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1940 Air Terminal Museum

The 1940 Air Terminal Museum is housed in Houston’s original art-deco air terminal at William P. Hobby Airport. The Museum showcases the rich heritage of civil aviation, including the airlines, general aviation and business aviation. Exhibits include Houston’s fascinating aviation history. A visit to the Museum also affords a front row vantage point to Hobby Airport’s diverse airport operations. Between airline traffic, business aviation and frequent fixed wing and rotary wing general aviation traffic, the Museum has an air show every day. Although the Museum has been open in the 1940 Air Terminal’s north wing since January 2004, the Museum is completing expansion into the newly restored ticket lobby and south wing. Beginning this spring, the Museum will also include historic aircraft exhibits in the newly restored 1928 Carter Field Airmail Hangar. The museum is restored and operated by the Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

5th Ward Cultural Arts District

Established in January 2020, the 5th Ward Cultural Arts District located in Houston’s Historic 5th Ward community is one large masterpiece. It is a place where art is a way of living, from its food, music, and sculptures; to its Historic buildings and gathering spaces like the Historic Deluxe Theater or the Iconic live music venue Club Matinee (Cotton Club of the South.) The 5th Ward Cultural Arts District is a living cultural arts destination and the center of Houston’s African American history and culture.

Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum

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The Altharetta Yeargin Museum collects, exhibits and interprets the art of world cultures in all mediums and periods. Spring Branch Independent School District has built an art museum that is one of the most innovative learning environments and community resources in the United States. It houses a collection of art and artifacts valued at more than $2,000,000.00, comprising over 600 works from around the world.

American Cowboy Museum on Taylor Stevenson Ranch

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The mission of the American Cowboy Museum is to preserve the western heritage of native American, Blacks, Hispanics and women. Housed in an area of the Century-Euro Taylor-Stevenson Ranch, the museum offers tours, exhibits, oral historians who offer stories and lectures dressed in native attire, and hands-on activties. The founder, Mollie Stevenson, Jr. and her mother were the first living African Americans inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Ft. Worth, Texas. In 1988, Mollie Stevenson, Sr., and Mollie Stevenson, Jr. founded and continue to operate the museum in the effort to preserve the multicultural history of the West and the contributions of African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and women to the history and culture of the West.

Anza Falco Museum of Design

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Architecture by Mauricio Rodriguez Anza.

Art Car Museum

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The Art Car Museum is a private institution dedicated to contemporary art. It’s an exhibition forum for local, national, and international artists. Its emphasis is on art cars, other fine arts, and artist that are rarely, if ever, acknowledged by other cultural institutions. The museum’s goal is to encourage the public’s awareness of the cultural, political, economic, and personal dimensions of art.

Baytown Historical Preservaton Association (BHPA)

History/Heritage ; Museums ; Nonprofit

The Baytown Historical Preservation Association (“BHPA”) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of structures, artifacts, and documents that reflect and represent the history and culture of Baytown and its people through educational programs and materials that communicate our heritage. It is our historic heritage that helps to make Baytown (Lynchburg to Cedar Bayou in particular) a unique place and BHPA strives to keep that history alive.

Blaffer Art Museum

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Founded in 1973, the Blaffer Art Museum endeavors to further the understanding of contemporary art through exhibitions, publications, and public programs. As the gateway between the University of Houston’s Central campus and the City of Houston, Blaffer Art Museum is a catalyst for creative innovation, experimentation, and scholarship. Its exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public, create community through dialogue and participation, and inspire an appreciation for the visual arts as a vital force in shaping contemporary culture.

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston

Educational ; Museums

Founded in 1973, Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston was named in honor of the late Sarah Campbell Blaffer, a noted Houston arts patron and collector. Since its inception, the museum has been a vital force in the presentation and promotion of contemporary visual arts in Houston. Nestled in the Fine Arts Building on the central campus of the University of Houston, Blaffer is a contemporary art museum dedicated to fostering the careers and understanding of emerging, mid-career, and underrepresented artists and bodies of work through exhibitions, publications, and public programs. Blaffer Education Blaffer’s myriad educational programs include public lectures, artist’s talks, docent tours, audio guides, and youth programs such as Studio Saturday, Summer Arts, and our award-winning Young Artist Apprenticeship Program.

Blossom Street Gallery

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Greetings art lovers everywhere. We are a unique peaceful oasis of eye candies that is one of a kind, a must for the beginning collectors & the serious. We have a wide variety, with only the best of each style. We offer paintings, sculpture, water color, photography & prints, including realism, photo realism, post modern, folk art, abstract & interpretive impressionisms by regionally & internationally recognized artists.

