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Texas Cotton Gin Museum (formerly Burton Cotton Gin Museum)

The mission and purpose of the Burton Cotton Gin and Museum is to create an interpretive museum complex that will (a) preserve the Burton Farmers’ Gin as a representation of the story of cotton farming and processing in the 20th Century, and (b) promote, through the establishment and maintenance of a museum and allied projects, a program that will provide a better understanding and appreciation of the history, heritage and ongoing importance of the cotton industry in Texas and the United States. UPDATE 2011: On February 10, 2011, the Burton Cotton Gin Museum received official notice of their name change to “Texas Cotton Gin Museum” from the Texas Secretary of State. In June 2009, the 81st Texas State Legislature had designated the museum as the “Official Cotton Gin Museum of Texas.” The Burton Farmers Gin, built in 1914 by a group of mostly German farmers, is the main structure and key exhibit in this 9-acre museum complex and is acclaimed as the “oldest operating cotton gin in the country.” Cotton grown in the area was ginned until 1974 when the gin closed. With the guidance of the Smithsonian Institution and other experts, volunteers began restoration efforts in the early ’80s and brought the Bessemer Type IV oil engine back to life so that the “Lady B” could once again power the gin during the ginning process. This 16-ton behemoth is recognized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as the largest internal combustion engine of its vintage still operating in America. Visitors receive a “hands-on” approach as they are treated to a presentation about cotton and the ginning process through the years. A 20-minute video, “Cotton: From Wagon to Finished Bale,” is offered, along with many exhibits about cotton. The Museum site, located on Southern Pacific Railroad right of way, also includes a gift shop, a Cotton Warehouse containing antique cotton-related farm equipment, and the Otto and Annie Wehring Shoe Shop and Residence, complete with assorted antique shoemaker’s tools. The Texas Cotton Gin Museum is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday, closed Sunday, Monday and major holidays. Admission to the Museum is free. Guided tours of the historic 1914 Burton Farmers Gin are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for students. Group Tours for 10 or more are available by appointment. The museum complex is located halfway between Houston and Austin off Hwy. 290 at 307 North Main Street in Burton. Call 979-289-3378, e-mail burtoncottongin@earthlink.net or visit www.cottonginmuseum.org for additional information.

Texas Railroading Heritage Museum (Gulf Coast Chapter - National Railway Historical Society, Inc.)

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Our mission: To preserve, enjoy and share with the public the memory, history and experience of railroading, particularly Texas railroading, as it has been and as it is now. The Houston Railroad Museum is operated by Gulf Coast Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Inc. Gulf Coast Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas. Most donations to the museum are tax deductible. MUSEUM MOVED INTO TEMPORARY STORAGE. The Museum collection will be moved to Tomball and re-open as the Texas Railroading Heritage Museum as soon as the site can be prepared.

Texas Seaport Museum

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TEXAS SEAPORT MUSEUM, is a project of the GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION. It is the home of the 1877 Tall Ship Elissa.

Texas Southern University - University Museum at Texas Southern University

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The University Museum is the realization of a dream that began with the very first administration of Texas Southern University and was kept alive by dedicated faculty of the Fine Arts Department. In 1949, President R. O’Hare Lanier promoted the idea of a "museum of Negro arts and history." Dr. John T. Biggers, Carroll Harris Simms and other art faculty promoted the concept in their teaching philosophy by systematically developing over four decades a unique collection of African and African American art with a major focus on the work of TSU art majors. Fifty-one years after Dr. Lanier’s initial proposal the University Museum officially opened its doors. April 12, 2000 was a day filled with inspiration, reflections and reunion, and the anticipation of even greater dreams fulfilled. The architects of the University Museum, Rey de la Reza and Darrell Fitzgerald successfully maintained the integrity of the original Fairchild structure while emphasizing the elegant beauty and contemporary grandeur inherent in the space. Here in this 11,000 square foot exhibition space, the historical meets the contemporary. The acoustics of the museum are exceptional and the music of classical violinist Rachael Jordan and jazz pianist Jason Moran have been among the many outstanding musicians who have brought the museum to life. The museum is the permanent home of the mural masterpiece by John Biggers Web of Life. In this generous setting the mural can be truly studied to gain insight into the beauty and complexity of African American people. Similarly, the outstanding terra cotta sculptures created by students of Professor Carroll Harris Simms form a unique complement to the mural. In its first year, the University Museum presented a full schedule of exhibitions including the inaugural Pass it On: Fifty Years of Art From the Permanent Collection, Our New Day Begun: African American Artists Entering the Millennium, Step Into the Footmarks of My Ancestors: Recent Work by Leamon Green and African American Art: 20th Century Masterworks, VIII from Michael Rosendfeld Gallery, NYC. Each exhibition was complemented by a full range of educational programs. Signature programs include: Food For Thought: Poetry Reading/Food Drive, Juneteenth Family Festival, Tiger Tidings Holiday Celebration and the Annual Marathon Reading. Hours and Admission: The University Museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 12 p.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. the museum is closed on Mondays and national holidays. Located in the south wing of the Fairchild Building, the museum also sponsors special evening lectures, concerts, and openings throughout the year. Admission to the museum is free; however donations for museum expenses are always welcome. FACEBOOK.

