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According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the following 25 counties are the Texas Hill Country:[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 |
Bell County Museum | Belton | Local history | website, historical and cultural heritage of Bell County | |
Buchanan Dam Museum & Visitor Center | Burnet | Local history | information, located at Buchanan Dam | |
Falls on the Colorado Museum | Marble Falls | Local history | website | |
Fort Croghan | Burnet | Open air | Museum with period antiques and grounds with restored frontier fort buildings | |
Fort McKavett State Historic Site | Fort McKavett | Military | Restored fort buildings | |
Fort Martin Scott | Fredericksburg | Military | Restored frontier fort with period displays | |
Frontier Times Museum | Bandera | Local history | Includes American West, pioneer & prehistoric artifacts | |
Gish Old West Museum | Fredericksburg | American West | information, private collection of Western gear and memorabilia, includes guns, clothing, horse gear and art | |
Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country | Canyon Lake | Local history | website, exhibits include Native American artifacts, early pioneer farm life, Canyon Dam history, fossils | |
Hill Country Museum | Kerrville | Historic house | website, information, located in the Schreiner Mansion | |
Highland Lakes Air Museum | Burnet | Aviation | Website, The museum houses historical artifacts and mementos that highlights the contributions of the common soldier, seaman, and airman. There is a “working” aircraft hangar where WWII era aircraft are brought back to life. | |
Hill Country Wildlife Museum | Llano | Natural history | information | |
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park | Johnson City | Biographical | Two locations, one with boyhood home of President Lyndon B. Johnson, his grandparent's log cabin settlement and a visitor center, the second with his first school, birthplace, Texas White House and the Johnson Family Cemetery | |
Keystone Square Museum | Lampasas | Local history | website | |
Kimble County Historical Museum | Junction | Local history | information, information | |
Llano County Historical Museum | Llano | Local history | website | |
Museum of Western Art | Kerrville | Art | Art of the American West, formerly known as Cowboy Artists of America Museum | |
National Museum of the Pacific War | Fredericksburg | Military | History of the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, part of Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site | |
Pioneer Museum Complex | Fredericksburg | Open air | Markplatz Vereins Kirche Museum Fredericksburg Volunteer Fire Department Museum White Oak School Historic homes Operated by the Gillespie County Historical Society |
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Dr. Joseph M. and Sarah Pound Farmstead | Dripping Springs | Historic house | Restored early 20th century farmstead | |
Remington Art Museum | Wimberley | Art | website, operated by 7A Resort | |
San Saba County Museum | San Saba | Local history | information | |
Veterans & Pioneer Ranch Women Museum | Sonora |
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