Brazoria County Historical Museum

Museums ; Special Events

The Brazoria County Historical Museum exists to discover, preserve, and make known the history of Brazoria County. Located in Brazoria County’s historic 1897 courthouse, the Museum collects, preserves and exhibits artifacts that relate the history of and which reflect the County’s cultural and demographic diversity.

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

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The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum (BSNM) a non-profit 501(c)(3) institution was founded in the year 2000 by a Vietnam veteran and African American military historian, Captain Paul J. Matthews. The museum’s Historian is Dr. Franklin D.B. Jackson, a highly decorated Vietnam veteran. Currently, Major Charles Williams, Historian and former member of the United States Army, serves as the Museum’s Chief Docent. The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum is a proud member of the Houston Museum District. We are the only Museum dedicated primarily to preserving the legacy and honor of the African-American soldier, in the United States of America. The museum is also a proud member of the Greater Houston Conventions and Visitors Bureau, and the Greater Houston Partnership.

Butler Longhorn Museum and Heritage Park

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The Butler Longhorn Museum in League City, Texas, is a unique cultural attraction for tourists, displaying western art, music, Longhorn artifacts and Texas historical items.

Byzantine Fresco Chapel

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The Byzantine Fresco Chapel was opened in February 1997. Intimate in scale (4,000 square feet), the Chapel is the repository in the United States for the only intact Byzantine frescoes in the entire western hemisphere. These masterworks from the 13th century — a dome and an apse — were ripped and stolen out of a chapel near Lysi in the Turkish occupied section of Cyprus in the 1980’s, cut into pieces, and smuggled off the island by thieves prepared to sell them piece by piece. The fresco fragments were rescued from the thieves by The Menil Foundation with the knowledge and approval of the Church of Cyprus, the rightful owner of the frescoes. The Menil Foundation then funded a painstaking two-year restoration of the paintings. In gratitude, the Church of Cyprus is allowing a long-term loan of the frescoes in the new building designed especially for them by architect Francois de Menil. Numerous private donors helped fund the construction of the Chapel, which combines rough stone, opaque glass, and rich woods, to extraordinarily spiritual effect.

CAMEO (Clay Arts Museum)

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CAMEO (Clay Arts Museum and Educational Organization) was established in 2006 as a nonprofit organization to support and encourage emerging clay artists; as a teaching center for Houstonians to get their hands in clay; and as a collecting museum that also hosts clay art exhibitions. CAMEO recently moved into its new home at 1701 Dunlavy, a space it shares with the Houston Potters Guild.

Chappell Hill Historical Society (& The Chappell Hill Historical Museum)

Museums ; Special Events

Founded in 1847 by Mary Hargrove Haller, Chappell Hill offers a history rich in culture, higher education, sandbars and stern-wheelers, cotton, the War-Between-the-States, and Polish immigration. The Chappell Hill Historical Museum is housed in the last public school building of the Chappell Hill Independent School District. The red brick structure is located on the site of the earlier Chappell Hill Female College. Three consecutive buildings served as classrooms for the Female College from 1860-1912. The present building was erected in 1927 and served as one of the rural schools in the area until 1965. The Chappell Hill Historical Society acquired the school property in 1976. Exhibits of photographs, documents, and artifacts give a glimpse of the town’s history from its beginnings in 1847 through the present day. Visitors have the opportunity to learn about Soule University for men, The Chappell Hill Female College, King Cotton, the Brazos River, the Polish Community, and the Civil War. The museum hosts a variety of temporary exhibits throughout the year, for African American History Month, an art show in the Spring, Juneteenth, the Fourth of July Cowboy Roundup, and a Fall art exhibit, among other traveling and themed exhibits.

Children's Museum of Houston

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The Children’s Museum of Houston is all-new and twice as big! Rated a 5-star nationwide children’s museum by Citysearch.com, voted “Ultimate Kid-Friendly Attraction” in a Houston Chronicle readers poll, and tied for nation’s best children’s museums No. 1 spot in Child magazine, the Children’s Museum is A Playground for Your Mind™. The Museum is packed with 90,000 square feet of innovative, interactive bilingual exhibits for kids, ages birth to 12 years, housed in a whimsical Robert Venturi-designed building. Invent gadgets; anchor the news, “cook” in a diner and elect a mayor in Kidtropolis, USA; join forces with the CyberSquad in Cyberchase; take a wet, wild adventure in FlowWorks; climb a three-story Power Tower, and much more! Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday: Noon – 6 p.m. Open Mondays (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.) Memorial Day through Labor Day Free Family Nights are offered every Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. courtesy of The Wortham Foundation, Inc. and Kathrine and the late John P. McGovern, M.D.