Texas Southern University - University Museum Volunteer Circle

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Volunteer group which promotes the arts for the University Museum at Texas Southern University.

The Arts Initiative

Dance ; Festivals ; Museums ; Music ; Special Events ; Theatre

The Arts Initiative’s mission is to foster greater awareness of and access to Houston’s diverse artistic community,which encompasses visual, performing and literary arts, as well as architecture and design. The organization hopes to attract both seasoned audiences and novices of all ages and professional practices.Programming will include private tours of museums and commercial galleries, visits to artists’ studios, field trips to sites outside of Houston, lectures by visiting speakers and social gatherings. These events create opportunities for forging a broader community of people interested in contemporary culture. The Arts Initiative thus hopes to create a bridge between the myriad arts organizations that flourish in and around Houston.

The Bryan Museum

History/Heritage ; Museums

The Bryan Museum is dedicated to the preservation, education, and promotion of the history and art of the American Southwest through engaging exhibitions and programming. Open June 19th, 2015.

The Graffiti and Street Art Museum of Texas (GASAM)

Museums ; Nonprofit

The GASAM Texas is established as a 501(c)(3) corporation that is committed to providing the public, artists and scholars of the creative arts with a visual showcase and destination for graffiti and street art not only providing permanent and visiting exhibitions but also providing a forum for the public to explore their own artistic talents with on site lectures and interactive workshops. The museum will strive to preserve street art history by authenticating historical time lines of the graffiti and street art movements, while also promoting the art forms of today’s creative artistic community.

The Health Museum

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Who We Are: The John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science, also known as The Health Museum, is Houston's most interactive science learning center and a member institution of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center. The Health Museum is Houston's most interactive science learning center and a member institution of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center. The Health Museum is the most visited museum of its kind in the country totaling more than 180,000 visitor experiences annually, and over 2.6 million visitors and counting since its inception in 1996. Located in the heart of the city's rich and varied Museum District, The Health Museum's mission is to foster wonder and curiosity about health, medical science and the human body.

The Heritage Society

Museums ; Special Events

THS mission: The Heritage Society, a museum complex at Sam Houston Park, collects, preserves, exhibits, and celebrates the diverse history of the Houston region.

The Hirsch Library, MFAH

Library ; Museums ; Nonprofit

For more than eight decades, the Hirsch Library at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has served the museum staff, art researchers, college students, and the public by collecting, providing access to, and preserving information about the visual arts. Situated in the museum's Caroline Wiess Law Building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the Hirsch Library serves as the general art research library for the institution. The Kitty King Powell Library and Study Center, a branch of the Hirsch Library, is located at Bayou Bend and focuses on American decorative arts.

The Ink Spots Museum

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The Museum is a jewel and hosts much of Huey Longâ€™s personal memorabilia.A place where Huey perserves his contribution to the music world and their family history.Discover the music, the history and the people who made up this legendary group.

