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Texas Association of Museums
101 Summit Avenue, Suite 802
Fort Worth, TX 76102
A trip to Texas would not be complete without visits to the diverse
and interesting museums around the state. Museums tell the story of Texas,
display our art and culture, and offer learning opportunities for visitors
of all ages.
This listing updated 11/02/2009
Please be patient as our photos load. ( Sorted by City)
Michael Frary: In Sight, Sep
25, 2009-Jan 23, 2010; Texas Photographers, Sep
25, 2009-Jan 23, 2010;
Texas Art Seen, Sep 25, 2009-Feb
16, 2010.
Albany
The Old Jail Art Center
A Cell of One’s Own: John Frost, Sep
26, 2009-Jan 24, 2010. Six Degrees of Separation: Selections from the Permanent
Collection, Sep 26, 2009-Jan 24,
2010.
Austin
Austin Children’s Museum:
Cyberchase,
Sep 19, 2009 - Jan 23, 2010.
Blanton Museum of Art
America/Americas,ongoing; European
Paintings from the Permanent Collection,
ongoing;Prints
and Drawings from the Permanent Collection,
ongoing Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece,
Oct 4, 2009 - Feb 7, 2010; Teresita Fernandez: Blind Landscape,
Nov 1, 2009 – Jan 3, 2010; Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker,
Jul 18 – Nov 8, 2009; Drawn Toward Light,
Nov 1, 2009- Jan 3, 2010; Desire, Feb
5-Apr 25, 2010; Matisse as Printmaker,
May 23-Aug 1, 2010; Recovering Beauty: Argentina in the 1990s,
Sep 26, 2010-Jan 2, 2011; Turner to Monet: Masterpieces from the Walters
Art Museum,
Oct 2, 2010-Jan 2, 2011 Pablo Vargas Lugo,
Nov 14, 2009-Feb 21, 2010; Madonnas from the Cardenas Collection,
Nov 21, 2009-Mar 7, 2010; The Sleep of Reason: Goya’s Influence
in Spanish America, Nov
28, 2009-Mar 7, 2010; Jose Luis Cuevas/Manual Alvarez Bravo,
Mar 20-Jul 4, 2010
Ransom Center Galleries:
From Out That
Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe,
Sep 8, 2009-Jan 3, 2010 Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works, Sep
8-Jan 3, 2010; Making Movies, Feb
2-Aug 1, 2010; Mexico’s Independence,
Feb 2-Aug 1, 2010.
Texas Memorial Museum
Natural Wonders: Treasures of the TMM,
ongoing.
B
Beaumont
Texas Energy Museum:
Unlocking the Energy of Oil, ongoing.
Beeville
Beeville Art Museum
Absolutely Abstract: Bobbye Bennett and Carol Fleming,
Sep 19-Dec 31, 2009 Scott Gordon, Sep 19-Dec
31, 2009.
Belton
Bell County Museum
Bell County in Miniature: The C.O. Buckellew
Collection, ongoing
The Gault Site: A Wealth of New Archaeological Information, Opens
Jun 6, 2009 (ongoing); Meet the Fergusons: Two Governors for the Price
of One, Sep 5, 2009- Mar 13, 2010.
Big Spring
Hangar 25 Air Museum
SMGT Robert Underwood: Collection of Military Service,
B-52 Exhibit, ongoing
Bryan
Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History
Cotton Farming of the Brazos Valley, ongoing: Ice Age Animals of the Brazos Valley, ongoing. Lone Star Lizards 2009, Sep
11-Nov 2, 2009
C
Canyon
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
The Great Search for Energy,
May 9, 2009 - Feb 7, 2010. Stones and Bones from
the Collection, Aug 22, 2009—Jan
31, 2010; Better Dressing through Chemistry: Petrochemical
Fibers, Aug 29, 2009—Feb 14,
2010; Remembering the Alamo, 1836-2009,
through Mar 12, 2010.
