The Butler Longhorn Museum has again relocated to a new space within Galveston County.

The details

The museum, which celebrates Milby Butler’s effort to save the Texas longhorn from the verge of extinction, as well as the history of Galveston County, has migrated to a new site in Kemah, Executive Director Monica Hughes confirmed.

The museum was formerly located in Webster, then in Galveston's Historic District, as previously reported by Community Impact.
The Butler Longhorn Museum has relocated to many places within Galveston County since 2018, according to previous Community Impact reporting. (Courtesy Monica Hughes)
Diving in deeper

The Butler Longhorn Museum is home to unique artifacts, local art, history and science exhibits, as well as a gift shop, according to its website.


The museum also has exhibits highlighting local Native American history, Japanese Americans in Bay Area Houston and Vietnamese immigration in the Houston-area, Hughes said.

New features at the Kemah location include the addition of an Italian heritage museum, according to the website.