Texas Panhandle museums |
Museum name |
Image |
City |
County |
Type |
Summary/Refs |
Adrian Lions Antique Museum |
|
Adrian |
Oldham |
Agriculture |
antique farm equipment [2] |
Amarillo College Natural History Museum |
|
Amarillo |
Potter |
Natural history |
Part of Amarillo College, located in Ordway Hall, includes mammals, birds, fish, insects and ships in a bottle[3] |
Amarillo Historical Museum |
|
Amarillo |
Potter |
Local history |
[4][5] |
Amarillo Museum of Art |
|
Amarillo |
Potter |
Art |
Collections include American Modernist paintings, Asian art, photography |
Amarillo Railroad Museum |
|
Amarillo |
Potter |
Railroad |
Model railway layouts[6] |
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum |
|
Amarillo |
Potter |
Horse |
History and heritage of the American Quarter Horse |
Armstrong County Museum |
100px |
Claude |
Armstrong |
Multiple |
Art, local history and culture, includes the museum, art gallery, the historic Gem Theatre, Hall of Honor, a one-room school house[7] |
Bob Wills Museum |
|
Turkey |
Hall |
Music |
Life of musician Bob Wills, "King of Western Swing"[8][9] |
Carson County Square House Museum |
100px |
Panhandle |
Carson |
Multiple |
Exhibits include mammoth hunters, Indian Wars, cattle ranches, railroads, 1920s oil boom, region's part in the space program, area wildlife gallery and two art galleries |
Castro County Museum |
|
Dimmitt |
Castro |
Local history |
[10] |
Childress County Heritage Museum |
100px |
Childress |
Childress |
Local history |
Exhibits include Indian artifacts, theater memorabilia, West Texas materials, school and period rooms, Childress Army Airfield, Michie Transportation Museum |
The Citadelle |
|
Canadian |
Hemphill |
Art |
Residential art museum of arts patron Malouf Abraham, Jr. |
Collingsworth County Museum |
|
Wellington |
Collingsworth |
Multiple |
Art and local history and period artifacts[11] |
Deaf Smith County Historical Museum |
100px |
Hereford |
Deaf Smith |
Local history |
Area pioneer heritage |
Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum |
100px |
McLean |
Gray |
Commodity |
History of barbed wire and its impact on the development of the Old West |
Don Harrington Discovery Center |
100px |
Amarillo |
Potter |
Science |
Hands-on exhibits on natural history and core sciences |
Dot's Mini Museum |
|
Vega |
Oldham |
Commodity |
Includes Route 66 and cowboy memorabilia, Avon bottles [12][13] |
Freedom Museum USA |
|
Pampa |
Gray |
Military |
Military equipment and memorabilia, including a WWII B-25 Bomber and a WWII Burma Jeep[14] |
Goodnight Historical Center |
|
Goodnight |
Armstrong |
Historic house |
Operated by the Armstrong County Museum, late 19th-century pioneer home of rancher Charles Goodnight, visitor center exhibits about the Goodnights, bison, and transportation and settlement of the area[15][16] |
Harrington House |
|
Amarillo |
Potter |
Historic house |
20th-century house with French and English antiques and fine decorative items[17] |
Heritage Hall Museum |
|
Memphis |
Hall |
Local history |
[18][19] |
Hutchinson County Historical Museum |
100px |
Borger |
Hutchinson |
Local history |
Exhibits include paleontology, geology, archaeology, farming and ranching, oil boom |
Isaac McCormick Pioneer Cottage |
|
Stinnett |
Hutchinson |
Historic house |
1890s period pioneer home, open by appointment[20] |
Jack Sisemore Traveland RV Museum |
|
Amarillo |
Potter |
Transportation |
Collection of vintage RVs[21] |
Julians Bivins Museum |
|
Boys Ranch |
Oldham |
Local history |
Early history of Oldham County, Old Tascosa, Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, Native American and prehistoric Panhandle cultures artifacts, cowboy and pioneer items[2][22] |
Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian |
|
Amarillo |
Potter |
Native American |
art and culture of Pueblo and Plains people[23] |
McLean-Alanreed Area Museum |
|
McLean |
Gray |
Local History |
area history museum with emphasis on ranching heritage, Titanic Shipwreck connection, Mclean WWII POW encampment[24] |
Milburn-Price Culture Museum |
|
Vega |
Oldham |
Local history |
[25][26] |
Mobeetie Jail Museum |
|
Mobeetie |
Wheeler |
Local history |
[27][28] |
Museum of the Plains |
|
Perryton |
Ochiltree |
Multiple |
Includes local and natural history, toys & dolls, glass, bottles, tools, vehicles, period business and room displays, depot, historic house and general store[29] |
Oldham County Heritage Farm & Ranch Museum |
|
Vega |
Oldham |
Agriculture |
Outdoor display of antique farm and ranch equipment[30] |
Old Jail Museum |
|
Silverton |
Briscoe |
Prison |
[31] |
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum |
|
Canyon |
Randall |
Texas culture and history |
Campus of West Texas A&M University, includes American West, pioneer and agriculture history, art, paleontology, decorative arts and furniture, firearms, antique vehicles, sports artifacts, textiles and an outdoor pioneer village |
Parmer County Pioneer Heritage Museum |
|
Friona, |
Parmer |
Local history |
[32] |
Pioneer West Museum |
|
Shamrock |
Wheeler |
Local history |
Exhibits include Great Plains Indians, astronaut Alan Bean, cowboys, pioneer weapons, Fort Elliot, farming and ranching, period businesses and room displays |
River Valley Pioneer Museum |
|
Canadian |
Hemphill |
Local history |
Historic interpretation of the settlement period in the eastern Texas Panhandle[33] |
Roberts County Museum |
|
Miami |
Roberts |
Local history |
[34][35] |
Saints' Roost Museum |
100px |
Clarendon |
Donley |
Local history |
[36] |
Sherman County Depot Museum |
|
Stratford |
Sherman |
Local history |
Located in a historic depot[37] |
Stationmaster's House Museum |
|
Spearman |
Hansford |
Local history |
[38] |
Swisher County Museum |
|
Tulia |
Swisher |
Local history |
Includes 1930s period house, ranch and farm artifacts, replica blacksmith shop, military artifacts, needle art, Santa Fe Railroad and Native American artifacts, also known as Swisher County Archives & Museum[39] |
Texas Air & Space Museum |
100px |
Amarillo |
Potter |
Aviation |
Located at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, features civilian and military aircraft |
Texas Pharmacy Museum |
|
Amarillo |
Potter |
Medical |
Part of Texas Tech University in the Health Sciences Center[40] |
Tower Station and U-Drop Inn |
|
Shamrock |
Wheeler |
Historic site |
Restored 1936 Art Deco gas station/inn/restaurant on Route 66, now houses a museum, visitors’ center, gift shop and the city’s Chamber of Commerce |
Turkey Roost Museum |
|
Turkey |
Hall |
Local history |
[41] |
White Deer Land Museum |
|
Pampa |
Gray |
Local history |
Guided tours of period displays from the 1880s until ca 1945, includes furnishings, household items, clothing, arrowheads, tools[42] |
Window on the Plains Museum |
100px |
Dumas |
Moore |
History |
Formerly the Moore County Historical Museum, features period home, farming and business displays |
Wolf Creek Heritage Museum |
|
Lipscomb |
Lipscomb |
Multiple |
Local culture, history and art[43] |
White Deer Land Museum |
|
Pampa |
Gray |
Local history |
Guided tours of period displays from the 1880s until ca 1945, includes furnishings, household items, clothing, arrowheads, tools[44] |
XIT Museum |
100px |
Dalhart |
Dallam |
Local history |
Includes History of XIT Ranch, period room displays, weapons, railroads, role of county sheriff, natural history |