Chambers House Museum

• Texas Energy Museum

  See

  Hours

  Tue-Sat 9AM-5PM; Sun 1PM-5PM

  Price

  Adult $2, senior 65+ or child under 12 $1

  Details

• Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum

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  Museum recreating the site of the first oil gusher in Texas.

  Hours

  Tue-Sat 10AM-5PM, Sun 1-5PM

  Price

  Adult $5, senior $3, child $2,

  Details

• Fire Museum of Texas

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  Demonstrates the history of firefighting in a 1927 restored firehouse with engines and equipment and hydrant statues with Dalmatian spots.

  Hours

  Mon-Fri 8AM-4:30PM

  Details

Idiosyncratic museums

• Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center

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  A tribute to this multi-game professional female athlete, who excelled in baseball, basketball, track, but especially golf. For some reason there's also a retired military jet on display.

  Hours

  Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM

  Details

Art museums

• Art Museum of Southeast Texas

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  An art collection spanning works from the 19th century to contemporary era, with some emphasis on Texas-related pieces.

  Hours

  Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM, Sat 10AM-5PM, Sun noon-5PM

  Details

• Dishman Art Museum

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  Another art museum, because perhaps a mid-sized city shouldn't have just one.

  Hours

  Mon-Fri and select Sat 9AM-4PM

  Details