The list of museums in North Texas 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.
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North Texas
North Texas (also commonly called North Central Texas, Northeastern Texas and Nortex) is a distinct cultural and geographic area forming the central-northeastern section of the U.S. state of Texas. North Texas is generally considered to include the area south of Oklahoma, east of Abilene, and north of Waco. North Texas by this definition is more precisely the northern part of the eastern portion of Texas.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Cottle, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Foard, Grayson, Hardeman, Hood, Hunt, Jack, Johnson, Kaufman, Montague, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, and Young County, Texas.
Museums
Defunct museums
- The American Museum of the Miniature Arts, Dallas
- Arlington Sewing Machine Museum, Arlington
- Conspiracy Museum, Dallas, closed in 2006
- Fire Station No.1, Fort Worth former satellite museum of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, closed on February 19, 2016
- Hangar 10 Flying Museum, Denton
- Hayden Museum of American Art, Paris, closed in 2010
- Owens Spring Creek Farm, Richardson, operated by Bob Evans Farms, Inc., closed in 2013
- The Women's Museum, Dallas, closed in 2011
See also
- List of museums in Texas
- List of museums in East Texas
- List of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast
- List of museums in Central Texas
- List of museums in the Texas Panhandle
- List of museums in South Texas
- List of museums in West Texas
References
External links
- Texas Association of Museums
- Historic House Museums in Texas