Houston's Hidden Museums Listings

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• 1940 Air Terminal Museum is at 8325 Travelair St. Call 713/454-1940.

• Houston Maritime Museum is at 2204 Dorrington. Call 713/666-1910.
  

• Houston Fire Museum is at 2403 Milam St. Call 713/524-2526.

• Museum of Printing History is at 1324 W. Clay St. Call 713/522-4652.

More Hidden Museums

• HPD Museum and Officers’ Memorial: In the downtown lobby of the Houston Police Department headquarters, see cars, uniforms, badges, and other police memorabilia.

• The Doc Porter Museum of Telephone History: Find hundreds of antique telephones as well as a Braille switchboard. 713/861-9784.
  

• Art Car Museum: See art cars and other contemporary works of art. 713/861-5526.

• American Cowboy Museum: Learn about the contributions of women and minorities to the culture of the West. 713/478-9677.

• Beer Can House: Sided with more than 50,000 beer cans and decorated with thousands more, the Beer Can House, now part of the Orange Show Foundation, is a nontraditional salute to recycling. 713/926-6368.

• National Museum of Funeral History:  Explores one of mankind’s oldest cultural traditions. 281/876- 3063.

See the full article in the December 2011 issue.

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