Best places: Museums in Leon County, United States

Exhibits on the history of Texas criminals & guards include such artifacts as a 5-barrel shotgun.

Military history museum featuring vehicles, weapons & uniforms, plus historical reenactments.

Nonprofit history museum since 1993 with military artifacts & memorabilia, equipment & guided tours.

👍 The train ride was shorter than expected, but I enjoyed it. My son and I drove 2 1/2 hours to get there, and the ride was under an hour long. The staff were very nice and professional and the on ride entertainment was great. I would have preferred better seats but it's ok. We rode on the dome since...

Exhibits documenting the 41st president's life, such as a replica of the White House press room.

Large educational natural history museum displaying fossils, wagons, murals and stone tools.

👍👍 This is a very nice railroad exhibit. Great for all ages. It is run by volunteers, which is important because people here give their time and talent to keep the center open. They have a unique layout with great details and a scavenger hunt for any age. A must see when you are in Palestine.

👍👍 Camp Hearne sheds light on a unique, interesting, and often overlooked aspect of World War II history, the prisoner of war camps in the US. Camp Hearne housed up to 4,700+ prisoners at its peak. It's prisoners we're largely from Germany's Afrika Korps, but it also housed other German soldiers, Itali...

👍👍 Beautiful depot. The owners were very happy to share with you the history of the depot as well as the town. Also, If you are an N scale train collector, you are invited to bring your locomotives to run on their layout.

👍👍 A must see!! The exhibits are interesting and enlightening. The curator is very helpful, patient and knowledgeable. The short movie presentation on local African Americans is sure to capture your attention.

White Victorian house, part of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum, where the Texas hero died in 1863.

👍👍 Loved this little piece of history and the staff was fantastic! Our guided tour was packed full of informative and interesting information, history and artifacts. My 7 year old daughter was amazing with how people use to live after seeing the on-site Homes, Jail and church. My favorite part was the...

😐 This is the smallest children's museum I've ever seen. There are 5 little play buildings, a baby area with hardly any toys, and there are some building stations. Nothing exciting but it was very clean, the workers were nice ,and they had a little craft activity we got to do. Took 2 minutes though.