An ongoing series from Texas Standard, highlighting the different museums from all across the Lone Star State.
Explore the map below and click on the icons to read about the museums as well as see stories we’ve done featuring them, or scroll to the bottom of the page for a full list of the museums we’ve featured on the show and a link to those stories.
Stay tuned! We’ll be adding museums to the map and list as this series goes on.
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Pandhandle
Amarillo Museum of Art
Why Cadillac Ranch still captivates, even after 50 years by the highway
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North Texas
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Dallas Holocaust Museum expansion will highlight discrimination in America today
Dallas Art Museum
After original work was destroyed, Caddo artist debuts new piece at Dallas Museum of Art
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
‘Barbecue’ art installation is a feast for the eyes
Sid Richardson Museum (Fort Worth)
This small Fort Worth museum features renowned Western art
Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum (Greenville)
Hunt County’s Cotton Museum showcases more than agriculture
The Best Little Toy Museum in Texas (Wylie)
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East Texas
Caddo Mounds State Historic Site (Alto)
‘A sense of renewal’: Caddo Mounds historic site reopens 5 years after tornado destroyed property
Battleship Texas (Galveston)
Battleship Texas safely arrives in Galveston for repairs
Nia Cultural Center Juneteenth Legacy Project Headquarters (Galveston)
This Galveston museum tells the Juneteenth story where it began
London Museum & Cafe (New London)
A tiny East Texas museum makes sure the history of the London School explosion is not forgotten
Rangerette Showcase and Museum (Kilgore)
Celebrating 85 years of high kicks and history in East Texas
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Central Texas
Blanton Museum of Art
New exhibit foregrounds photography perspectives of Indigenous artists
Bullock State History Museum (Austin)
Lowrider legacy and culture take center stage at Bullock Texas State History Museum
Exhibit delves into the history of the Rosenwald Schools of Texas
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
‘History and Fate’ tells the stories of leaders through their speeches
LBJ Presidential Library (Austin)
From Willie Nelson’s cowboy boots to Taylor Swift’s guitar: Austin museum showcases music history
Texas Science and Natural History Museum (Austin)
Former Texas Memorial Museum reopens with new name, new exhibits
Museum of the Weird (Austin)
Cryptids, the macabre highlighted in Austin’s Museum of the Weird
Joseph and Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum (Austin)
Alamo descendants are stitched into history at Susanna Dickinson Museum
Texas Toy Museum and Arcade (Austin)
It’s nostalgia and ‘free play’ arcades at Austin’s Texas Toy Museum
Bastrop Museum & Vistor Center
How Bastrop played a key role in WWII and boasts a connection to the 1900 Galveston hurricane
Kuhlmann-King Historical Complex (Boerne)
Historic house preserves part of Boerne’s past
Science Mill (Johnson City)
This old feed mill Is now an awesome hands-on science museum
The Falls on the Colorado Museum (Marble Falls)
McDade Historical Society Museum
This old saloon tells the story of a small Central Texas town
The Alamo (San Antonio)
First-ever Spanish guided tour of the Alamo part of an effort to better tell its history
Briscoe Western Art Museum (San Antonio)
Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson to headline Briscoe Western Art Museum series
McNay Art Museum (San Antonio)
Art exhibit at San Antonio’s McNay Museum views Mexico and the U.S. through a quirky lens
Mission Trails
San Antonio’s mission bells have marked life’s major events throughout their mysterious history
Via Finale: Museum & Gardens (San Antonio)
Music boxes of old play San Antonio history
Calaboose Museum (San Marcos)
The Calaboose Museum offers a history and support for the future
Wittliff Collections
Anderson Mill Grist Mill and Museum (Volente)
Visit a working water-powered grist mill and museum in Central Texas
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South Texas
Museum of South Texas History (Edinburg)
From Mosasaurs to ‘Magic Valley’: A peek inside the Museum of South Texas History
Texas Maritime Museum (Rockport)
Texas Maritime Museum eyes $14 million expansion to further its mission
San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum
New Freddy Fender exhibit paints full picture of Tejano artist’s career and hurdles
Texas Conjunto Music Museum and Hall of Fame (San Benito)
San Benito’s conjunto museum traces the genre’s past as a new generation takes root
With San Benito conjunto museum, a daughter continues her father’s labor of love
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West Texas
Frontier Texas! (Abilene)
What to do on a visit to the ‘Storybook Capital of Texas’
The Grace Museum (Abilene)
