Museum of the Southwest, Texas, United States

4MonkyMan 5:00 PM Mar 11, 2008

Museum of the Southwest in Midland, an Eclectic Collection of Museums
The Museum of the Southwest is primarily an art museum. It hosts traveling exhibits and permanent exhibits. There is also a planetarium and the Fredda Turner Durham Childrens' Museum which is a very cool kid friendly museum housed in a separate building on the grounds. During summer there are free Sunday afternoon lawn concerts on the museum grounds featuring a variety of local and regional musicians. These can be tremendous fun for all ages. Christmas at the Mansion each December features lavish Christmas decorations and a gingerbread house competition. Some of the gingerbread houses can be amazingly large and complex. Septemberfest is the museum's primary fundraising event of the year. It hosts dozens of artists from around the world. Other features include live music and a wide array of food booths on the museum grounds. I would not make a special trip to Midland to see the museum, but you would be remiss not to visit if you are already in town.

3caphill2015 5:00 PM Jun 29, 2015

go during art shows or outdoor activities
Its a really cool old mansion turned into a museum but not a whole lot to see. I personally like the Sante Fe Indian art. You can tour it 30 minutes or less regularly but the best time is during the lawn concerts or the arts and crafts shows outside-really some outstanding vendors to see then! There is food, face painting and petting zoo for the kids-its my favourite activity around here. Wish it happened more often!