Museum of the Southwest

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1705 W Missouri Ave
Midland, TX 79701
Discover the best in art, culture and science. The Museum of the Southwest is comprised of the Juliette and Fred Turner, Jr. Memorial Gallery, the Fredda Turner Durham Children's Museum, the state of the art Marian Blakemore Planetarium and a sculpture garden.

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Marie S.
6/13/2021

We spent about 2 hours here at this little museum. It follows the story of the Turner family- how they lived and how much they loved horse racing (their horse Alysheba won the Kentucky Derby in...

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Kaylie D.
7/26/2025

Really pretty museum. It is a little on the small side for the $12 fee to get in. visited planetarium as well, very pretty. went there to see the Jeff Koons on loan

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Doug C.
12/23/2024

We came back for another visit and well worth it. Visited the planetarium this time along with the Turner house with new showings. Be sure to stop by. Posted some new photos of art exhibits.

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Alicia J.
5/8/2011

I'm a teacher and took a small group of elementary students to the museum on a Saturday. Being from a big city, I wasn't expecting a lot out of it, but was pleasantly surprised at the nice little...

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Shawn L.
8/26/2015

We just moved to Midland two weeks ago so I was looking for things to take my 6-year-old son to do to entertain him. I read about the museum (here on Yelp) and decided to give it a try. After one...

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