List of museums in Abilene metropolitan area, Texas

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Abilene ( /ˈæbəln/ ab-ə-leen) is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the county seat of Taylor County.[1] The metropolitan area also includes Callahan County.

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.

Lists of Texas institutions which are not museums are noted in the "See also" section, below.

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Museums

Abilene metropolitan area, Texas museums
Museum name Image City Type Summary
12th Armored Division Memorial Museum Abilene Military website, information
Buffalo Gap Historic Village Buffalo Gap Open air Historic Western village
Center for Contemporary Arts Abilene Art website, includes four galleries
Cockerell Galleries Abilene Art website, information, operated by Abilene Christian University
Frontier Texas! Abilene American West Features interactive simulations of American West people and experiences
Museum, GraceGrace Museum Abilene Multiple Includes an art museum, a local history museum and children's museum
Howard Museum, Robert E.Robert E. Howard Museum Cross Plains Biographical website, home of and museum about Robert E. Howard, author of Conan the Barbarian
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature Abilene Art Features changing exhibitions of art from children's books

See also

Resources

References

  1. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07.