Top rated Museums in San Antonio, United States to elevate your visit (Updated March, 2024)

Performing arts theater

👍👍 The Magician Agency Theatre is a must to attend while visiting San Antonio. Mom & I had a wonderful time. David Kovac mixes comedy & magic for an amazing experience. The staff & magicians were fantastic. Thanks for an awesome experience.

5.00 (384 reviews)

Stickers 'N Stars

Museum

4.90 (158 reviews)

San Antonio Fire Museum

Museum

👍👍 Very interesting and under rated. Very helpful staff to answer questions on the tour.

4.80 (453 reviews)

Mission San Jose

Historical landmark

👍👍 Mission San Jose is another well preserved piece of history in San Antonio. Out of the four missions on the tour, this one is the second best and a definite must do if you are accepting the mission...pardon the pun. The Spanish architecture is very prevalent with the arches everywhere. The grounds...

4.80 (234 reviews)

San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum ("say-CAM") @ La Villita

Museum

👍👍 Please do yourself a favor and take about 30 minutes of your time to stop in and support this place. It doesn't take long to get through the 2 room house but you will learn an incredible amount.

4.80 (43 reviews)

Witte Museum

Museum

Touring & long-term exhibits about natural history, art & Texas heritage, plus a Science Treehouse.

4.70 (6.1K reviews)

San Antonio Museum of Art

Art museum

Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Latin American & contemporary collections in the former Lone Star Brewery.

$$ $$

4.70 (3.8K reviews)

McNay Art Museum

Museum

American & European art (from Medieval to contemporary) in a 1929 mansion with a modern addition.

4.70 (3.1K reviews)

Mission San Juan

Historical landmark

Remains of a Spanish mission that housed indigenous converts & includes an unfinished 1780s church.

4.70 (1.3K reviews)

Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle and Museum

Museum

Historical park with a military museum, clock tower dedicated to war heroes, deer & peacocks.

4.70 (404 reviews)

Alamo Cenotaph Monument

Monument

Granite monument bearing the names of those who died in the legendary Battle of the Alamo.

4.70 (244 reviews)

SAMSAT AREA 21

Museum

👍👍 This is such a cool place to take your kids and the admission to this museum is free too, there’s so many interactive things for them to do like flight simulators and operating Ball Robots with tablets, so cool! A must stop when in SA!

4.70 (221 reviews)

Texas Air Museum-Stinson Chapter - Museum with Historic Aviation and Military Exhibits

Museum

👍👍 A hidden gem. The owner and volunteer staff made us so very welcome, as did Snoopy the museum dog. It was a pleasure to visit and everyone was so kind. Thank you from Paul and Joanne. You all made our visit to San Antonio very special indeed. Please let Sylvia know that I've sent a text tonight. Ju...

4.70 (174 reviews)