​​​​​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,  281-585-2803 Alvin Historical Museum American Cowboy Museum 11822 Almeda Houston   77045   713-478-9677 American Cowboy Museum American Indian Genocide Museum 11013 Fuqua PMB # 178, Houston 77089, , 281-841-3028 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 77006-1243  713-523-9530 Art League of Houston Ashton Villa House Museum 2328 Broadway Galveston, Texas 77550 | 409-762-3933 1859 Ashton Villa Baker Family Playhouse, Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park 1000 Bagby, Houston, 713-655-1912 Baker Family Playhouse Barbers Hill-Mont Belvieu Museum 11607 Eagle Dr., Mont Belvieu, Texas 77580  281-385-1706 Barbers Hill-Mont Belvieu Museum Bayou Bend Collection and Garden One Westcott St.  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 ​The Association maintains Baytown's Living History Museum of historic buildings at the Republic of Texas Plaza located at 5117 North Main Street, just off I-10.  Open free to the public the last Saturday afternoon of the month. Docent-led tours available. info@baytownhistory.org Beer Can House 222 Malone St , Houston, Texas 77007,  713-926-6368 Beer Can House Bishop's Palace 1302 Broadway  Galveston, Texas 77550 409-762-2475 1892 Bishop's Palace Blaffer Art Museum - University of Houston 120 Fine Arts Building Houston, Texas 77204   713-743-9521 Blaffer Art Museum - University of Houston Brazoria County Historical Museum 100 East Cedar Street, Angleton Texas 77515     979-864-1208 Brazoria County Historical Museum Buffalo Soldiers National Museum 1834 Southmore Houston   77004 713-942-8920 Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Butler Longhorn Museum and Heritage Park 1220 Coryell St. League City 77573 281-332-1393 Butler Longhorn Museum Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum 4011 Yupon  Houston, Texas 77006 713-521-3990 Byzantine Fresco Chapel Children's Museum of Houston 1500 Binz Houston  77004-7112 713-522-1138 Children's Museum of Houston Columbia Historical Museum 247 E Brazos Ave, West Columbia, Texas 77486 979-345-6125 979-345-3123 http://www.columbiahistoricalmuseum.com Contemporary Arts Museum 5216 Montrose Blvd.  Houston, Texas 77006 713-284-8253 Contemporary Arts Museum Cullen Sculpture Garden - MFAH Montrose Blvd at Bissonnet St.  Houston, Texas 77006 Cullen Sculpture Garden - MFAH Custom Home, 1861 502 20th Street,  Galveston  409-763-1877 Custom Home, 1861 Czech Center Museum Houston 4920 San Jacinto Houston 77004 713-528-2060 http://www.czechcenter.org 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 E Park St, Freeport, Texas 77541 http://www.freeport.tx.us/default.aspx?name=historical_museum Garten Verein, 1880 2704 Avenue O,  409-763-1877 Garten Verein, 1880 George Ranch Historical Park 10215 Fm 762 Rd , Richmond, Texas 77469 George Ranch Historical Park Health Museum 1515 Hermann Dr. Houston 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 W. Alabama Houston, Texas 77002   713-529-4755 Houston Center for Photography Houston Computer Museum 15827 Thistledew Dr ., Houston,  77082  281-293-7919 Houston Maritime Museum 2204 Dorrington Houston 77030 713-666-1910 http://houstonmaritime.org/ Houston Museum of African American Culture 4807 Caroline Houston   77266 713-526-1015 Houston Museum of African American Culture Humble  Museum 219 Main Street Humble  Texas 77338 713-446-2130 http://www.humblemuseum.com 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 Blvd.  Houston    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, Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park 1200 Bagby , Houston, 713-655-1912 Kellum-Noble House Lawndale Art Center 4912 Main Street  Houston, Texas 77002 713-528-5858 Lawndale Art Center Menard Home, Michel 1605 33rd Street  Galveston, Texas 409-762-3933 Menard Home Menil Collection 1515 Sul Ross Houston Texas  77006 713-525-9400 Menil Collection Moody Mansion & Museum 2618 Broadway  Galveston, Texas 409-762-7668 Moody Mansion & Museum Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 1001 Bissonnet St. Houston   77265 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 Museum of Printing History 1324 W. Clay St.   Houston  77019 713-522-4652 Museum of Printing History Nichols-Rice-Cherry House, Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park 1100 Bagby , Houston, 713-655-1912 Nichols-Rice-Cherry House Orange Show Center for Visionary Art 2402 Munger Street Houston  77023 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, Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park 1000 Bagby,  Houston, 713-655-1912 Pillot House Pioneer Memorial Log House Museum 1510 N. MacGregor Houston   77030   713-522-0396 Pioneer Memorial Log House Museum Powhatan House, The 1847 John Sydnor 3427 Avenue O , Galveston, Texas 77550  409-763-0077 Powhatan House Project Row Houses 2521 Holman Houston  77251, 713-526-7662 Project Row Houses Queen Laura's Bordello 2528 Postoffice,  Galveston  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  77019  713-639-7800 Rienzi Rogers House Museum, Marguerite 113 East Dumble  Alvin, Texas   281-585-2803 Marguerite Rogers House Museum Rothko Chapel 1409 Sul Ross  Houston, Texas 77006 713-524-9839 Rothko Chapel Sam Houston Park & Architectural Museum 1000 Bagby, Houston 77002  713-655-1912 Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park San Felipe Cottage, Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park 1000 Bagby, Houston, 713-655-1912 San Felipe Cottage San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site 3527 Battleground Rd. ,  La Porte  77571   281-479-2431 San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site San Jacinto Museum of History One Monument Circle , La Porte,  77571   281-479-2421 San Jacinto Museum of History St. John Church, Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park 1000 Bagby , Houston, 713-655-1912 St. John Church Staiti House, Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park 1000 Bagby  Houston, Texas 713-655-1912 Staiti House Strake Jesuit Art Museum 8900 Bellaire Blvd.  Houston, Texas 77036 713-490-8117 Strake Jesuit Art Museum Texas Seaport Museum Pier 22 Galveston 77550 409-763-1878 http://www.galvestonhistory.org/Texas_Seaport_Museum.asp The Old Place, Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park 1000 Bagby  Houston, Texas 713-655-1912 The Old Place University Museum at Texas Southern University Fairchild Building 3100 Cleburne St  Houston, Texas 77004 713-313-7120 University Museum at Texas Southern University ​http://www.facebook.com/umusetsu USS Battleship TEXAS State Historic Site Hwy 1343527 Battleground Rd. La Porte, TX 77571   281-479-2431 http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/battleship_texas/ Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site 1702 N. 13th St., West Columbia, Texas 77486,  979-345-4656 Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site Water Works Education Center, COH 12121 N. Sam Houston Parkway E. Humble, 77396,  832-395-3780 Water Works Education Center, COH Williams Home, Samuel May 3601 Avenue P, 409-765-1839 Samuel May William's Home Woodlands Children's Museum 4774 West Panther Creek Dr The Woodlands  77381,  281-465-0955 Woodlands Children's Museum Yates House, Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park 1000 Bagby, Houston, 713-655-1912 Yates House

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