List of museums in the Texas Panhandle

This article was split from List of museums in Texas

The list of museums in the Texas Panhandle 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 Panhandle
The Texas Panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state. The panhandle is a rectangular area bordered by New Mexico to the west and Oklahoma to the north and east. The Handbook of Texas defines the southern border of Swisher County to be the southern boundary of the Texas Panhandle region.

According to the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission, the following counties constitute the Texas Panhandle:


 * Armstrong County
 * Briscoe County
 * Carson County
 * Castro County
 * Childress County
 * Collingsworth County
 * Dallam County
 * Deaf Smith County
 * Donley County


 * Gray County
 * Hall County
 * Hansford County
 * Hartley County
 * Hemphill County
 * Hutchinson County
 * Lipscomb County
 * Moore County
 * Ochiltree County


 * Oldham County
 * Parmer County
 * Potter County
 * Randall County
 * Roberts County
 * Sherman County
 * Swisher County
 * Wheeler County

Defunct museums

 * Texas Tornado Museum, Amarillo

Resources

 * Texas Association of Museums
 * Historic House Museums in Texas