An nice place to look around. The displays are very interesting. The man at the counter was very friendly.

Great little museum on the interesting history of criminal justice and the prison system. Takes you through a timeline of how the TDCJ came to be.

What a fascinating place! The inmate art was just incredible. Seeing real murder weapons and daily items from jail life was something my 10 year old loved. And old sparky was a great conversation starter about all sorts of aspects of capital punishment and justice. My kid and I stood and talked about it for about 20 minutes, history, morality, how would that feel, etc. It was something I did not expect a 10 year old to really be into. The gentleman at the counter was very kind and we had the museum to ourselves, since covid is keeping crowds down a lot of places. Mask is required if you visit. Enjoy seeing life on the inside.

This place was amazing! It had so much neat information and tons and tons of great work that inmates have done. Great history! And they have old sparky!

A very interesting museum to visit for roughly 3 hours driving from Dallas area. Make sure to leave early to get there on time, they open from 12-5 on Sunday and we only had 30 minutes to see everything. It is not a huge place but there are so many things you can see/read when you are visiting. A pretty fun road trip to get out of Dallas area for sure.

Great museum of the Texas prison system history. Actually very interesting! Really friendly and knowledgeable staff.

The ladies were so nice. It was closing time but they let us look at there gift shop. The people in jail make leather covers for bibles. I should get one for my boyfriend. It sad that people chose crime and then have to do time. I wish they had better role models in there lives growing up to teach them how to be gentlemen.

Pretty cool place to stop. Passed by many times on 45 and decided to stop. Some cool exhibits including guards weapons, prisoner contraband, old sparky, prison rodeo, and other artifacts.I would rate it 5 stars but the museum is small.

There were a LOT of really interesting exhibits ranging the entire history of Texas prisons, lots of really detailed information. Many of the items included stories about them. Admission is very reasonable at $7 for adults and $4 for kids 17 and under. The ladies working there were very friendly and helpful and werent in the least bit daunted by the large group of teenagers I brought with me. I would definitely recommend!

Great place to consider the sacrifice our correctional workers make everyday.

Great educational experience! The staff was awesome too.

Great history lesson. Well layed out. Took us 90 minutes to really go through it.

The meeting facility was spotless, set up according to COVID protocol, social distancing. Kudos to staff and volunteers!

This place is amazing!! So much fun. Nice little stop with some really cool unexpected items.

Interesting place to visit, plan on spending about 1.5 hours if you want to read about all the history. The whole death row exhibit was fascinating, didn’t have time to read them all. I was hoping to find a copy of Lee Simmons book ~ no luck ️

This attraction was fun and a good value. Seeing the hand written letters along with the original pieces, made this a great adventure. I would definitely put this on the list.

Enjoyed our visit! Very friendly staff.

Very well laid out and informative. We spent an hour in there and learned a lot. A few surprises as far as whos been locked up in Texas! Worth the $7 entrance fee.

This place was so cool! There is a lot of reading to do so definitely go really early! The exhibits are amazing and you can tell that there was a lot of work put into them. The place closes at 5pm and if you work in the prison system you get in free. Kids are 0-17 years of age and cost $4 to get in. Adults 18+ cost $7. There is a gift shop with many different things to choose from. It ranges from coffee mugs to t-shirts to leather works and even has some things made by actual prisoners. The prices were moderate to me with some things being reasonable and some being over priced but all in all it was an amazing sight! Hope to come back soon!ALSO DID I MENTION THAT THEY HAVE THE ELECTRIC CHAIR, OLD SPARKY !!! You cant touch or go near it but there is a whole write up on it and it is out for viewing only. This was the highlight of the experience for me! 100% thoroughly enjoyed this and would recommend to anyone!

Good staff and great presentation of the history of the Texas Department of Corrections Im

Amazing history and items with lots to see and read. The staff were very knowledgeable and kind

Small place but reading the history of it was really fascinating

Really fascinating museum, awesome gear for correctional officers and great customer service. Highly recommend the trip

Loved the layout and all the exhibits. Very informative and the staff polite.

Such a fascinating place!! Very detailed and informative!! Fee was $7 per person and was very worth it!!

Very good place to stop and look around and learn a few things. Employees were friendly and informative!

Very interesting place! I learned many things about the prison system. Lots of interesting artifacts and exhibits! It isnt the biggest place, but if you take the time to read through everything...youll spend over and hour there. Make sure to check out the veterans museum next door when youre done!

Very interesting museum with lots of amazing artifacts. Not sure that I would take kids to this just because it is so heavy and may be hard to understand. Spent about 90 minutes exploring and reading. Would revisit in the future as time past and new things hopefully added. Would love to see this museum grow bigger.

Very neat exhibits. Clean bathrooms.

Very cool place. They have an assorted sections of all things related to Texas prisons. It was very fun to look at all the items and its very well organized. My favorite was seeing the prison cell. I would definitely return.

This is a great museum! Worth the price, and they have nice items to purchase. The video was educational and the history was fascinating. This is not the place to take small children, lots of reading and not much playing.

Excellent exhibits. Thorough explanations, and interesting artifacts, with a balanced amount of both. Restrooms were very clean, staff was knowledgeable and friendly.

Fantastic museum! The museum runs you through the inception of Texas prison system to date. It was a very informative and interesting experience. Definitely worth a visit to just see all of the impressive artifacts. Fair pricing, the whole place is on the smaller side. Lasts about an hour.

Awesome place to learn about stuff that normally isnt in the public eye.

Good place to visit with family.

