List of museums in Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area, Texas

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The Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area is defined by the United States Census Bureau as a three-county region in Southeast Texas, east of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The area is also known as the Golden Triangle. The "golden" refers to the wealth that came from the Spindletop oil strike near Beaumont in 1901, and "triangle" refers to the area among the cities of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange.

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

Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitian area, Texas museums
Museum name Image City Type Summary
Art Museum of Southeast Texas Beaumont Art Emphasis on American and folk art
Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum Beaumont Biographical website, female athlete Babe Didrikson
Beaumont Art League Beaumont Art website, features the Brown and Scurlock Galleries
Beaumont Police Department Museum Beaumont Law enforcement information
Chambers House Beaumont Historic house website, operated by the Beaumont Heritage Society, restored for the period 1920 - 1945
Clifton Steamboat Museum Beaumont Multiple website, steamboat era, military displays including wars fought in Southeast Texas and Louisiana, art and Boy Scout display
Dishman Art Museum Beaumont Art Part of Lamar University, includes contemporary art exhibits, 19th-century paintings and porcelains and objets d'art
Dutch Windmill Museum Nederland Local history website, replica of a Dutch windmill with local history and Dutch heritage displays and Tex Ritter artifacts
Edison Museum Beaumont Biographical Artifacts and interactive exhibits about Thomas Edison and his inventions
Fire Museum of Texas Beaumont Firefighting website
Jefferson County Historical Commission Museum Beaumont Local history information
John Jay French Museum Beaumont Historic house website, operated by the Beaumont Heritage Society, includes 1845 period house, blacksmith shop, tannery, privy and smokehouse
Kirby-Hill House Kountze Historic house website
La Maison Acadienne Nederland Local history website, replica of early Acadian homes in South Louisiana, with local French heritage displays
La Maison Beausoleil Port Neches Historic house website, 1810 Cajun architectural style home
McFaddin-Ward House Beaumont Historic house Beaux-Arts mansion with over 75 years of furnishings
Museum of the Gulf Coast Port Arthur Multiple website, heritage of the Gulf Coast including history, natural history, fine and decorative art and popular culture
Pelt Pond Rural Life Museum Kountze Local history information, rural East Texas pioneer life
Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum Beaumont Industry Part of Lamar University, restored oil boomtown village that show the effects of the Spindletop oil well on the local community
Stark Museum of Art Orange Art Focus on American Western and Native American art and artifacts
Stark House, W.H.W.H. Stark House Orange Historic house 1920s period house
Texas Energy Museum Beaumont Industry website, Texas oil industry and oil discovery science

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