cameron
Port Isabel Lighthouse	Port Isabel, Texas	Cameron	National Register of Historic Places
Port Isabel Historical Museum	Port Isabel	Cameron
San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum	San Benito	Cameron
San Benito History Museum	San Benito	Cameron
Stillman House and Heritage Museum	Brownsville	Cameron
Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame and Museum	San Benito	Cameron
Treasures of the Gulf Museum	Port Isabel	Cameron	Children's Discovery Lab

DeWitt - Frio

List of museums in the DeWitt - Frio counties
Museum name	City	County	Notes
Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum	Cuero	DeWitt	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Cuero Heritage Museum	Cuero	DeWitt	National Register of Historic Places
DeWitt County Historical Museum	Cuero	DeWitt	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Pharmacy and Medical Museum of Texas	Cuero	DeWitt	Established by Joseph Reuss in 1845
Yoakum Heritage Museum	Yoakum	DeWitt
Dimmit County Visitor's Center and Jailhouse Museum	Carrizo Springs	Dimmit
Wade House Memorial Museum	Carrizo Springs	Dimmit
Duval County Historical Museum	San Diego	Duval	Local history
Frio Pioneer Jail Museum	Pearsal	Frio County	Built in 1884

Goliad - Guadalupe

List of museums in the Goliad - Guadalupe counties
Museum name	City	County	Notes
Berclair Mansion	Berclair	Goliad	Operated by the Beeville Art Association, 1930s mansion with art and antiques from around the world
Fannin Battleground State Historic Site	Fannin	Goliad	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Goliad State Park and Historic Site	Goliad	Goliad	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
J. A. White Family Goliad Center for Texas History	Goliad	Goliad
Market House Museum	Goliad	Goliad	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Presidio La Bahía	Goliad	Goliad	National Register of Historic Places
Zaragoza Birthplace State Historic Site	Goliad	Goliad	State Antiquities Landmark
Eggleston House	Gonzales	Gonzales	1840s period dog-run style cabin
Gonzales County Jail Museum	Gonzales	Gonzales	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Gonzales Memorial Museum	Gonzales	Gonzales
Gonzales Pioneer Village Living History Center	Gonzales	Gonzales	10 historic structures
J.B. Wells House Museum	Gonzales	Gonzales
Pioneer Flight Museum	Kingsbury	Guadalupe
Los Nogales	Seguin	Guadalupe	1849 adobe house, National Register Listing
Pape's Nutcracker Museum	Seguin	Guadalupe	Nutcrackers, bowls, and other items
Sebastopol House Historic Site	Seguin	Guadalupe	National Register Listing,
Seguin Guadalupe County Heritage Museum	Seguin	Guadalupe
Texas Agricultural Education and Heritage Center	Seguin	Guadalupe	blacksmith shop, smoke house, one-room schoolhouse and general store
Wilson Pottery Museum	Seguin	Guadalupe	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places

Hidalgo

List of museums in the Hidalgo County
Museum name	City	County	Notes
City of Alamo Museum	Alamo	Hidalgo
Donna Hooks Fletcher Historical Museum	Donna	Hidalgo
Gelman Stained Glass Museum	San Juan	Hidalgo
McAllen Heritage Center	McAllen	Hidalgo
Mission Historical Museum	Mission	Hidalgo
Museum of South Texas History	Edinburg	Hidalgo	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Old Hidalgo Pumphouse Museum and World Birding Center	Hidalgo	Hidalgo	One of the World Birding Center sites
Smitty's Juke Box Museum	Pharr	Hidalgo	From the collection of Leo “Smitty” Schmitt and family
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot	Edinburg	Hidalgo
Weslaco Museum	Weslaco	Hidalgo	Area history from 18th-century Spanish colonial ranching to present da

Jackson - Kleberg

List of museums in the Jackson - Kleberg counties
Museum name	City	County	Notes
Texana Museum	Edna	Jackson	Local history
Franciscan Museum of Hebbronville	Hebbronville	Jim Hogg	Located in the old Jim Hogg County Jail
Museum Foundation of Hebbronville	Hebbronville	Jim Hogg
Orange Grove Area Museum	Orange Grove	Jim Wells	Non-profit teaching museum
South Texas Museum	Alice	Jim Wells	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame	Alice	Jim Wells	Tejano music
Third Coast Squadron Commemorative Air Force Museum	Alice	Jim Wells	History of the 3rd Coast Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force
Karnes County Museum	Helena	Karnes	Ghost town operated by the Karnes County Historical Society
St. Joseph School Museum	Panna Maria	Karnes	Late 19th-century private Polish school, exhibits of early Polish settlers, artifacts used in the church, family photos
Kenedy Ranch Museum of South Texas	Sarita	Kenedy	History of Mifflin Kenedy and the Kenedy family and the economic development of South Texas in ranching, railroads, land development and oil
Old Fort Clark Guardhouse Museum	Brackettville	Kinney	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
Kinney County Heritage Museum	Brackettville	Kinney	Operated by the Kinney County Historical Commission
1904 Train Depot Museum	Kingsville	Kleberg	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
John E. Conner Museum	Kingsville	Kleberg	Part of Texas A&M University–Kingsville, natural and cultural history of South
King Ranch Museum	Kingsville	Kleberg	History of the King Ranch
South Texas Archives	Kingsville	Kleberg	Affiliated with the James C. Jernigan Library of Texas A&M University-Kingsville

