Located in downtown Denton and in their Historical Park, free museums focus on the history and culture of Denton County. Go to www.dentoncounty.com/chos for hours of operation.

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Historic Downtown Denton, crowned by the historic Denton County Courthouse, is the heartbeat of the city. The square and beyond is surrounded by unique shops, fun restaurants, galleries, museums, and a lively mix of entertainment from live music to performing arts. Denton Main Street Association, www.dentonmainstreet.org .

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Wind your way through the beautiful Horse Country of North Texas. Texas is the nation's number ONE horse state with more than 1 million horses. Known as "Horse Country USA– the area is populated with more than 300 farms and ranches, many of which are breeding and training facilities. Famous for the Quarter Horse, Texas also offers an exciting variety of other horse breeds and many different horse disciplines.

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Visit Life in Denton County prior to 1908.

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2860. A variety of exhibits depicting Denton County history.

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Museum showcasing fire fighting memorabilia, 1800s to present.

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Museum showcases the African American community of Quakertown with artifacts, exhibits and more.

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The Collection is much more than a chronology of fashion. Progressing from the 1800s through industrialization of the 1900s, the First Ladies of Texas have become icons of grace and compassion. Each woman leaves her own legacy, but all share common threads that seamlessly stitch together Texas’ First Ladies’ assorted patchwork of experience.

We hope that visitors will also see the Collection as a springboard into the living history of Texas Women. Texas Woman’s University welcomes you to enjoy this fascinating collection of gowns, and encourages you to see beyond the heirloom garments and into the chambers of Texas’ past.

This Collection displays seventeen of the forty-two gowns owned by the University. The display changes at various times throughout the year so that a visitor can enjoy different gowns in the Collection with each walk through the hall. Across from each gown is information about the respective First Lady and the gown displayed.

Each dress has been loaned or donated by various sources to the University. Restoration and upkeep of the collection is made possible by generous donations from the community.

Texas Woman’s University
Administration Conference Tower
Second Floor
Denton, TX 76204

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Welcome to the Hangar 10 Flying Museum at Denton Municipal Airport. It is our goal to preserve aviation history from all periods. The museum features many rare and classic aircraft and military memorabilia.

All aircraft in our fleet are not only flyable, but are restored to the most authentic condition possible. We are constantly growing and are in the process of restoring several aircraft including a 1951 Cessna 190, a J-3 Cub, a 1941 Howard DGA-15,and an Interstate Cadet. We also have many flying aircraft including a 1951 Cessna LC-126, a 1947 North American L-17A, a Pitts Special S-1S, a 1948 Cessna 140, and a 1979 Cessna 180.

The purpose of the museum is to display, maintain, preserve, fly and show antique, classic and contemporary classes of aircraft: to include all eras of civil and military aircraft, both fixed and rotary wing.

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About the Collection

From abundance to diets, from prohibition to war, TWU’s collection of cookbooks richly illustrates decades of America’s changing relationship with food. It contains 15,000 books, 3500 vendors’ pamphlets, recipe books dating from 1624, conduct manuals, and menus from around the world.

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Built in 1949 as a movie house, the Campus Theatre was renovated and reopened as a performing arts theatre with the help of the Greater Denton Arts Council and Denton Community Theatre in 1995. Famous celebrities that have visited the Campus Theatre include Johne Wayne and Warren Beatty.

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Spend some quality time with your family, or feed your thirst for knowledge by coming to a show at the Sky Theater. Our full-color, HD projection system will make you feel like you are traveling to nearby stars, taking a celestial roller coaster, or winding through a field of electrons within an atom.

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Located at the Blagg-Huey Library, Texas Women’s University, discover the collection chronicling the achievements of the WASP – Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Between 1942 and 1944, at the height of World War II, more than a thousand women left homes and jobs for the opportunity of a lifetime—to become the first in history to fly for the U.S. military. They volunteered as civilian pilots in an experimental Army Air Corp program to see if women could serve as pilots and relieve men for overseas duty. These women became the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, better known as the WASP. Under the determined leadership of Jacqueline Cochran, Nancy Harkness Love, and General Henry “Hap” Arnold the WASP exceeded beyond all expectation.

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