List of museums in the Texas Panhandle

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The Helium Monument & Time Capsule is located in front of the Don Harrington Discovery Center

The list of museums in the Texas Panhandle 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.

Texas Panhandle

The Texas Panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state. The panhandle is a rectangular area bordered by New Mexico to the west and Oklahoma to the north and east. The Handbook of Texas defines the southern border of Swisher County to be the southern boundary of the Texas Panhandle region.

According to the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission, the following counties constitute the Texas Panhandle:

• Armstrong County
• Briscoe County
• Carson County
• Castro County
• Childress County
• Collingsworth County
• Dallam County
• Deaf Smith County
• Donley County

• Gray County
• Hall County
• Hansford County
• Hartley County
• Hemphill County
• Hutchinson County
• Lipscomb County
• Moore County
• Ochiltree County

• Oldham County
• Parmer County
• Potter County
• Randall County
• Roberts County
• Sherman County
• Swisher County
• Wheeler County

Museums

See also: Museums in Central Texas and Museums in East Texas

See also: Museums in North Texas and Museums in the Texas Gulf Coast

See also: Museums in South Texas and Museums in West Texas

Texas Panhandle museums
Museum name	Image	City	County	Type	Summary/Refs
Adrian Lions Antique Museum		Adrian	Oldham	Agriculture	antique farm equipment
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
Amarillo Historical Museum		Amarillo	Potter	Local history
Amarillo Museum of Art		Amarillo	Potter	Art	Collections include American Modernist paintings, Asian art, photography
Amarillo Railroad Museum		Amarillo	Potter	Railroad	Model railway layouts
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
Bob Wills Museum		Turkey	Hall	Music	Life of musician Bob Wills, "King of Western Swing"
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
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
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
Freedom Museum USA		Pampa	Gray	Military	Military equipment and memorabilia, including a WWII B-25 Bomber and a WWII Burma Jeep
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
Harrington House		Amarillo	Potter	Historic house	20th-century house with French and English antiques and fine decorative items
Heritage Hall Museum		Memphis	Hall	Local history
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
Jack Sisemore Traveland RV Museum		Amarillo	Potter	Transportation	Collection of vintage RVs
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
Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian		Amarillo	Potter	Native American	art and culture of Pueblo and Plains people
McLean-Alanreed Area Museum		McLean	Gray	Local History	area history museum with emphasis on ranching heritage, Titanic Shipwreck connection, Mclean WWII POW encampment
Milburn-Price Culture Museum		Vega	Oldham	Local history
Mobeetie Jail Museum		Mobeetie	Wheeler	Local history
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
Oldham County Heritage Farm & Ranch Museum		Vega	Oldham	Agriculture	Outdoor display of antique farm and ranch equipment
Old Jail Museum		Silverton	Briscoe	Prison
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
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
Roberts County Museum		Miami	Roberts	Local history
Saints' Roost Museum	100px	Clarendon	Donley	Local history
Sherman County Depot Museum		Stratford	Sherman	Local history	Located in a historic depot
Stationmaster's House Museum		Spearman	Hansford	Local history
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
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
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
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
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
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
XIT Museum	100px	Dalhart	Dallam	Local history	Includes History of XIT Ranch, period room displays, weapons, railroads, role of county sheriff, natural history

Defunct museums

• Texas Tornado Museum, Amarillo

Resources

• Texas Association of Museums
• Historic House Museums in Texas

References