College Station
MSC Forsyth Center Galleries
Objects from the American Cut Glass Association (ACGA)
Collection, ongoing
Colorado City
The Heart of West Texas Museum
Chief Lone Wolf Exhibit, opened
June 24
Corpus Christi
Art Museum of South Texas:
Inside Peanuts: The Life and Art of Charles M. Schultz,
Oct 14, 2009- Jan 10, 2010; Wild at Heart: Selections from the National Museum of Wildlife
Art, Jan 21-Mar 21, 2010; Donald Woodman: Selected Images of the Contemporary West,
Mar 25-May 30, 2010; Judy Chicago: Glass, Mar
25-May 30, 2010; Earthbound: State of Sculpture,
Mar 26-May 16, 2010; American Craft from the Permanent Collection of the San
Angelo Museum of Fine Art, May 7-Sep
5, 2010; The Art of the Brick: Nathan Sawaya, Sep
23-Nov 29-2010; Alexandre Hogue: An American Visionary, Jan
14-Mar 24, 2011.
D
Dallas
African American Museum
The Souls of Black Folk, ongoing
Dallas Museum of Art
Materials &
Meanings in the Center for Creative Connections, Summer
2009
Museum of Nature & Science(Formerly Dallas Museum of Natural
History & The Science):
The Human Geonome: Reading the Book of Life, opened
Jan 28, 2006.
The Magic School Bus Kicks Up A Storm, ongoing.
Pollock Gallery, SMU
France and Elsewhere: Recent Drawings by Danny Williams,
Oct 26-Dec 5, 2009;
Kaleidoscope: Eugene Andolsek’s Geometric Ink Drawings,
Feb 1-Mar 20, 2010.
Denton
Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum
Historic African American Families of Denton County,
ongoing
Historic Hispanic Families of Denton County, ongoing.
The University of North Texas Art Gallery
Faces and Mazes, Nov
10-Dec 12, 2009.
E
El Paso
El Paso Museum of History
El Paso A to Z, ongoing;
The Changing Pass, ongoing.
F
Fort Worth
Kimbell Art Museum:
From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient
to Modern,
Nov 22, 2009-Mar 21, 2010.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth:
Susan Rothenberg: Moving in Place, Oct
11, 2009-Jan 4, 2010. FOCUS: Gardar Eide Einarsson,
Dec 13, 2009-Feb 14, 2010. Andy Warhol: The Last Decade,
Feb 14-May 16, 2010.
Texas Civil War Museum:
Ray Richey Collection, ongoing;
Judy Richey Victorian Dress Collection,
ongoing.
G
Galveston
Galveston Arts Center:
Mark Schatz: Earth Below Us, Oct
10 – Nov 22, 2009; Chuy Benitez: Summer in
the City, Oct 10- Nov 22, 2009
Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum
Energy at Work, ongoing.
Georgetown
Williamson Museum:
Museum Works Project: Williamson County History Murals-
ongoing
From Milam to Williamson: Creating Our County- ongoing
Uncovering the Past: 10,000 years in Williamson County- ongoing
From Smaland Sweden to Big Land Texas-
ongoing
Welcome to Williamson County- ongoing
Return to Splendor: Williamson County Courthouse-
ongoing
H
Hillsboro
Texas Heritage Museum (Hillsboro)
The Legacy of the Texas Confederate Museum, ongoing
Houston
Blaffer Gallery
Josephine Meckseper, Sep
12-Nov 14, 2009; Jon Pylypchuk, Sep
12-Nov 14, 2009. Tomás Saraceno: Lighter than Air, Jan
16-Mar 27, 2010.
The Heritage Society:
Spinning a Yarn: Houston History through Clothing,
Oct 6, 2009-Jan 3, 2010
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft:
Texas Masters Series: Rachelle Thiewes,
Oct 3-Dec 24, 2009; Celebrating our Creative Spirit: Texas Federation
of Fiber Artists, Oct 3-Dec 24, 2009. Forged, Tempered, Quenched,
Jan 16-Mar 21, 2010. eXtreme Tea, Jan
16-Mar 21, 2010
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Vanishing Worlds: Art and Ritual in Amazonia
-October 9, 2009 –
January 10, 2010
Fairy Tale Art: Illustrations
from Children's Books, Sep27-Nov
22. The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the
21st Century, Nov 8, 2009-Jan 3,
2010.
