The Hutchinson County Museum keeps the colorful history of Hutchinson County alive. We share the story of Coronado who traveled through the Texas Panhandle about 1 mile from the museum; we have artfacts and scale models of buildings from the Battle of Adobe Walls and up through the founding of the county in 1901 and beyond. We have extensive artifacts and detailed exhibits on the oil boom days when Borger was known as "boogertown" with murders daily including the murder of the town' s founder and the murder of a District Attorney attempting to clean up the corruption. We offer a fun and interesting walking tour of the downtown area where most of the action took place. It's all within about 1/4 of a mile from the museum.

The Battle of Adobe Walls, a pivotal battle in the Red River War was fought in Hutchinson County. Special tours can be arranged to visit the site which is located on private land.

The museum is growing and has a vision to save historical buildings in downtown Borger. This will be accomplished through collaboration with City and County officials and TXDOT TEA 21 grants. The buildings will provide additional exhibit areas to show more of the artifacts in our collection and tell the stories of our County and City.

The museum was opened in 1977 in a former boomtown hardware store and second floor hotel which was donated by the Yiantsu family. The museum has grown and expanded taking over the next building to the North. The buildings have been joined to make a large two story museum. The building has a state historical subject marker.

In later years the Domino Hall and Taxi Stand were donated. Those buildings are on the museums contiguous property and are unrestored.

The museum started with one part time exhibit designer who later became the director and many volunteers. Hutchinson County took ownership of the museum and is the major funding source.

We are currently pursuing accreditation.