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Dal-Paso Museum

Lamesa, Texas

General, History, Historic House, Historical Society

Housed in a restored 1926 two-story brick hotel named for being the nicest hotel between Dallas and El Paso, the museum features home furnishings, pioneer tools. and ranch and farm equipment from the early days of settlement. Also on exhibit is work by local artists.

Historic House

The Dallas County Heritage Society, which administers Old City Park; The Historical Village of Dallas is undergoing major change in a number of areas. Since 1995, the institutional emphasis has moved away from its main focus for the first 30 years of its existence- acquiring new historical structures - to doing more with what it already has on hand. More resources are now being devoted to expanding educational programs and staging special events. In addition, the museum is beginning a changeover in how it interprets history to the public. The traditional docent-led tour is gradually giving way to a multi-layer visitor experience that will feature interactions with craft interpreters and self-guided interpretation gained through audio components and written materials.

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Park

Groups are encouraged to schedule ahead of the requested date. The months of October, November and early December, March, April, and May are especially busy, so we encourage you to plan ahead so that we can schedule the requested time. For example, many schools now make their requests in September for much later in the school year.

History, Historic House

DeWitt County Historical Museum in Cuero, TX is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society

Ace of Clubs House in Texarkana, TX is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Children's, Historic House

The Dallas Arboretum is a beautiful changeable display garden located adjacent to White Rock Lake in Dallas. Seasonal festivals during the spring (March-April) and again in the fall (October-November) celebrate the glorious floral displays and also include entertainment, kids' activities and exhibits.

Holiday at the Arboretum (December)is a great time to enjoy the beautiful holiday decorations in the historic DeGolyer home and other festive activities.

Concerts, adult and children's educational programming and activities occur throughout the year.

Deaf Smith County Museum

Hereford, Texas

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Library

The museum is housed in an old brick schoolhouse that has a charm and history itself. The displays are artfully created to reflect a phase of the Pioneer's life, showing a kitchen, parlor, office, chapel, general store, schoolroom, miniatre hand-carved circus, and temporary displays of period fashions, quilts etc. changed once or twice a year. The outside area contains a jail cell, half dugout, Santa Fe caboose, farm implements and a wagon barn containig various wagons. We offer trunk programs that can be taken into the schools, club and social meetings or summer programs. Our plans are to put together additional trunk programs to offer more variety of educational and entertaining history about our local area.

Depot Museum

Henderson, Texas

Culture, History, Historic House, Park, Specialized

The Depot Museum interpretates Rusk County heritage and culture. The museum has eleven structure on four acres of land the the tell story of pioneers, treasure hunters and wild catters. The history dates from primative Caddo indians to 1947 formation of the Henderson Brick Plant. New this year will be opening of a restored cotton gin. The museum tells the economic history of the county with its cotton gin, sawmill and oil derrick.

History, Historic House

Most folks around the small town of Chillicothe know her simply as "Myna". With bright blue eyes accented by turquoise earrings, silver hair braided past her shoulders, and a gait slightly stiffened from a lower lumbar malfunction, this unassuming elder has almost single-handedly documented an entire era. "I'm on my way out", Myna recently stated to me, acknowledging her own mortality. Before she passes, though, she is poised to share it with the rest of Texas, if only we'll pay attention. In reality, she's been there all along, graciously accepting visitors from around the country.

While there are no billboards touting this local gem, it does still appear on most maps.

History, Historic House

It is the mission of the Durst-Taylor House to research, collect, preserve and exhibit the history, artifacts, photographs and documents of the families associated with the house and site. The Durst-Taylor House & Gardens are restored to interpret the 1840-1860 time period and as such preserve and present local culture and history in a unique, educational and enjoyable manner.