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Every stage, screen and gallery in Texas

Museums and galleries, stage theaters and opera houses, movie palaces and drive-ins, dance halls and concert venues — mapped across 213 counties, with the year each one opened and, for many, the year it closed.

MuseumsStage theatersMovie theatersMusic venues
122Museums87Stage theaters1,863Movie theaters39Music & event venues53on the National Register
on the boards

Front of house

Two of the best-documented buildings of each kind, in photographs from Wikimedia Commons.

USS Lexington, Corpus ChristiMuseumUSS LexingtonCorpus ChristiMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, HoustonMuseumMuseum of Fine Arts, HoustonHouston · since 1900Texas Theatre, DallasStage theaterTexas TheatreDallasBass Performance Hall, Fort WorthStage theaterBass Performance HallFort WorthParamount Theatre, AbileneMovie theaterParamount TheatreAbilene · since 1930Georgetown Palace Theater, GeorgetownMovie theaterGeorgetown Palace TheaterGeorgetownFort Worth Convention Center, Fort WorthMusic venueFort Worth Convention CenterFort WorthMorton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, DallasMusic venueMorton H. Meyerson Symphony CenterDallas · since 1989
opening night

The oldest still on record

  1. 1855Neill-Cochran House, AustinNeill-Cochran HouseAustin · Museum
  2. 1873Stonewall Saloon (Saint Jo, Texas), St. JoStonewall Saloon (Saint Jo, Texas)St. Jo · Museum
  3. 1878Gruene Hall, New BraunfelsGruene HallNew Braunfels · Music venue
  4. 1888Southgate-Lewis House, AustinSouthgate-Lewis HouseAustin · Museum
  5. 1891Grand Opera House, UvaldeGrand Opera HouseUvalde · Stage theater
  6. 1892Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort WorthModern Art Museum of Fort WorthFort Worth · Museum
  7. 1892Dallas County Courthouse, DallasDallas County CourthouseDallas · Museum
  8. 1900Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, HoustonMuseum of Fine Arts, HoustonHouston · Museum
house size

The biggest rooms

  1. 11,700Freeman Coliseum, San AntonioFreeman ColiseumSan Antonio · Music venue
  2. 11,200Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort WorthFort Worth Convention CenterFort Worth · Music venue
  3. 6,863Cedar Park Center, Cedar ParkCedar Park CenterCedar Park · Music venue
  4. 6,200Miller Outdoor Theatre, HoustonMiller Outdoor TheatreHouston · Music venue
  5. 5,000Annette Strauss Square, DallasAnnette Strauss SquareDallas · Music venue
  6. 3,500Comerica Center, FriscoComerica CenterFrisco · Music venue
  7. 3,420Music Hall at Fair Park, DallasMusic Hall at Fair ParkDallas · Stage theater
  8. 3,000Gas Monkey Live, DallasGas Monkey LiveDallas · Music venue
cities

Where the lights are

All cities
Dallas142 12 11 5 170Houston135 16 11 7 169San Antonio74 7 5 5 91Austin59 9 6 3 77Fort Worth62 7 4 4 77El Paso43 4 3 1 51Lubbock37 2 1 40Corpus Christi33 1 34Amarillo31 1 32Waco25 1 1 27Odessa23 2 1 26Wichita Falls22 2 1 25Abilene25 25Sherman25 25
Museums by type:Art museums & galleries 34History museums 15Science & nature museums 6Military, aviation & transport 13General museums 49Drive-ins 327