List of museums in the Texas Panhandle facts for kids

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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:

Museums in the Texas Panhandle, listed by county

Armstrong - Donley

List of museums in the Armstrong - Donley counties

Museum name	Image	City	County	Notes	Refs
Armstrong County Museum		Claude	Armstrong	Art, local history and culture, includes the museum, art gallery, the historic Gem Theatre, Hall of Honor, a one-room school house
Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight Ranch State Historic Site		Goodnight	Armstrong	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 National Register of Historic Places listings in Armstrong County, Texas
Old Jail Museum		Silverton	Briscoe	Prison
Carson County Square House Museum		Panhandle	Carson	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Castro County Museum		Dimmitt	Castro
Childress County Heritage Museum		Childress	Childress	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Collingsworth County Museum		Wellington	Collingsworth	Art, local history and period artifacts
XIT Museum		Dalhart	Dallam	Artifacts from the old XIT Ranch era
Deaf Smith County Historical Museum		Hereford	Deaf Smith	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Saints' Roost Museum		Clarendon	Donley	Clarendon was nicknamed "Saints' Roost" in the 19th century, for its proliferation of local churches and absence of saloons

Gray

List of museums in Gray County, Texas

Museum name	Image	City	County	Notes	Refs
Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum		McLean	Gray	History of barbed wire in Texas
Freedom Museum		Pampa	Gray	Military equipment and memorabilia, housed in a building erected in 1939 by the WPA
McLean-Alanreed Area Museum		McLean	Gray	Ranching heritage, Titanic Shipwreck connection, Mclean WWII POW encampment
White Deer Land Museum		Pampa	Gray	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
Woody Guthrie Folk Music Center		Pampa	Gray	Guthrie lived in Pampa 1928–1937, and attended Pampa High School

Hall - Hutchinson

List of museums in the Hall - Hutchinson counties

Museum name	Image	City	County	Notes	Refs
Bob Wills Museum		Turkey	Hall	Life of musician Bob Wills, who spent much of his boyhood in Hall County
Hall County Heritage Hall Museum		Memphis	Hall	Local history
Turkey Roost Museum		Turkey	Hall	Local history
Stationmaster's House Museum		Spearman	Hansford	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
XIT Museum		Dalhart	Hartley County	Collection of artifacts from the XIT Ranch (1885 - 1912)
Citadelle Art Foundation Museum		Canadian	Hemphill	Originally housed the First Baptist Church, later serving as a residential home for the Abraham family who conveyed the property and its grounds to the city.
River Valley Pioneer Museum		Canadian	Hemphill	Historic interpretation of the settlement period in the eastern Texas Panhandle
Hutchinson County Historical Museum		Borger	Hutchinson	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Isaac McCormick Pioneer Cottage		Stinnett	Hutchinson	Constructed in 1899, McCormick was the area's first settler

Lipscomb - Oldham

List of museums in the Lipscomb - Oldham counties

Museum name	Image	City	County	Notes	Refs
Wolf Creek Heritage Museum		Lipscomb	Lipscomb	Local culture, history and art
Window on the Plains Museum and Art Center		Dumas	Moore	Formerly the Moore County Historical Museum, features period home, farming and business displays
Museum of the Plains		Perryton	Ochiltree	History, artifacts and period pieces
Adrian Lion's Club Farm and Ranch Museum		Adrian	Oldham	Antique farm equipment
Dot's Mini Museum		Vega	Oldham	Only available to be viewed from the outside
Julians Bivins Museum		Boys Ranch	Oldham	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Milburn-Price Culture Museum		Vega	Oldham	Non-profit, local history
Oldham County Heritage Farm & Ranch Museum		Vega	Oldham	Antique farm and ranch equipment

Parmer - Potter

List of museums in the Parmer - Potter counties

Museum name	Image	City	County	Notes	Refs
Parmer County Pioneer Heritage Museum		Friona	Parmer	Local history
Amarillo College Natural History Museum		Amarillo	Potter	Mammals, birds, fish, insects and
Amarillo Historical Museum		Amarillo	Potter	Local history
Amarillo Museum of Art		Amarillo	Potter	Varied collection
Amarillo Railroad Museum		Amarillo	Potter	Model railway layouts
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum		Amarillo	Potter	History and heritage of the American Quarter Horse
Cadillac Ranch		Amarillo	Potter and Randall	Located along the old U.S. Route 66 Created by businessman Stanley Marsh III
Don Harrington Discovery Center		Amarillo	Potter	Hands-on exhibits on natural history and core sciences
Harrington House		Amarillo	Potter	20th-century house with French and English antiques and fine decorative items<
Jack Sisemore Traveland RV Museum		Amarillo	Potter	Collection of vintage RV
Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian		Amarillo	Potter	Art and culture of Pueblo and Plains people
Texas Air & Space Museum		Amarillo	Potter	Aviation
Texas Pharmacy Museum		Amarillo	Potter	Part of Texas Tech University in the Health Sciences Center

Randall - Wheeler

List of museums in the Randall - Wheeler counties

Museum name	Image	City	County	Notes	Refs
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum		Canyon	Randall	Campus of West Texas A&M University
Memory Lane Car Museum		Pecos	Reeves
Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame		Pecos	Reeves	American West
West of The Pecos Museum		Pecos	Reeves	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Roberts County Museum		Miami	Roberts	Local history
Sherman County Depot Museum		Stratford	Sherman	Located in the Santa Fe Depot building
Swisher County Museum		Tulia	Swisher	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Old Mobeetie Jail Museum		Mobeetie	Wheeler	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Pioneer West Museum		Shamrock	Wheeler	25-room museum located in the 1928 Reynolds hotel
Tower Station and U-Drop Inn		Shamrock	Wheeler	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

Defunct museums

• Texas Tornado Museum, Amarillo

See also

• List of museums in Texas
• List of museums in East Texas
• List of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast
• List of museums in North Texas
• List of museums in Central Texas
• List of museums in South Texas
• List of museums in West Texas

Resources

• Texas Association of Museums
• Historic House Museums in Texas