Museum

Llano Estacedo Museum

Plainview · Hale County · Dedicated 1976 · THC Atlas #4200000590

Texas history, up close and curated.

About this site

Llano Estacedo Museum is a museum in Plainview, Hale County, dedicated in 1976. It is one of 2 museums documented in Hale County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 49 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 34.1885, -101.7263 near Plainview. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dr. James Henry Wayland (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Gates Hall, Plainview Point, Discovery Site of the, and Seth Ward College, Site of.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000590. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Museum of the Llano Estacado opened on July 4, 1976, on the campus of Wayland Baptist University in Plainview as part of the U.S. Bicentennial. Laid out chronologically, it interprets the history and prehistory of the Southern High Plains, from Ice Age geology, including a mammoth skull, through early-20th-century settlement and irrigation. Popular displays include a full-sized tepee, a mounted buffalo soldier, and a wooden windmill.

Sources: ci.plainview.tx.us texastimetravel.com

📍 34.1885, -101.7263 · Plainview, Hale County

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