Museum of Houston Collaborating Organizations
The Museum of Houston project began in 2005 when several of Houston's leading institutions attended a meeting with the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance (GHPA) to discuss the possibility of building an on-line data repository and museum. Actual work began in 2006 when GHPA received a two-year grant from Houston Endowment Inc. and another grant from The Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
The Museum of Houston is a collaborative project founded and managed by Greater Houston Preservation Alliance. Rice University, a founding partner, provides the technical infrastructure for the repository and website. Many of Houston's leading educational institutions and cultural organizations are collaborators on the project.
Steering Committee Members- Greater Houston Preservation Alliance
- Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Rice University/Fondren Library
- Texas Southern University/Robert James Terry Library
- University of Houston Libraries
- Harris County Archives
- The Heritage Society
- Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library
- Houston Endowment Inc.
- Port of Houston Authority
- San Jacinto Museum of History/Herzstein Library
- South Texas College of Law/The Fred Parks Law Library
- University of Houston-Downtown/W.I. Dykes Library
Other institutions and individuals with information about Houston's history are invited to make contributions to the repository. The information contained in these materials would be accessible to the public through the Museum of Houston, while the documents and artifacts would remain in private hands. Contact the project manager for additional information.