The Printing Museum (formerly Museum of Printing History)

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The Printing Museum (formerly Museum of Printing History) collects and exhibits artifacts pertaining to the history of printing and printmaking as well as publications which influenced history in a significant way. We also collect and exhibit representative works by printers and print artists, both historical and contemporary.We are unique among printing museums in the US in that our collection is more than antique machinery and equipment. Although we have an extensive collection of type, books and ephemera pertaining to the commercial printing industry, and various types of presses and printing equipment, our exhibits emphasize the "democratic art" of printing (popular themes and artists) and the use of printing to preserve knowledge, influence opinion, and spread ideas. The scope of our collection is very broad, from antique playing cards and posters to important illustrated books, miniature books, private press books and fine art prints. UPDATE MARCH 2014: In today’s world of instant messaging, the world-wide web, and a seemingly unending explosion of information, there’s a perception that printed media may be heading the way of 16mm film or 8 track recordings. In response to today’s shifting tide, and in light of its 35 year history, the Museum of Printing History is excited to announce a fresh, new look and feel by unveiling a new brand identity as The Printing Museum. This change to a more inclusive name better reflects the changing nature of printing in the 21st Century. Instead of focusing primarily on printing history, The Printing Museum celebrates the notion that printing is alive and well, showcasing not only historical artifacts, but also contemporary printed art and technologies. Using a black and white palette, accented with process cyan and inspired by a midcentury modern aesthetic, the fresh identity breathes new life into a public image, while harkening to a vibrant past. Keeping conscious of our historical roots, the museum’s official typeface will be Benton Sans, designed by Tobias Frere-Jones. Benton Sans is based on original drawings held by the Smithsonian of News Gothic, a 20th Century standard designed for American Type Founders (ATF) by Morris Fuller Benton in 1903. Spearheaded by Houston-based branding and design firm, Spindletop Design, this exciting new comprehensive project will unfold in phases, beginning this spring with the name changed to The Printing Museum and will continue into 2014. This project will involve logo and identity design, a new website, building graphics, and design of promotional materials.

The Woodlands Children's Museum

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The Woodlands Children’s Museum is a cooperative learning environment that provides children with multiethnic and multicultural experiences. We expect our visitors and partners to honor this global environment, free from discrimination in regard to race, age, gender, physical ability, sexual orientation, family structure, citizenship or socioeconomic background.

Tremont House

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University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture

Museums ; Special Events

Across its over 50 year history, the College of Architecture at the University of Houston has remained focused on design as the fundamental, essential activity of our discipline. Today the college is growing in many ways – its student body is simultaneously becoming larger and more diverse, and average test scores for applicants accepted to its programs have risen across the last several years. The college now houses Texas’ first program in industrial design (product design). This new degree program serves to further distinguish the college from competing programs and will add faculty expertise in areas important to the future, such as sustainability, advanced materials, human factors, advanced computing in design, and methods of industrialized production. Recent successes in the college include a very affirmative external review of its graduate programs and an outstandingly positive accreditation review. The student work at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture was recently evaluated as meeting all 37 National Architectural Accrediting Board’s Student Performance Criteria – a very rare occurrence among any of the nation’s accredited architecture programs. We seek applicants to our programs that possess mechanical inventiveness, aesthetic awareness, creativity, commitment, and initiative contributing to their potential to become leaders in architecture. We strive to produce graduates who question deeply and who are skilled in their craft, who can utilize advanced technology and advanced methods of industrialized production, who understand and respect the power of design to shape our lives, and who are equipped to use their design skills to be effective in the world. As a public college of architecture located in a major U.S. urban setting, we are able to take advantage of the numerous cultural, professional and industrial resources of the fourth largest American city. With its unique form and vitality, Houston provides an exceptional laboratory for exploring problems and potentials of contemporary society.

Venue Museum District

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With apartment floor plans named after 19th and 20th century masters like Monet and Warhol, Venue Museum District’s sleek design blends in with the lively arts corridor of Houston. Located at 5353 Fannin, The two seven-story towers of Venue Museum District is Houston’s urban living at its best. Luxurious amenities include marble countertops, walk-in closets and floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the Houston skyline. Venue is a short walk to world-class museums, restaurants and nightlife, while just minutes away to the medical district and downtown via the METRORail.

Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Ctr

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