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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

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Abilene

The Grace Museum

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

Rice University Art Gallery:

El Anatsui: New Installation, Nov 5-Dec 13, 2009

The Menil Collection




Joaquin Torres-Garcia: Wood Constructions, Sep 24, 2009-Jan 3, 2010

Body in Fragments, Aug 21, 2009- Feb 28, 2010. .

Huntsville

Texas Prison Museum:

Last Statement, opened Feb 2, 2007.

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Lubbock

Museum of Texas Tech University

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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S

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.

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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.

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