Lufkin
The Museum of East Texas
John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist, October
2009 – Jan 19, 2010.
M
McKinney
Collin County Historical Society
Pioneers in Collin County,
opened May 6;
Collin County in the Civil War, opens
Jan 14, 2007.
North Texas History Center:
The Reluctant Confederates, Ongoing Pioneering in North Texas,
opened Jun 16, 2008.
Midland
Museum of the Southwest:
John Langford –
Artist/Musician, Oct 16-Dec 30, 2009;
The Nature of Holography, Sep
19, 2009-Jan 3, 2010.
N
O
Orange
Stark Museum of Art
Entwined across the Ages:
Illuminated Manuscripts and Tapestries
November 21, 2009 – January 30, 2010
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San Angelo
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Yard Show, Sep 24 –
Nov 15, 2009; Visions and Choices,
Sep 24 – Nov 15, 2009; One Love Street: 10 Years,
Sep 24 – Nov 15, 2009.
San Antonio
The McNay Art Museum:
Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker,
Oct 7, 2009-Jan 10, 2010; The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African
American Art: Works on Paper, Sep
23, 2009-Jan 3, 2010; On Stage in Amsterdam: Prints from the Schouwburg
Theatre, Sep 9, 2009-Jan 17, 2010; Recent Acquisitions: Modern and Contemporary,
Oct 7, 2009-Jan 10, 2010
San Antonio Museum of Art:
Culinary Delights: Photographs by David Halliday,
through Feb 21, 2010. The Arts of the Missions of Northern New Spain:
1600-1821; Oct 17, 2009-Jan 3, 2010. Seasons of Beauty: Yoshitoshi’s Thirty-two
Aspects of Daily Life, Nov 3, 2009-Jan
17, 2010
Southwest School of Art and Craft:
Abelardo Morell: The Universe Next Door,
Sept 17 – Nov 8, 2009 ; Art for Giving, Nov
19, 2009-Jan 9, 2010; Peter Sowiski: Stealth Service,
Nov 19, 2009-Jan 9, 2010; John Risseeuw: The Paper Landmine Project, Nov
19, 2009-Jan 24, 2010; The Art of Pulp Painting,
Nov 19, 2009-Jan 24, 2010; Vincent Valdez: Flash Back, Feb
11-Apr 11, 2010; The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf,
Feb 11-Apr 11, 2010; Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser,
Apr 29-Jun 27, 2010.
San Marcos
The Wittliff Collections:
The Lonesome Dove Collection,
ongoing; The Lightning Field: Mapping the Creative Process,
Oct 17 – Dec 18, 2009; A Certain Alchemy: Photographs by Keith Carter,
Oct 17, 2009-Mar 13, 2010; Fireflies: Photographs of Children by Keith Carter,
Oct 17, 2009-Mar 13, 2010; Nueva Luz/New Light: Recent
Acquisitions, Oct 17, 2009-Mar 13,
2010.
Seguin
Snyder
Scurry County Museum:
Rags to Riches: Handcrafted Rugs, opened
January 10
The Art of Roxanne Boardman, opened
Jun 19
T
Tyler
Tyler Museum of Art
Divine Kinship: Ancient Forms and Contemporary Social
Commentary, the Art of Jean Lacy,
Sep 6-Dec 6, 2009; 4 Salvaged Boxes: Sustainable Creative Design,
Oct 10, 2009 – Feb 21, 2010; Light Footprints: New Museum Site Photography by
Robert Langham, Oct 10, 2009 –
February 21, 2010.
U
V
W
Waco
Martin Museum of Art:
Selections from the Permanent Collection Ongoing
Wichita Falls
Wichita Falls Museum of Art:
Serie Print Project,
Aug 15-Nov 14, 2009 Selections from the Johnie Griffin Collection
of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum,
through Dec 12, 2009; Russell Lee Photographs,
Nov 20, 2009-Jan 2, 2010.