List of museums in East Texas

The list of museums in Texas encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

East Texas is a region in the U.S. state of Texas, that borders the entire Louisiana state line on the east, Arkansas on the northeast near Texarkana, and Oklahoma on the north.

[1] Counties included are Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Panola, Polk, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Walker and Wood.

[2] Crew of the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster: Americans commander Rick Husband, pilot William C. McCool, mission specialists Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon of Israel.

During the recovery of the bodies, helicopter pilot Jules “Buzz” Mier Jr. and Texas Forest Service employee Charles Kreneck also lost their lives