La Salle - Medina

List of museums in the La Salle - Medina counties
Museum name	City	County	Notes
Brush Country Museum	Cotulla	La Salle	Operated by the La Salle County Historical Commission
City of Shiner Edwin Wolters Memorial Museum	Shiner	Lavaca	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Lavaca Historical Museum	Hallettsville	Lavaca
Grace Armantrout Museum	George West	Live Oak	Local historical interest
Fort Duncan Museum	Eagle Pass	Maverick	National Register of Historic Places Listing
McMullen County Historical Museum	Tilden	McMullen	Everything is archived but available by appointment
Landmark Inn State Historic Site	Castroville	Medina	State Antiquities Landmark, National Register of Historic Places Listing
Medina County Museum	Hondo	Medina
Shooting Star Museum	Devine	Medina	Vintage aircraft, historical aviation items, antique automobiles and early 20th century farming equipment and gasoline engines
Steinbach Haus Visitor Center	Castroville	Medina	A 1998 gift to Castroville from Alsace, France, Das Haus Aus Elsass (the House from Alsace), was built in France in the 1600s.

Nueces - Starr

List of museums in the Nueces - Starr counties
Museum name	City	County	Notes
Art Center of Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi	Nueces	Community art center with exhibit galleries
Art Museum of South Texas	Corpus Christi	Nueces	Variety of American styles
Britton-Evans Centennial House	Corpus Christi	Nueces	Built in 1849 by shipping magnate Forbes Britton, who served in the Texas State Legislature 1857-1861
Corpus Christi Museum of Science & History	Corpus Christi	Nueces	40,000 square feet of exhibits
Heritage Park	Corpus Christi	Nueces	Historic Corpus Christi homes
K Space Contemporary	Corpus Christi	Nueces	Rotating art exhibitions
Selena Museum	Corpus Christi	Nueces	Music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
Port Aransas Museum	Port Aransas	Nueces	Memorabilia and artifacts
Tejano Civil Rights Museum	Corpus Christi	Nueces
Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures and Education Center	Corpus Christi	Nueces
Texas Surf Museum and South Texas Music Walk of Fame	Corpus Christi	Nueces
USS Lexington	Corpus Christi	Nueces	"The Blue Ghost", an Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy
Real County Historical Museum	Leakey	Real	Log cabin, horse-drawn hearse, nearby blacksmith shop
Refugio County Museum	Refugio	Refugio	Local history
Blackland Museum	Taft	San Patricio	Local history
Sinton Texas Historical Museum	Sinton	San Patricio	Historical artifacts
Kelsey Bass Museum	Rio Grande City	Starr

Uvalde - Victoria

List of museums in the Uvalde - Victoria counties
Museum name	City	County	Notes
Aviation Museum at Garner Field	Uvalde	Uvalde	Military and civilian aircraft
Briscoe Art and Antique Collection	Uvalde	Uvalde	Collecion of Governor and Mrs. Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe-Garner Museum	Uvalde	Uvalde	Located in the John Nance Garner House. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
El Progreso Memorial Library and Weisman Museum of Southwest Texas	Uvalde	Uvalde
Laughlin Heritage Foundation Museum	Del Rio	Val Verde	History of Laughlin Air Force Base
Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site	Comstock	Val Verde	National Register of Historic Places. Interpretive center about the park's Native American pictographs, cave dwellings and history
Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center	Langtry	Val Verde	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Whitehead Memorial Museum	Del Rio	Val Verde	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Children's Discovery Museum of the Golden Crescent	Victoria	Victoria	Children
Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art	Victoria	Victoria	Contemporary Art
Museum of the Coastal Bend	Victoria	Victoria	Heritage of Texas' mid-coastal region
Nave Museum	Victoria	Victoria	Works by architect Atlee Ayers, as well as other exhibits

Webb - Zapata

List of museums in the Webb - Zapata counties
Museum name	City	County	Notes
Casa Ortiz	Laredo	Webb	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Imaginarium of South Texas	Laredo	Webb	Children's museum
Laredo Center for the Arts	Laredo	Webb	Located in Market Square
Rio Grande Republic Capitol Building	Laredo	Webb	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Texas A&M International University Art Gallery	Laredo	Webb
Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum	Laredo	Webb	Part of the San Agustín Historic District
Washington's Birthday Celebration Museum	Laredo	Webb	For two weeks every February. Celebrates the birthday of America's first president with parades, fiewoorks and festivities
Willacy County Historical Museum	Raymondville	Willacy	Located in the old Raymondville High School
Mertens Frontier Ranch Store and Museum	Zapata	Zapata	Eclectic collection on the road to the Falcones Reservoir
Zapata County Museum of History	Zapata	Zapata	Local history and artifacts

Defunct museums

Alamo Village, Brackettville, movie and television shooting location, includes John Wayne Western Museum, closed in 2010
Cool Cats Toy Museum, Corpus Christi

Resources

Texas Association of Museums
Texas Association of Museums (Archived)
Historic House Museums in Texas

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