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Institute of Texan Cultures
http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/public/
An educational center located at the University of Texas at San Antonio dedicated to enhancing the understanding of the history and diverse cultures of Texas through exhibits, programs, and publications that encourage acceptance and appreciation of our differences as well as our common humanity.
Center for American History
http://www.cah.utexas.edu/
Facilitates research and sponsors programs on the historical development of the United States. Located at the University of Texas at Austin.
Sam Rayburn Museum and Library
http://www.cah.utexas.edu/museums/rayburn.php
Exhibits, photographs, original letters, political cartoons, art, furniture, and personal memorabilia relating to important events in the life and times of Sam Rayburn.
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art
http://www.blantonmuseum.org/
One of the foremost university art museums in the country and the leading art museum serving the city of Austin and Central Texas.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/
Established to preserve and make available for research the papers and memorabilia of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. In addition, the library actively collects the papers of Johnson's contemporaries and conducts an oral history program designed to supplement the written record.
Winedale
http://www.cah.utexas.edu/museums/winedale.php
A 225 acre complex of 19th-century structures and modern facilities in northern Fayette County preserved to foster an understanding of Texas history and culture through research, teaching, and public service
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/
A dynamic educational institution that engages visitors in the exciting Story of Texas through a variety of program and exhibit experiences.
Museum of the Southwest
http://www.museumsw.org/
Collections focus on art and archeology of the American Southwest. Exhibits include ethnographic materials relating to Southwestern cultures and regional works by artists from New Mexico and Texas.
Witte Museum
http://www.wittemuseum.org/
Offers an interpretive exhibit of the archeology, lifeways and rock art of the prehistoric Indian hunter-gatherer societies of the Lower Pecos region.
San Jacinto Museum of History
http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/
Contains material relating to the period of the Republic of Texas. Exhibits interpret Texas history from the early Indian civilizations through the end of the 19th century, including contributions to the development of the state made by Spanish, Mexican and French colonists. Located in San Jacinto Battleground State Historical Park, off SH 225.
O. Henry Museum
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/ohenry.htm
Austin home of William Sidney Porter, who became famous as a short-story writer under the pen name O. Henry. This Queen Anne-style cottage has since been restored and now contains artifacts and memorabilia from Porter's life in Austin.
Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens
http://www.utep.edu/museum/
An academic support and outreach unit of the University of Texas at El Paso focusing on the natural history and the indigenous, colonial, pre-urban, and folk cultures of the border regions of southwestern United States and Mexico.
Pearce Collections Museum
http://www.navarrocollege.edu/library/museum/
Two museums in one: the Pearce Civil War Museum exhibits and interprets letters, diaries, journals, photographs, and artifacts from the civilians, soldiers, military, political, and civic leaders of the era; the Pearce Western Art Museum exhibits original representational works of art by acknowledged masters of Western Art as well as recent original works. Located at Navarro College.
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
http://www.cowgirl.net/
The only museum in the world dedicated to honoring women of the American West. Nationally known for its exhibits, research library, rare photography collection, and the honorees in its Hall of Fame.
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
http://www.panhandleplains.org/
The largest history museum in Texas; located on the campus of West Texas A&M University. Exhibitions dedicated to petroleum, Southern Plains lifeways, paleontology, transportation, and the art of the Southwest before 1945, including the Santa Fe, Taos, and Texas schools.
Museum of the Big Bend
http://www.sulross.edu/~museum/
Collects and exhibits artifacts of the Big Bend region. Reflects the history and culture of the Native Americans, Spanish, Mexicans, and Anglo-Americans who inhabited the area. Located at Sul Ross University.
Brazoria County Historical Museum
http://www.bchm.org/
Located in Angleton, Texas in the heart of Stephen F. Austin's Colony. This is where Texas began its emergence as an independent nation. National award-winning Austin Colony exhibit chronicles the birth of that nation.
Longview Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.lmfa.org/
Exhibits changing collections and selections from its permanent collections, predominantly consisting of contemporary works by artists working in the Southwest.
El Paso Museum of Art
http://www.elpasoartmuseum.org/
Presents changing exhibitions that express the region's diverse culture. Exhibits selections from its permanent collection of art from Europe, Mexico, and the United States.
Museum of Texas Tech University
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/
Collections in the arts, humanities and sciences consisting of natural and cultural material from Texas, the Southwest, and other regions related by natural history, heritage, and climate. Exhibits selections from the museum's art collections and a variety of traveling exhibitions.
Mexic-Arte Museum
http://www.mexic-artemuseum.org/
Presents and promotes traditional and contemporary Mexican, Latino, and Latin American art and culture. Collection consists of works by emerging and established artists.
Museum of Western Art
http://www.caamuseum.com/
Preserves and promotes the heritage of the American West. Exhibits historical objects, photographs, works from contemporary painters and sculptors, and past masters such as Remington and Russell.
Dallas Museum of Art
http://www.dallasmuseumofart.org/
A hundred-year-old museum that features 23,000 art pieces from around the world. It also hosts many special events and exhibits, many of which showcase the best that the Southwest has to offer. Also provides special material for teachers and students to help facilitate a better understanding of art.
The Amon Carter Museum
http://www.cartermuseum.org
Houses the collection of western art amassed by philanthropist Amon G. Carter, Sr. Paintings included are from 19th-century landscapes by Hudson River School painters, New Mexico paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe, scenes of the West by John Mix Stanley and Albert Bierstadt, etc. Also has extensive collection of photographs from the West.
Buddy Holly Center
http://www.buddyhollycenter.org/
The Buddy Holly center showcases various exhibits related to music, music history, and visual arts, with a particular emphasis on Texas and its artists. Also contains a permanent exhibit about the life and music of Buddy Holly.
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