Houston, Texas

Children's, History, Historic House, Library

The Houston Municipal Airport Terminal is a beautiful and rare example of classic art deco airport architecture from the golden age of flight. The Terminal served Houston during the years when air travelers dressed in their finest and embarked for exotic destinations aboard roaring propliners like the Douglas DC-3 and the Lockheed Constellation.

The Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society is restoring the long-vacant Houston Municipal Airport Terminal for the City of Houston. As the restoration is completed in phases, the Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society is outfitting and operating the Terminal as the 1940 Air Terminal Museum, an interactive museum showcasing the role and importance of civil aviation since the dawn of manned flight.

Houston, Texas

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Library, Military, Specialized

BSNM is open to the public six days of the week (Monday through Saturday), conducting tours for the general public and area schools, in addition to providing education programming for middle to high school students. Among its many outreach programs, BSNM participates in parades, gives historical lectures, and sponsors a youth drill team. The museum is also an active participant in national veteran projects, such as the Veterans’ Registry Project.

Houston, Texas

Culture, History, Library, Military, Science, Specialized

The Houston Maritime Museum features over 150 models from around the world representing ships from ancient history through our nation's modern navy and commercial ships. Models include battleships, destroyers, submarines, aircraft carriers, clipper ships, side-and stern-wheel paddleboats, sailing warships, ships of the age of exploration, modern merchant ships, freighters, tankers, and semisubmersibles. In addition, the museum is home to a world class collection of marine navigation belonging to retired Navy Lieutenant Commander John Luykx. This collection includes astrolabes, nautical quadrants, sextants and many other tools of maritime navigation.

Houston, Texas

General, History, Library, Specialized

The Houston Police Department opened the doors to its HPD Museum and Officers’ Memorial during a grand opening ceremony on Wednesday, May 12. The museum is located in the lobby of HPD headquarters at 1200 Travis, and features unique displays and a memorial wall honoring the ultimate sacrifice made by those officers that gave their lives in the line of duty. Included among the displays are artifacts from the Honor Guard, SWAT, Mounted Patrol, badges, uniforms and other equipment utilized over the years. There is no charge for the Museum.

Houston, Texas

Culture, General, History, Library

The Museum of Southern History chronicles the history of the South during the mid-1800s. Visitors peruse room settings, cases, and dioramas to view clothing, fine furnishings, uniforms, tools, and weapons that help convey a sense of those who settled in the region and how they rebuilt their lives after the Civil War.

Houston, Texas

Culture, History, Library, Specialized

The National Museum of Funeral History houses the country's only collection of funeral service artifacts and features renowned exhibits on one of man's oldest cultural customs. Come discover the mourning rituals of ancient civilizations, see up-close the authentic items used in the funerals of U.S. presidents and popes, and explore the rich heritage of the industry which cares for the dead.

Houston, Texas

Archaeology, Culture, History, Historic House

The Rutherford B H Yates Museum, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3), non profit organization, incorporated in the State of Texas on Dec. 26, 1996. It is located in the endangered, post Civil War, National Register Historic District of Freedmen's Town-4th Ward, Houston, Tx.

Houston, Texas

History, Historic House

The Heritage Society in Houston, 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.

Houston, Texas

Art, Culture, General, History, Library, Specialized

The Museum of Printing History displays a dynamic collection of historical documents, fine art prints, and antique printing equipment. Our Museum is more, though, than its permanent collection. It is alive with exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and demonstrations. In our galleries and working studios, we demonstrate the traditional processes of stone lithography, letterpress printing, papermaking, and bookbinding.

Houston, Texas

Art, History

Previously the Torch Collection of Torch Energy Advisors Incorporated, the Visions of the West is the assembly of important art, artifacts and archives from western North America collected by J.P. Bryan throughout his 30-year career in the energy industry. Visions includes pieces from the Torch Collection of Torch Energy Advisors Incorporated, the private assemblies of Mr. Bryan, the Bryan Texana Foundation, and the historic Gage Hotel.

Houston, Texas

History, Library

In December 1993, J. P. and Mary Jon Bryan created the Bryan Texana Foundation as a non-profit corporation to operate a museum devoted to Texas history. The Bryans have long been advocates of Texas historical and preservation efforts.

A relative of Stephen F. Austin and sixth-generation Texan, J.P. Bryan has served as president of the Texas State Historical Association, president and chairman of the Texas Historical Foundation, chairman on the Development/Advisory Board for the Institute of Texas Cultures, trustee for the Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library and commissioner for the Texas Historical Commission.

Houston, Texas

Art, Culture, History, Historical Society, Library, Specialized

The Czech Center Museum Houston is a 501(c)(3) non-profit education and cultural arts organization. Committed to the edification of the public on Czech and Slovak heritage, the CCMH also serves as a catalyst for the exploration of all heritages in the effort to promote civil society in a global community.

Houston, Texas

History, Natural History, Science

Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) in Houston, 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.

Houston, Texas

Children's, Culture, History

Houston Toy Museum in Houston, 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.

Houston, Texas

History, Specialized

UPDATE: Following a lengthy tenure in Sugar Land, Texas, the Museum of Southern History, is relocating to the campus of Houston Baptist University in the summer of 2007, joining the Bible in America Museum and Museum of Decorative Arts and Architecture in the new Joella & Stewart Morris Cultural Arts Center. Maps and directions from Highway 59-S to that site may be obtained through the university web (www.hbu.edu), or by calling 281-649-3000.

Houston, Texas

History, Historic House

The Pioneer Memorial Log House Museum is uniquely situated between the Texas Medical Center and Houston's Hermann Park. By latest count 6.4 million people per year visit the park.

Currently, a new entrance to the zoo is being built directly across from the facility.

The Log House was built over 60 years ago by the San Jacinto Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas. It was first used as a hospitality center for the Texas Centennial.

Many people who have lived in Houston most of their lives are still unaware of the Log House's existence. One of the greatest problems we face is that of public visibility. We need tofind ways to encourage people to come. The membership of the Chapter (the Museum) is more that willing to expand the hours.

Houston, Texas

History

Space Center Houston in Houston, 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.

Houston, Texas

Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Culture, General, History, Library, Science, University

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in Houston, 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.

Houston, Texas

History

The Paleo+Pelagica Museum in Houston, 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.