The Grace Museum, Art museum in Abilene, Texas.
The Grace Museum occupies the 55,000-square-foot former Hotel Grace, a Prairie Style building from 1909 at Cypress Street and North First Street in downtown Abilene. A fourth story was added in 1924. Inside are five art galleries, a third-floor history gallery, an art library, an education center and a second-floor children's gallery.
The museum was founded in 1937 by the Art League of the Abilene Woman's Club as a way to support local artists. It later relocated to its current home in a renovated hotel, allowing the collection to grow and reach more visitors.
The museum's name comes from the Hotel Grace, the 1909 building it occupies. Its history galleries hold recreations of 1906, 1926 and 1946 Abilene parlors and kitchens, a 1920 Grace Hotel guestroom and a bootmakers shop, while the second-floor children's gallery includes a replica of Abilene's Paramount Theatre and a historic Dixie Pig Restaurant sign.
The museum occupies a historic multi-story building that is straightforward to walk through with clear signage throughout. Information about current exhibitions and collections is readily available as you move through the different gallery spaces.
The third-floor history galleries hold recreations of Abilene parlors and kitchens from 1906, 1926 and 1946, plus a 1920 Grace Hotel guestroom and a historic bootmakers shop. The collection itself began in 1976 with the Abilene Junior League and covers 1850 to 1950.
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