2006-09-28 04:37:49 · 7 answers · asked by Bicho 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
More than you can handle.
http://gotexas.about.com/od/museums/index.htm
2006-09-28 04:43:18 · answer #1 · answered by Krazykraut 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many:
The Kimball Art Museum and Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth are two national treasures....as is the Alamo in San Antonio and the LBJ Library in Austin. The Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas is also an important museum.
Coming soon: The George H. W. Bush Presidential Library on the campus of Southern Methodist University should be opening is a few years.
Just to name a few.
PS: One cannot miss the Dr Pepper Museum in Waco either.
2006-09-28 11:48:48 · answer #2 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have tons of them.
I live in Austin, so i can tell you about a few close to here:
The Bob Bullock Texas History Museum - This museum has some excellent permanent exhibits about the history of the state of Texas. It also has a "4-D" theater as well as an OMNI-MAX theater.
The Texas Memorial Museum - Located on the UT campus, it has one of the best paleontology exhibits in the state as well as several other preeminent exhibits that are worth a look. And best of all, it's free.
The Children's Museum - Sponsored by Dell and features excellent interactive exhibits designed to help kids learn about the topic at hand. The exhibits are frequently changed so each trip will be fun and different.
Austin also has a couple of fine arts museums that are worth seeing.
In Houston - The Natural History Museum. I saw "Body Worlds III" there. It was an excellent experience. They also have a nice paleontology exhibit, a fabulous gemology exhibit. Fork over the extra $8.00 to go into the butterfly pavilion!!! That in itself is worth the trip to Houston.
In Waco - The Texas Ranger Museum. Pretty interesting if you are interested in law enforcement or in Texas history in general.
Waco also has a Dr. Pepper museum. I have never been there, but its on the list of things to do...
2006-09-28 11:50:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Important is subjective, but as someone who works in the arts in NYC, these are the ones that I make it a point to see when I am in TX.
Dallas/Ft. Worth:
The Modern Museum of Fort Worth, designed by Tadao Ando
The Kimbell Art Museum, Designed by Louis Kahn
The Nasher Sculpture Center,Designed by Renzo Piano
Houston:
The Menil Collection, Designed by Renzo Piano
The Rothko Chapel
Austin:
The Blanton Museum
Marfa:
Chinati Foundation (Donald Judd ranch and exhibition space)
2006-09-28 11:56:43 · answer #4 · answered by ubersnaab 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Houston has a museum district close to Medical center, has one the top childrens museum in the nation, Medical, FineArts, Natural History, Contemporary, Halocaust, list goes on and on...
2006-09-28 12:23:51 · answer #5 · answered by sensible 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only one that is of importance is the soon to be opened H.W. you know who's , Presidential Library . On Opening Day we plan on taking a dump on the lawn , to help fertilize the grass, yeah, that's it! Maybe a little kidney irrigation to boot!
2006-10-06 05:26:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The alamo
2006-09-28 11:45:13 · answer #7 · answered by cutie22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