Top Five Must-See Museums In Texas
There are many things to do while vacationing in any state in the US. Texas being the largest state has a lot of different educational sites to visit. The top five must-see Museums in Texas to experience new wonders for the whole family to enjoy are the following:
The Houston Museum of Natural Science
There are just so many special exhibits to see here. Warriors, Tombs and Temples display artifacts from royal tombs. Discovering the Civil War exhibit displays Union and Confederate letters, diaries, photos, petitions, and patents in a past time. Texas! The Exhibition displays artifacts from a 1686 shipwreck, the Alamo and Davy Crockett.
Frontiers of Flight Museum
Located in Dallas is an aviators dream from the earliest pilots to modern astronauts, The Wright Brothers, balloons, WWI and WWII displays and a space program are included. If you enjoy flying and planes, this is a fabulous presentation of aviation.
Mount Vernon Railroad Depot
Located in Mount Vernon presents railroad and telegraph exhibits, an old Studebaker covered wagon and model trains. It is a very unique museum for the train lover. Old machinery is displayed along with an 1880 log cabin and a blacksmith shop.
Museum of the Americas
Located in Weatherford is an Anthropology museum filled with folk art, crafts artifacts from Mexico and Indian displays from the Seminole Indians of Florida Plains Indians and the Kuna Indians of Panama.
Ripley-s Believe It or Not Museum and Plaza Wax Museum
Both are located in San Antonio. Ripley-s has eight galleries and displays over 500 strange, odd and unusual things. The Plaza has over 250 very realistic wax replicas of celebrities and historical figures. Both are very interest to visit and very educational.
Texas has many museums offering educational, historical and fine art. Put on a ten gallon hat and git a move on and visit Texas.