List of museums in East Texas

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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.[1]

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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Contents

Museums

East Texas museums
Museum name Image City Type Summary
Aces of Clubs House Texarkana Historic house website, 1885 Italianate Victorian home in a club shape with Edwardian furnishings
B-RI Railroad Museum Teague Railroad website, also local history exhibits
Burton Cotton Gin & Museum Burton Agriculture website, working cotton gin and history of cotton farming
Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site Alto Archaeology website
Chappell Hill Museum Chappell Hill Local history website
Davis Pioneer Complex & Museum, N.H.N.H. Davis Pioneer Complex & Museum Montgomery Historic house information
Depot Museum Henderson Open air website, includes East Texas history, folk crafts and historic buildings
Discovery Place Children's Museum Texarkana Children's website
East Texas Oil Museum Kilgore Industry website, includes re-creation of oil discovery and production in the early 1930s, period boomtown displays
Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site Anderson Historic house Restored 1850s period family home and stagecoach stop
Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum Gilmer Aviation website, aircraft and equipment of the armed forces, a museum dedicated to honoring veterans, nurturing patriotism, preserving heritage
Franklin County Museum Mount Vernon Local history information, includes local, cultural and natural history artifacts
Gilmer Literary Museum Gilmer Commodity information, memorabilia pertaining to American Presidents, British Royalty, American and British authors and literary characters
Gregg County Historical Museum Longview Local history website
Harrison County Historical Museum Marshall Local history
Henderson County Historical Museum Athens Local history website
Heritage Village Woodville Open air website, buildings reflect pioneer life from the 19th century to early 20th century
Historic Upshur Museum Gilmer Local history information
History Center, TheThe History Center Diboll Local history website
Horlock History Center Navasota Historic house information, open by appointment
House of the Seasons Jefferson Historic house website
Houston Regional Library and Research Center, SamSam Houston Regional Library and Research Center Liberty Multiple Includes changing exhibits of South Texas history from its collections and two historic house museums
Houston Memorial Museum, SamSam Houston Memorial Museum Huntsville Biographical website, part of Sam Houston State University
Jefferson Historical Museum Jefferson Local history website, exhibits include period furniture and decorative arts, Civil War artifacts, weapons, country store items, farm tools, pioneer doctor's instruments, art
Johnson's Rock Shop and Museum Livingston Geology information
Limestone County Historical Museum Groesbeck Local history information
Longview Museum of Fine Arts Longview Art website
Majors-Parchman Farmstead Mount Vernon Historic house information, 1883 Victorian farmhouse with original outbuildings, a small barn, smokehouse, chicken coop
Michelson Museum of Art Marshall Art
Miss Jane Library & Museum Beckville Local history website
Mount Vernon Railroad Depot Mount Vernon Multiple information, museum includes working telegraph and railroad exhibits, model train exhibit, 1902 Studebaker covered wagon; property includes 1880-built log cabin, a syrup press and mill and a blacksmith shop
Museum for East Texas Culture Palestine Local history website
Museum of East Texas Lufkin Multiple website, local history and art
Museum of Regional History Texarkana Local history website, exhibits include pre-history, +Spanish and French explorers, agriculture, early industry, civil rights, World War II and local music figures
Newton County Historical Commission History Center & Museum Newton Local history information
Northeast Texas Children's Museum Commerce Children's website
Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Museum Pittsburg Multiple website, two sites with one admission, the Farmstead, a turn-of-the-20th-century farmhouse and farm, and the Cotton Belt Depot with local railroad, cultural, agricultural history and transportation exhibits
Old Fort Parker Groesbeck Military website, information, restored fort buildings
Old Jail Art Museum Mount Vernon Art website, operated by the Franklin County Arts Alliance
Pearce Collections at Navarro College, TheThe Pearce Collections at Navarro College Corsicana Multiple Contemporary American Western art and American Civil War collections
Pioneer Village (Texas), Pioneer VillabePioneer Villabe Pioneer Village (Texas) Corsicana Open air website, operated by the Navarro County Historical Society
Polk County Memorial Museum Livingston Local history website
Powell Hotel Museum Newton Historic site information
Rayburn House and Museum, Samuel T.Samuel T. Rayburn House and Museum Bonham Biographical
Sabine County Jail Museum and Vergie Speights Memorial Library Hemphill Local history information, operated by the Sabine County Historical Society, includes exhibits of Sabine County history, tours of jail cell and gallows
Salt Palace Grand Saline Historic house website, house made from solid salt rocks donated by Morton Salt, exhibits include local salt industry and local history
Shelby County Historical Society Museum Center Local history website, information
Shivers Museum and Library, AllanAllan Shivers Museum and Library Woodville Biographical website, mementos of Governor Allan Shivers
Southwest Dairy Museum Sulphur Springs Agriculture Dairy farming and dairy products
Spellman Museum of Forney History Forney Local history website, operated by the Forney Historic Preservation League
Star of the Republic Museum Washington-on-the-Brazos History Culture and history of the Republic of Texas from 1836–1846
Starr Family Home State Historic Site Marshall Historic house
Texas and Pacific Railway Museum Marshall Raiilroad Website
Texas Country Music Hall of Fame Carthage Music
Texas Forestry Museum Lufkin Multiple website, area logging industry, the CCC, the United States Forest Service and forests
Texas Prison Museum Huntsville Law enforcement website
Van Area Oil & Historical Museum Van Local history website
Vanishing Texana Museum Jacksonville Local history website, located in the Jacksonville Public Library
Veterans Museum of Texas Huntsville Military website, also known as HEARTS Veterans Museum of Texas
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site Washington-on-the-Brazos Multiple Includes Star of the Republic Museum, Independence Hall and Barrington Living History Farm
Williams House Museum De Kalb Local history information
Wills Point Depot Museum Wills Point Local history information

See also

Resources

References

  1. ^ Johnson, E.H.. "East Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rye01.