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
Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin
U.S. Army Medical Department Museum, San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston Museum, San Antonio
Battleship Texas State Historic Site, TBD (Closed Temporarily)
Military Heritage Collection North Texas, Nevada
Museum of the American G.I., College Station
H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum, Huntsville
Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Fort Worth
National United States Armed Forces Museum, Houston
Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site, Port Arthur (U.S. Civil War and WWII coastal defense)
Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison
Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston
Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas
Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum, Gilmer
Perrin Air Force Base Historical Museum, Denison
Freedom Museum USA, Pampa
American Freedom Museum, Bullard
National Museum of Civil Defense, Schertz
Texas Veterans Hall of Fame, (Online Exhibits)
World War II Museums
12th Armored Division Memorial Museum, Abilene
Hangar-25 Air Museum, Big Spring
National WWII WASP Museum, Sweetwater
Silent Wings Museum, Lubbock
Texas Air Museum, Slaton
These 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 War for Independence Sites
San Jacinto Museum and Monument, La Porte
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, La Porte
The Alamo, San Antonio
Presido 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
