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 museums) are not included.

North Texas

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, east of Abilene, and north of Waco. 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 North Central Texas Council of Governments, with 16 counties; the Nortex Regional Planning Commission, with 11 counties; and the

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, 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 The Hall of State (or ...

, Dallas *Arlington Sewing Machine Museum, Arlington *

Conspiracy Museum The Conspiracy Museum was a private exhibition of conspiracy theories in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). R. B. Cutler, self-described as an "assassinologist", opened the museum in 1995. The Conspiracy Museum was lo ...

, 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

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, closed in 2013 *

The Women's Museum The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future was a museum located inside Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. On October 5, 2011, the museum announced it would close on October 31, 2011, due to lack of funds. Foundation of Women's Resources This sp ...

, Dallas, closed in 2011

References

External links

Texas Association of Museums
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