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Greater Houston is the 10-county Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area defined by the Office of Management and Budget. It is located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas. The metropolitan area is colloquially referred to as "Greater Houston" and is situated in Southeast Texas, just west of the Golden Triangle. Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the United States with a population of 5,946,800 as of the 2010 U.S. Census estimate.[1]
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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.
Lists of Texas institutions which are not museums are noted in the "See also" section, below.
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| Greater Houston area museums other than Houston and Galveston | ||||
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| Museum name | Image | City | Type | Summary |
| Alvin Historical Museum | Alvin | Local history | website, operated by the Alvin Museum Society | |
| Stephen F. Austin State Park | San Felipe | Open air | Includes historic log dogtrot house and J.J. Josey General Store & Museum | |
| Baytown Historical Museum | Baytown | Local history | information | |
| Brazoria Community Historical Museum | Brazoria | Local history | website | |
| Brazoria County Historical Museum | Angleton | Local history | website, history and cultural heritage of Brazoria County | |
| Brazosport Museum of Natural Science | Clute | Natural history | website, features shells, fossils, dinosaur skeletons, wildlife, rocks & minerals and archeology | |
| Butler Longhorn Museum | League City | American West | website, planned museum, Texas Longhorn history through in western art, music, Longhorn artifacts and Texas historical items | |
| Dickinson Historic Railroad Depot | Dickinson | Local history | information, operated by the Dickinson Historical Society | |
| Forbidden Gardens | Katy | Replication of Terracotta Army | closed in 2011 | |
| Heritage Museum of Montgomery County, Texas | Conroe | Local history | website | |
| Humble Museum | Humble | Local history | website, exhibits include oil, cattle, lumber, churches and everyday life | |
| Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts | Spring | Art | website, features three galleries of changing exhibits | |
| Fort Bend Museum | Richmond | Open air | website, includes Museum, Long-Smith Cottage, 1883 John M. and Lottie D. Moore House , and the McFarlane House | |
| Katy Heritage Park | Katy | Open air | website, operated by the Katy Heritage Society | |
| Lake Jackson Historical Museum | Lake Jackson | Local history | website | |
| Marguerite Rogers House Museum | Alvin | Historic house | website, operated by the Alvin Museum Society | |
| Rosenberg Railroad Museum | Rosenberg | Railroad | ||
| Nolan Ryan Exhibit Center | Alvin | Biographical | website, baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan | |
| San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site | La Porte | Multiple | Includes the San Jacinto Museum of History about the history of Texas, the San Jacinto Monument, the battlefield and the USS Texas museum ship | |
| Spring Historical Museum | Spring | Local history | information, information | |
| Texas City Museum | Texas City | Local history | website, includes model railroad exhibit and children's discovery area | |
| Tomball Museum Center | Tomball | Open air | website, operated by the Spring Creek County Historical Association, includes two period historic houses, country doctor's office, farm equipment display, log buildings, church, schoolhouse, oil camp house | |
| USS Texas | La Porte | Museum ship | Battleship, part of San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site | |
| Varner–Hogg Plantation State Historical Site | West Columbia | Historic house | ||
| Wallisville Heritage Park and Museum | Wallisville | Local history | website, information | |
| West Bay Common School Children's Museum | League City | Children's | website, includes one room schoolhouse, barn with farm tools and hands-on displays, and an ice house/barbershop | |
| Woodlands Children's Museum | Woodlands | Children's | website | |
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