Military History Programs
Check back here often for a variety of military history programs that have been brought to our attention:
Military History Museums
Texas has a variety of museums that specialize in or have permanent exhibits on Texas and Texans in war. Here is a small selection:
Museums That Cover Multiple Wars
- American Freedom Museum, Bullard
- Battleship Texas State Historic Site, TBD (Closed Temporarily)
- Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison
- Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum, Gilmer
- Fort Sam Houston Museum, San Antonio
- Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Fort Worth
- Freedom Museum USA, Pampa
- Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas
- H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum, Huntsville
- International Artillery Museum, Saint Jo
- Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston
- Military Heritage Collection North Texas, Nevada
- Museum of the American G.I., College Station
- National Museum of Civil Defense, Schertz
- National United States Armed Forces Museum, Houston
- Perrin Air Force Base Historical Museum, Denison
- Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site, Port Arthur (U.S. Civil War and WWII coastal defense)
- Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin
- Texas Veterans Hall of Fame, (Online Exhibits)
- U.S. Army Medical Department Museum, San Antonio
World War II Museums
- 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum, Abilene
- Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum, Greenville
- Hangar-25 Air Museum, Big Spring
- National WWII WASP Museum, Sweetwater
- Silent Wings Museum, Lubbock
- Texas Air Museum, Slaton
- The West Texas World War II Museums listed above have developed a brochure about their sites and how heritage tourists can "Experience the Role West Texas Played in World War II" (PDF)
- Commemorative Air Force National Airbase, Dallas
- Rattlesnake Bomber Base Museum, Monahans
- National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg
- Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site, Denison
- Camp Hearne, Hearne
- USS Cavalla, Galveston
- USS Lexington-Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi
- Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Dallas
- Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston
- El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center, El Paso
Cold War Museums
- National Vietnam War Museum, Weatherford
- Civil Defense Museum (Online Exhibits)
Frontier Forts Sites
- Fort Chadbourne, Bronte
- Fort Clark, Brackettville
- Fort Concho, San Angelo
- Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis
- Fort Griffin State Historic Site, Albany
- Fort Lancaster State Historic Site, Sheffield
- Fort McKavett State Historic Site, Fort McKavett
- Fort Phantom Hill, Abilene
- Texas Beyond History Frontier Forts, (Online Exhibit)
Texas Revolution/Republic Sites
- Gonzales Memorial Museum, Gonzales
- San Jacinto Museum and Monument, La Porte
- San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, La Porte
- The Alamo, San Antonio
- Presidio la Bahía, Goliad
- Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, Washington
- Star of the Republic Museum, Washington
Mexican-American War Museums
- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, Brownsville