​​​​​Harris County Museums

Museums teach us about our history, including the wonderful diversity of our regions inhabitants. They tell us about the wonders of nature, the lives of people of interest, they provide visitors to the region repositories of world class art and sculpture.  Museums present exhibitions, collections and educational activities that all segments of society can enjoy. 

This directory was compiled casually over a period of several weeks. The compiler attempted a broad sweep not dome before. Harris County museums of many types are included, not just the obviously historical in content.  Some tours are free, others are not.  Only a few of the museums were assigned to more than one of the thirteen topical categories.  If you are not familiar with one of the 130 particular museums, visit their website or telephone for hours, cost, and conditions. These are not licensed/operated/endorsed by Harris County.

Museums Directory of Harris County
Compilation by Will Howard - 2012

Additions and corrections are invited; contact the Harris County Historical Commission.

All Museums | Art | Arts – Architecture, Domestic, and Decorative | Children’s Museums | Colonial, Ranch, and Plantation Life | Communication | Community History | Ethnic and Group History | Life and Death | Military | Natural Science | Professional and Thematic | Technology | Transportation

 Museum Directory

Title    Address    Phone    URLHyperlink    Description Email    4th Ward Cottage (Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park) 1000 Bagby  Houston, Texas (713)655-1912 4th Ward Cottage Alvin Historical Museum 300 W. Sealy,  Alvin Texas 77512,  (281)331-4469 Alvin Historical Museum American Cowboy Museum 11822 Almeda Road, Houston, Texas 77045 (713)478-9677 American Cowboy Museum American Indian Genocide Museum PO Box 230452, Houston, Texas 77223 (844)324-2639 American Indian Genocide Museum Open by appointment. Art Car Museum 140 Heights Blvd.  Houston, Texas 77007 (713)861-5526 Art Car Museum Art League of Houston 1953 Montrose Boulevard  Houston, Texas 77006 (713)523-9530 Art League of Houston Ashton Villa House Museum - 1859 2328 Broadway Galveston, Texas 77550 | (409)762-3933 Ashton Villa Baker Family Playhouse – 1893 (Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park) 1000 Bagby, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)655-1912 Baker Family Playhouse Barbers Hill/Mont Belvieu Museum 11697 Eagle Drive, Mont Belvieu, Texas 77580 (281)385-1706 Barbers Hill/Mont Belvieu Museum Battleship TEXAS 3523 Independence Parkway, La Porte, TX 77571 (281)479-2431 Battleship Texas Bayou Bend Collection and Garden 6003 Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas 77007 (713)639-7750 Bayou Bend Collection and Garden Baytown Historical Preservation Association PO Box 1244, 5117 N. Main Baytown, Texas 77522-1244 281-421-2099 Baytown Historical Preservation Association 1894 Wooster Common School No. 38 & 1910 Brown-McKay Farmhouse. info@baytownhistory.org Beer Can House 222 Malone St , Houston, Texas 77007,  Beer Can House Bishop's Palace - 1888 1302 Broadway, Galveston, Texas 77550 (409)762-2475 Bishop's Palace Blaffer Art Museum (University of Houston) 120 Fine Arts Building Houston, Texas 77204  (713)743-9521 Blaffer Art Museum Brazoria County Historical Museum 100 East Cedar Street, Angleton, Texas 77515 (979)864-1208 Brazoria County Historical Museum Buffalo Soldiers National Museum 3816 Caroline, Houston, Texas 77004 (713)942-8920 Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Butler Longhorn Museum 1220 Coryell Street, League City, Texas 77573 (281)332-1393 Butler Longhorn Museum Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum 4011 Yupon Street, Houston, Texas 77006 (713)521-3990 Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum Children's Museum of Houston 1500 Binz Street, Houston, Texas 77004 (713)522-1138 Children's Museum of Houston City of Katy Museums 6002 George Bush Drive, Kat, Texas 77492 (281)391-4884 City of Katy Museums Columbia Historical Museum 247 E Brazos, West Columbia, Texas 77486 (979)345-6125 Columbia Historical Museum Contemporary Arts Museum Houston 5216 Montrose Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77006 (713)284-8253 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Cullen Sculpture Garden - MFAH Montrose Blvd at Bissonnet Street, Houston, Texas 77006 Cullen Sculpture Garden - MFAH Custom Home - 1861 502 20th Street, Galveston, Texas 77550 (409)763-1877 Custom Home Czech Center Museum Houston 4920 San Jacinto Street, Houston, Texas 77004 (713)528-2060 Czech Center Museum Houston Doc Porter Museum of Telephone History 1714 Ashland Street , Houston, Texas 77008    713-861-9784 Doc Porter Museum of Telephone History Freeport Historical Museum 311 East Park Avenue, Freeport, Texas 77541 (979)233-0066 Freeport Historical Museum Garten Verein - 1880 2704 Avenue O, Galveston, Texas 77550 (409)763-1877 Garten Verein George Ranch Historical Park 10215 FM 762 Rd, Richmond, Texas 77469 (281)343-0218 George Ranch Historical Park Health Museum 1515 Hermann Drive, Houston, Texas 77004 (713)521-1515 Health Museum Houston Audubon Society's Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center 3997 River Drive  Houston 77017 http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/484/MenuGroup/Education.htm ​http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sims-Bayou-Urban-Nature-Center/257808950344 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft 4848 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)529-4848 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Houston Center for Photography 1441 West Alabama, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)529-4755 