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History
The Museum of the Southwest has two distinct histories:
the Museum (as an institution) and the Turner House (as a building on the National Register of Historic Places)
The Museum of the Southwest (the Institution)
In 1965, a handful of visionaries gave birth to a small museum to serve their remote West Texas town. From that brilliant beginning emerged the Museum of the Southwest, a community asset of unparalleled proportion.
The Museum of the Southwest was incorporated on September 25,1965, after the Junior League of Midland voted to establish an art and science museum, and pledged support over a five-year period.
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The Turner House and Family
In the 1920’s, the economy of West Texas was dramatically altered by the discovery and production of vast oil reserves in this area. The years 1923 to 1926 found West Texas in the middle of an oil boom. Oil companies began operating out of offices in Midland, which was centrally located to the oil fields of West Texas.
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