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.
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:[1]
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
Exhibits include Indian artifacts, theater memorabilia, West Texas materials, school and period rooms, Childress Army Airfield, Michie Transportation Museum
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[14][15]
Early history of Oldham County, Old Tascosa, Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, Native American and prehistoric Panhandle cultures artifacts, cowboy and pioneer items[21]
Includes local and natural history, toys & dolls, glass, bottles, tools, vehicles, period business and room displays, depot, historic house and general store[26]
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
Exhibits include Great Plains Indians, astronaut Alan Bean, cowboys, pioneer weapons, Fort Elliot, farming and ranching, period businesses and room displays
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[36]
Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame first inducted individuals in 2004. They honor individuals from a myriad of sources, including the West of the Pecos rodeo events, categories from the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame and around the country. They use the courtyard of the West of the Pecos Museum.[38]