List of museums in the Texas Hill Country

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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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Museums

Texas Hill Country museums
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
Johnson National Historic Park, Lyndon B.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, 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, 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
Pound Farmstead, Dr. Joseph M. and SarahDr. 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

See also

Resources

References

  1. ^ Texas Parks and Wildlife. "Hill Country Wildlife Management". Land & Water: Habitats. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater/land/habitats/hillcountry/regulatory/. Retrieved 5 April 2010.