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The Texas Panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state. The panhandle is a rectangular area bordered by New Mexico to the west and Oklahoma to the north and east. The Handbook of Texas defines the southern border of Swisher County to be the southern boundary of the Texas Panhandle region, though some consider the region to extend as far south as Lubbock County.
The 26 northernmost counties that make up the Texas Panhandle include[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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| Museum name | Image | City | Type | Summary |
| Adrian Lions Antique Museum | Adrian | Agriculture | information, antique farm equipment | |
| Childress County Heritage Museum | Childress | World War II pilots | http://biz.childresstexas.net/childressmuseum/ | |
| Collingsworth County Museum | Wellington | Multiple | website, art and local history and period artifacts | |
| Deaf Smith County Historical Museum | Hereford | Local history | website | |
| Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum | McLean | Commodity | History of barbed wire and its impact on the development of the Old West | |
| Dot's Mini Museum | Vega | Commodity | information, information, information, includes Route 66 and cowboy memorabilia, Avon bottles | |
| Freedom Museum | Pampa | Military | website | |
| Hutchinson County Historical Museum | Borger | Local history | website | |
| McLean-Alanreed Area Museum | McLean | Local History | information, area history museum with emphasis on ranching heritage, Titanic Shipwreck connection, Mclean WWII POW encampment | |
| Mobeetie Jail Museum | Mobeetie | Local history | website, information | |
| Museum of the Plains | Perryton | Multiple | website, includes local and natural history, toys & dolls, glass, bottles, tools, vehicles, period business and room displays, depot, historic house and general store | |
| Oldham County Heritage Farm & Ranch Museum | Vega | Agriculture | information, antique farm equipment | |
| Old Jail Museum | Silverton | Prison | information | |
| Pioneer West Museum | Shamrock | Local history | ||
| River Valley Pioneer Museum | Canadian | Local history | website | |
| Roberts County Museum | Miami | Local history | photos and information, information | |
| Saints' Roost Museum | Clarendon | Local history | ||
| White Deer Land Museum | Pampa | Local history | website, guided tours of period displays | |
| Window on the Plains Museum | Dumas | History | Formerly the Moore County Historical Museum, features period home, farming and business displays | |
| Wolf Creek Heritage Museum | Lipscomb | Multiple | website, local culture, history and art | |
| XIT Museum | Dalhart | Local history | Includes History of XIT Ranch, period room displays, weapons, railroads, role of county sheriff, natural history | |
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