Abilene · Taylor County · Dedicated 1992 · THC Atlas #4200000728
Texas history, up close and curated.
About this site
Grace Museum is a museum in Abilene, Taylor County, dedicated in 1992. It is one of 8 museums documented in Taylor County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 126 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.4498, -99.7345 near Abilene. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pine Street Shoot Out (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Abilene Reporter-News, The Texas & Pacific Railway: First Railroad Across West Texas, and 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000728. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Grace Museum occupies the former Hotel Grace, a four-story building erected in 1909 by Col. W. L. Beckham to serve travelers on the Texas and Pacific Railway and named for his daughter Grace. After the hotel (later the Drake Hotel) closed in 1973 and fell into disrepair, the Abilene Preservation League bought it in 1987, and a roughly $4.8 million restoration reopened it as a museum in 1992. Housing collections rooted in the Abilene Fine Arts Museum (founded 1937), the institution was renamed The Grace Museum in 1998 and today fills about 55,000 square feet with art, history, and children's galleries.
See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum and landmark across Texas on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and check in as you roam.
