List of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast



The list of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast 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. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit art galleries and exhibit spaces.

Texas Gulf Coast
Counties included are Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Orange, Walker, Waller, and Wharton County, Texas.

Defunct museums

 * Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, Houston, closed in 2012
 * Forbidden Gardens, Katy, closed in 2011
 * Geraldine D. Humphreys Museum, Liberty, closed in 1984
 * Gulf Coast Archive and Museum, Houston, archive still open by appointment but museum is closed
 * Samuel May Williams House, Galveston, closed in 2007
 * Tate-Senftenberg-Brandon House, Columbus, closed in 2006

Resources

 * Texas Association of Museums
 * Historic House Museums in Texas