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)

Museums ; Nonprofit

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is a non-collecting institution dedicated to presenting the best and most exciting international, national, and regional art. Through dynamic exhibitions accompanied by scholarly publications and accessible educational programs, the Museum reaches out to local, regional, national, and international audiences of various ages. CAMH is a nonprofit organization that relies on a variety of funding sources, including individual, government, and corporate, for its activities. The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston occupies the famous stainless steel building in the heart of the Houston Museum District. This highly recognizable building was designed for the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston by the award-winning architect Gunnar Birkerts and opened in 1972.

Czech Center Museum Houston

History/Heritage ; Museums ; Nonprofit

Established in 1995, the Czech Center Museum Houston (CCMH) is a 501[c][3] non-profit cultural arts organization, with no political or religious affiliation. The Center is based in Houston and was created to celebrate, share and promote the rich cultural abundance of a major Slavic ethnic group and their history. With a worldwide membership composed of members with multiple heritages, its museum and cultural center are considered essential resources for learning about one of our nation’s diverse cultures and interwoven histories with others.

Czech Cultural and Community Center

Arts Council/Alliance ; Educational ; History/Heritage ; Library ; Museums ; Nonprofit ; Special Events ; Traditional Arts ; Travel

The Czech Center Museum Houston was founded in 1995 under the name of the Czech Cultural & Community Center. Initially conceived as a home for the Czech-American community in Texas, generous donations allowed us to construct our own building in the Houston Museum District. We moved into our current home in 2004. In the intervening years, historical and cultural artifacts’ contributions lead our board to pivot our mission statement towards historical and cultural preservation. We, therefore, changed our operating name to reflect this new mission. Today, the Czech Center Museum Houston seeks to inspire people to learn from those who sought freedom despite oppressive rulers and systems. We use the example of the Czech and Slovak experience in the United States and in the world as a mirror through which individuals of other cultures can recognize all peoples’ shared humanity. Along with Slavic Culture and Art, we also host programs and exhibits about other ethnic groups, such as the Caribbean, Mexican, Vietnamese, Uruguayan, Costa Rican, Haitian, and many more. We value our position in Houston’s diverse community and endeavor to be a forum for cross-cultural dialogue. The Czech Center Museum Houston has a small dedicated staff supported by a corps of more than 200 volunteers, of which 20 to 30 do so weekly. With their assistance, we hosted 45 free or low-cost events in 2019. These events included performances by upcoming local artists, international musicians, guest speakers, a Czech Christmas Market, Easter Egg Festival, and crafting and language classes. We also work with other local nonprofits to provide them a venue for their programs. The Czech Center Museum Houston has been working with UH’s Department of History and assistant professor, Dr. Alexey Golubev, since 2018 on several projects. Our museum provides hands-on research opportunities and introduces University students to the workforce with our collaborative research project for our new exhibit and digital project. We are currently developing with the University of Houston Department of History an educational community project, supporting original research with assistance from local humanities students, led by well-established scholars. These research internships are supported by scholarly grants at UH, allowing students to gain practical experience in a real-world museum setting. The museum strives to be an accessible resource, actively encouraging the study, appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of art, culture, and history. We offer family-friendly events and special programs for children, focusing on personal development and education, complementing the Texas school curriculum.

El Meson

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Forbidden Gardens

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Forbidden Gardens, in Katy, Texas, is a fascinating outdoor museum replicating some of China’s major historic scenes. UPDATE: Closing February 2011. The museum opened in 1996, dedicated to bringing the wonders of ancient China to the American public. Since its debut thousands of guests, mostly students, have come to learn about ancient Chinese history and culture. After almost 15 years in the Katy area, Forbidden Gardens will be closing soon to make way for the Grand Parkway expansion. It is with a heavy heart that we announce our final days of business. Sunday, February 13, 2011 will be the final day to see the museum in it’s entirety. Beginning Monday, February 14, 2011 exhibits will begin to be removed from our facility. The final day of operation is Monday, February 21, 2011. We want to thank everyone who has visited, who we’ve worked with, or have helped us out over the past years.

Fort Bend County Museum Association

Museums ; Special Events

The Fort Bend County Museum Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt corporation chartered in 1967, whose mission is to preserve and interpret Texas and Fort Bend County history. The Association operates a local history museum and six historic structures in Richmond, an avocational archeological society, a downtown historic district, and the programs at the 480-acre George Ranch Historical Park. Home https://www.facebook.com/pages/George-Ranch-Historical-Park/80441016532 Tweets by TheGeorgeRanch

Gaido's

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