Museums in Great Plains

Science Museum of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Science, Museums The Science Museum of Minnesota is the most popular museum in the Upper Midwest. It features dinosaurs, Omnitheater, school programs, Mississippi Riverfront parks, hands-on exhibits.

Bell Museum of Natural History

Minneapolis, Museums, Natural History

Kimbell Art Museum

Fort Worth, Architecture, Visual Arts, Museums The Museum is one of the institutions in the Southwest with a substantial collection of Asian arts, and has also assembled small but select collections of Pre-Columbian and African art, as well as Classical, Egyptian, and Near Eastern Antiquities.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis, History, Decorative Arts, Visual Arts, Museums 4000 years of art, culture, and history, including outstanding works in seven curatorial areas: African, Oceania, and The Americas; Asian Art; Decorative Arts and Sculpture; Paintings; Photography; Prints and Drawings; and Textiles.

Amon Carter Museum

Fort Worth, Visual Arts, Museums

Sternberg museum of natural history

Hays, Museums, Natural History The Sternberg Museum of Natural History is a department of Fort Hays State University and has been a part of the Hays, Kansascommunity since 1914.

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

Norman, Museums, Universities, Natural History Over 300 million years of Oklahoma’s natural history can be seen in a 195,000 square foot facility. Five galleries feature thousands of artifacts in 50,000 square feet of exhibit space.

Museum of Fine Arts

Houston, Visual Arts, Museums

Holocaust Museum Houston

Houston, Arts and Crafts, History, Drawings, Museums, Jews, Holocaust

The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center

Hutchinson, Astronomy, Museums

International Museum of Cultures

Dallas, Ethnic Groups, Culture, Museums International Museum of Cultures, depicting cultures from around the world, including South America and Papua New Guinea

Museum of Health & Medical Science

Houston, Health, Science, Museums A Texas-sized view of the human body from the inside. The Amazing Body Pavilion includes giant human organ models and interactive exhibits that explore how systems of the body work and stay healthy.

Meadows Museum, Meadows School of the Arts, SMU

Dallas, History, Emigrants, Culture, Visual Arts, Education, Museums The Meadows Museum serves the public by exhibiting, preserving, and interpreting the art, culture, and history of Spain, the Hispanic world, and other cultures.

Minnesota Museum of American Art

Saint Paul, Museums, Visual Arts

El Paso Museum of Art

El Paso, Visual Arts, Museums

Kansas City Museum

Kansas City, Science, Museums

Texas Energy Museum

Beaumont, Oil, History, Energy, Museums, Geology

Joslyn Art Museum

Omaha, Architecture, Sculpture, Visual Arts, Museums, Ceramic Joslyn has an eclectic collection of works beginning with Greek Pottery and moving through Europe and into American Western Art and finishing in the 20th century.

Oklahoma City Zoo

Oklahoma City, Zoo's, Museums

World Organization of China Painters

Oklahoma City, Museums, China Painting The World Organization of China Painters perpetuates the Ancient Art of China Painting. The W.O.C.P. provides members with training, educational, promotional and professional advancement services

Plains Art Museum

Fargo, Visual Arts, Museums Throughout its history the Museum has collected, preserved, exhibited and interpreted art. Today, its Permanent Collection contains more than 2,400 pieces including regional art, traditional American Indian art, contemporary art and traditional folk art.

Grand River Museum

Lemmon, Research, Education, Museums, Dinosaurs The Grand River Museum, dedicated to preserving the paleontological and ethnographical resources of the Grand River Region of South Dakota.

Dakota Dinosaur Museum

Dickinson, Animals, Museums The mission of the Dakota Dinosaur Museum is to promote tourism by providing a facility to display earth science specimens excavated from the area as a community educational and economic development project.

Cherokee Heritage Center

Tahlequah, Visual Arts, Genealogy, Museums, Native Americans The Cherokee Heritage Center, operated by the Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc., is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Cherokee history, culture and arts.

Contemporary Arts Museum

Houston, Contemporary Art, Museums National and international art of the last 40 years in a dynamic exhibition schedule which is accompanied by publications and educational programming for local, regional, national and international audiences.