Museums and Educational

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Historic two-story brick building with arched windows and columned entrance, set on a street corner

  1. Gregg County Historical Museum

    214 N. Fredonia St., Longview, TX
    903-753-5840 Website

  2. Long a fixture in the downtown Longview marketplace, the Gregg County Historical Museum resides within a historic bank building with a colorful past. Several permanent and new exhibits enthrall guests with the booms and busts of a town built by the railroad and put on the international map because of oil. With a heritage begun by Native Americans and expanded by settlers, the story of Longview is both rich in mysteries as well as blessed by the generosity of the human spirit.
LMFA gallery

  1. Longview Museum of Fine Art

    215 E. Tyler St., Longview, TX
    903-753-8103 Website

  2. An artistic venture begun by the Junior League of Longview in 1958, the LMFA has grown into one of Texas’ jewel boxes for modern and regional art, with over 700 pieces in its permanent collection. Located in downtown Longview, the facility has also been home to nationally treasured traveling exhibits, and many special events. Art classes are available for adults and school age students at ArtWorks.
Library exterior with balloon

  1. Longview Public Library


    222 W. Cotton St., Longview, TX        
    903-237-1350      Website

  2. Located near downtown, the Longview Public Library houses more than 150,000 items for checkout,  plus computers, genealogy and research resources,  and free Wi-Fi. The library hosts extensive regular programming and many special events throughout the year. 

WOW Legos

  1. Longview World of Wonders

    112 E. Tyler St.., Longview, TX
    903-212-4969 Website

  2. Longview WOW is a creative, imaginative, and exploratory discovery center for children, designed to create a life-long love of learning. The educational environments offer hands-on discovery of Longview’s various career and technology fields through interactive play. Exhibits include Invention Garage, The Factory, The Market, Build-It, Build-It Jr., The House, and The Park, along with special events throughout the year.
Letourneau Museum interior

  1. R.G. LeTourneau Museum and Archives

    Stegall Dr., Longview, TX
    (located inside Heath Hardwick Hall)        
    903-233-3260 Website

  2. Honoring the life of one of Americas greatest inventors, educator, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists the museum and archives contain personal memorabilia of R.G. LeTourneau and scale models of many of his inventions. R.G. LeTourneau with his wife Evelyn co-foundered LeTourneau University. The museum is on the university's campus and it reveals the life of one of the most influential Christians of the 20th Century.
People look at names on the Veteran's Plaza wall, Longview, TX

  1. Veterans Plaza

    1234 E. Park Lane., Longview, TX
    903-985-9365

  2. The veterans plaza features unique, individual monuments honoring all veterans, all conflicts and all generations. The plaza is distinguished by a majestic 760 square foot United States Flag flying high above a hilltop. The hillside below is home to more than twenty monuments and engravings.