The North Texas History Center is the larget collection of North Texas history. We share with visitors in different changing exhibits the life of settlers that came to North Texas and settled. Our ongoing exhibits include Pioneering Roots, Cowboys and Cattledrives, and Texas' role in the Civil War. Future Special exhibits will be foucusing on different communities of people that have called Texas home, with exhibts on Black Texans,and Native Peoples already in development. NTHC is also working on a Texas Veterans Exhibit. It is the hope of the NTHC to allow today's Texans and all visitors the oppurtunity to learn about all Texas people that contributed to making Texas the great State it is. Through this knowledge people can develop understanding of different communites, and their lives today.

The North Texas History Center was founded in 1957 as the Collin County Historical Society. The focus was to collect and preserve the incoming collections. Originally the Center was staffed by volunteers. The Center now is staffed by 4 full time employees and 1 part time. The Center continues to collect, preserve and catalog the history of North Texas.

The NTHC is in the old 1911 McKinney Post Office. The Center is located in the Historical Distirct just off the McKinney Square. The architecture of this wonderful old building is worth the visit itself.