The list of museums in North Texas 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. Also included are non-profit art galleries and exhibit spaces. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e.,

virtual museum A virtual museum is a digital entity that draws on the characteristics of a museum, in order to complement, enhance, or augment the museum experience through personalization, interactivity, and richness of content. Virtual museums can perform as t ...

s) are not included.

North Texas

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(also commonly called North Central Texas, Northeastern Texas and Nortex) is a distinct cultural and geographic area forming the central-northeastern section of the U.S. state of

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. North Texas is generally considered to include the area south of

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, east of Abilene, and north of

Waco Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the st ...

. North Texas by this definition is more precisely the northern part of the eastern portion of Texas. Although the terms "Northeastern Texas" or "North Texas" are not official state designations, there are three groups, totaling 30 counties, generally counted as being in this shared North Texas area: the

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, with 16 counties; the Nortex Regional Planning Commission, with 11 counties; and the Texoma Council of Governments, with 3 counties. For a full list, in one article, see North Texas#Counties.

Museums in North Texas, listed by county

Archer - Cottle

Dallas

Denton

Ellis - Erath

Fannin - Foard

Grayson

Hardeman - Hunt

Jack - Kaufman

Montague - Navarro

Palo Pinto - Somervell

Tarrant

Wichita-Wilbarger-Wise

Young

Defunct museums

The American Museum of the Miniature Arts The American Museum of the Miniature Arts was a non-profit museum in Dallas, Texas (USA) that focused on miniature art. Much of the museum's collection was previously on display in the Sharp Gallery at the Hall of State at Fair Park Fair Park i ...

, Dallas *Arlington Sewing Machine Museum, Arlington * Conspiracy Museum, Dallas, closed in 2006 * Fire Station No.1, Fort Worth former satellite museum of the

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is located on 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107 in the city's Cultural District. It was opened in 1945 as the Fort Worth Children's Museum and moved to its current location in 1954. In 1968, t ...

, closed on February 19, 2016 * Hangar 10 Flying Museum, Denton * Hayden Museum of American Art, Paris, closed in 2010 * Owens Spring Creek Farm,

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, operated by Bob Evans Farms, Inc., closed in 2013 * The Women's Museum, Dallas, closed in 2011

References

External links

Texas Association of Museums
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