Houston Center for Photography Houston Computer Museum 15827 Thistledew Dr ., Houston,  77082  281-293-7919 Houston Maritime Education Center and Museum 2311 Canal Street, Houston, Texas 77003 (713)225-1688 Houston Maritime Education Center and Museum Houston Museum of African American Culture 4807 Caroline, Houston, Texas 77266 (713)526-1015 Houston Museum of African American Culture Humble Museum 601 Higgins Street, Humble, Texas 77338 (281)713-5439 Humble Museum Jackson “Lake Place” Plantation, Abner Park and Ride on FM 2004 near Hwy 332, Lake Jackson, Texas 77566  979-297-1570 "Lake Place" Plantation Site Jung Center of Houston 5200 Montrose Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77006 (713)524-8253 Jung Center of Houston Katy Heritage Museum 6002 George Bush Drive. Katy 77492, 281-391-4884 http://cityofkaty.com/visit-us/museums Katy Heritage Park 5990 George Bush Drive, Katy, Texas 77492-0359   281-391-2550 http://www.katyheritagesociety.com ​http://cityofkaty.com/visit-us/museums/ Kellum-Noble House – 1847 (Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park) 1200 Bagby, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)655-1912 Kellum-Noble House Lawndale Art Center 4912 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)528-5858 Lawndale Art Center Menard Home - 1838 1605 33rd Street, Galveston, Texas 77550 (409)762-3933 Menard Home Menil Collection 1535 Sul Ross Street, Houston, Texas 77006 (713)525-9400 Menil Collection Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Depot 5615 First Street, Katy, Texas 77493 (281)391-8400 Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Depot Moody Mansion 2618 Broadway, Galveston, Texas 77550 (409)762-7668 Moody Mansion Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas77265 (713)446-2130 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Printing History 1324 W. Clay St.   Houston  77019 713-522-4652 Museum of Printing History Nichols-Rice-Cherry House – 1850 (Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park) 1100 Bagby, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)655-1912 Nichols-Rice-Cherry House Old Place – 1823 (Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park) 1000 Bagby, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)655-1912 Old Place Orange Show Center for Visionary Art 2402 Munger Street, Houston, Texas77023 (713)926-6368 Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts 6815 Cypresswood Drive Spring, Texas 77379 (281)376-6322 Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts Pillot House – 1868 (Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park) 1000 Bagby, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)655-1912 Pillot House Pioneer Memorial Log House - 1936 1510 Cambridge Street, Houston, Texas 77030  (713)522-0396 Pioneer Memorial Log House Powhatan House - 1847 3427 Avenue O, Galveston, Texas 77550 (409)763-0077 Powhatan House Printing Museum 1324 W Clay Street, Houston, Texas 77019 (713)522-4652 Printing Museum Project Row Houses 2521 Holman Street, Houston, Texas 77004 (713)526-7662 Project Row Houses Queen Laura's Bordello - 1886 2528 Postoffice, Galveston, Texas 77550 (409)765-1700 Queen Laura's Bordello Rice University Art Gallery 6100 Main Street, MS 21 Houston  77005   713-348-6069 Rice University Art Gallery Rienzi 1406 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas 77019 (713)639-7800 Rienzi Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon at Sul Ross, Houston, Texas 77006 (713)524-9839 Rothko Chapel Sam Houston Park & Architectural Museum 1000 Bagby, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)655-1912 Sam Houston Park Samuel May William’s Home - 1839 3601 Avenue P, Galveston, Texas 77550 (409)765-1839 Samuel May William's Home San Felipe Cottage – 1868 (Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park) 1000 Bagby, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)655-1912 San Felipe Cottage San Jacinto Battleground 3523 Independence Parkway South, La Porte, Texas 77571  (281)479-2431 San Jacinto Battleground San Jacinto Museum of History One Monument Circle, La Porte, Texas77571  (281)479-2421 San Jacinto Museum of History Slover-Rogers Cottage 113 East Dumble, Alvin, Texas 77511 (281)585-2803 Slover-Rogers Cottage St. John Church – 1891 (Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park) 1000 Bagby, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)655-1912 St. John Church Staiti House – 1905 (Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park) 1000 Bagby, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)655-1912 Staiti House Strake Jesuit Art Museum 8900 Bellaire Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77036 (713)490-8117 Strake Jesuit Art Museum Texas Seaport Museum 2200 Harborside, Galveston, Texas 77550 (409)763-1878 Texas Seaport Museum University Museum at Texas Southern University Fairchild Building 1st Floor, 3100 Cleburne Avenue, Houston, Texas 77004 (713)313-7120 University Museum at Texas Southern University ​http://www.facebook.com/umusetsu Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site 1702 N 13th Street, West Columbia, Texas 77486 (979)345-4656 Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site Water Works Education Center (City of Houston) 12121 N. Sam Houston Parkway E. Humble, 77396,  (832)395-3780 Water Works Education Center Woodlands Children's Museum 4775 West Panther Creek Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77381 (281)465-0955 Woodlands Children's Museum Yates House – 1870 (Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park) 1000 Bagby, Houston, Texas 77002 (713)655-1912 Yates House

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