Research Opportunities

Collections

The museum’s Jack McMullen Library holds reference material on forestry, forest management, ecology, environmental history, and forest history. Emphasis is on older material not readily available at other libraries.

The Texas Forestry Museum archives has holdings of various records collections.

Older or rare books are held in the archives of the museum, and must be retrieved by staff. All photographs and archival material is held in secure storage.

Appointments & Hours

It is highly recommended that persons interested in doing research at the museum make an appointment to assure that staff will be available for assistance. Only staff may retrieve collections held in the archives of the museum.

To make an appointment for research you may call the Texas Forestry Museum at (936)-632-9535 or click the Request Appointment link at the bottom of the page.

The Jack McMullen library and archives, located in the museum’s Education and Research Center at 1907 Atkinson Drive, are open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except for major holidays.

Research Fees and Policies

Copies: $0.25 each for text or photocopy.

Digital Files: $1.00 for each digital file. The researcher must provide their own flash drive.

Publication Fees: $15 for each file.

Any print obtained from the Texas Forestry Museum photo collection used in publication must have the following credit line: Photograph courtesy of the Texas Forestry Museum.

Any prints obtained from the Texas Forestry Museum and thereafter used for commercial purposes must have prior approval of the Texas Forestry Museum.

The Texas Forestry Museum will not make copies of photos in the collection that the Museum does not have the right to reproduce and distribute.