Fascinating look into the history of the Texas penal system. From Old Sparky to inmate art and a list of celebrity inmates, this is a must see.

Good museum for those interested in the history of the Texas prison system, the prison rodeo and the evolution of the Huntsville prison complex. There are also other activities nearby like the Sam Houston Monument, the local VFW Post with lots military hardware, a national Forest and a state park.Please like this review and follow me on Google for HONEST and UNBIASED reviews.

It’s an okay museum. It wasn’t much to visit and I wouldn’t take a special trip to visit.Entering the people aren’t the most enthusiastic and don’t seem to want to be there. Had cool items and pieces of history to view, also.Overall, I can’t recommend it but don’t regret stopping by.

Great Museum!

Lots of interesting facts. We really enjoyed going through the museum. It was totally worth it.

So very interesting. Excellent value. Exceeded expectations.

Interesting museum. Glad we went.

A nice set of memorabilia that will take about 30 minutes to an hour to view. Some interesting pieces to see, but its not as gruesome as the reality of the Texas prison system...

Very nice place to visit. Friendly welcome

The Texas Prison Museum offers a glimpse into the lives of prisoners. There are many fascinating items on display. Visitors are allowed to take photos and the staff was very welcoming.

This is an interesting place to go to see the history of the prison system in Texas. They also have famous prisoners throughout the time. They have books, stuffed animals, and items for law enforcement. I enjoyed the tour.

This place was amazing and interesting

Great place to stop and look around. Employees were really nice and informative.

Very educational great staff.

Fun little stop with a decent collection of items.

Very informative displays.

The staff were very helpful and knowledgeable. Great pieces of history plus had a few hands on things, unfortunately not the chair. I will definitely go back once my youngest two kids are older.

Really interesting place to visit. Had alot of cool stuff to see and purchase. Only drawback is the limited amount of items in the museum. Other than that its really cool and a must visit if youre ever in Huntsville, Texas

Covid-19, made things difficult for this place...most items where not available for purchase, offenders were on lockdown, so were not making any item...

It is a very interesting place. Very eye opening. Was a great experience

I visited this museum for the first time. It was awesome! Its pretty small so you dont need too much time to spend in there but all that stuff is so cool to look at. Would definitely recommend stopping by when driving through Huntsville.

Interesting museum! Its small but it is full of some real gems.

Great place to learn some Texas recent history

As a native Houstonian and someone that went to many prison rodeos I would recommend seeing this museum

Nice little museum with some great Texas history! We visited on a slower day and got a mini tour very cool history with a lot of fascinating details definitely worth a stop and t-shirts are pretty cool

Go see the prisoner graveyard too.

Great museum with lots of unique items including Old Sparky. The Prison Rodeo information was incredible to read about and seeing all the artifacts was really cool. Excellent museum to stop in and see especially if you enjoy history!

Learned so much and it was not boring

Lot of fun and cool information. Worth your stop. Great staff too.

Want to read a bunch of boring information? Well, its there.

Just awesome! Cant see this stuff anywhere elseThe replica cell was very very cool

Fascinating history of the Huntsville prison. Definitely worth the stop. The tour is $5 for Adults but they have several discounts so check them out.

Really great visiting with Riley and hes oh so helpful with my purchases. He truly has a can do attitude

I think everyone should come see this prison museum. It teaches a lot if your willing to learn and read about . Parents should talk to their children about disciple and self control. Consequences are very serious. Should visit. Just pray for your children and your generation to find Gods will in their lives at an early age. Disobeying brings destruction to life. Its very sad.

Interested in the history of Texas prisons? This is an engaging, quick glimpse at the clothing, industry, contraband, and living conditions of prisoners since the mid 1800s. Plan to spend about an hour reading the placards and viewing historical artifacts, including Old Sparky. Kids love entering the mock prison cell and closing the sliding bars and riding on a wooden horse made by a prisoner in the 1970s. Easy on-and-off the freeway. Good value.

Incredible. I typically can walk through a museum and glance at everything and be done. But here it is different! I read all the interesting things. Spent a good amount of time learning about the history.

We had fun, I recommend this museum youll be surprised.

Very nice. This is an invaluable learning experience. Dont rush and take it all in. Interesting information everywhere. Small gift shop with beautiful inmate made items of leather including purses, wallets, bottle koozie, etc. Gorgeous wood items as well. Restrooms on site. Museum recently expanded and is really well done.

Great place to visit!

This museum has a very friendly staff that seems so passionate about the displays they have here. Great educational experience!

Pretty small badass place but I really go there to get equipment for my unit

Plenty of history about the prison. Highly recommended.

Very interesting museum. Informative diarama of prison grounds. Covers a lot of topics including prison rodeo (not kidding), contraband, items made by prisoners in shops and prisoner education. Should really also drive by the prison itself a few miles away and the prisoner graveyard where thousands are buried.

Nice place. Quiet, plenty of time to look at the exhibits.

Enjoyed every minute of our visit to this museum. Pretty cool displays!!! Nice people at desk.

Great place

Very good

I was there at SGTs graduatiom pinning TDCJs Laundry and Food supervsors...fun!

Interesting place. Even has a section on Bonnie and Clyde

Excellent little museum. The grabdkids took away many thinking points

So much cool stuff. Friendly and helpful staff!!

A great place to see the artistic talent incarcerated people have.

Wonderful place to learn the history of Texas prisons great people working there. Nice little gift shop

Its fun and you could learn new things here

Very sobering to see the stories of the prisoners who served and were executed. Awesome presentation.

A small look inside the history of our Texas Prisons and what life is like behind bars.I worked there in Building Security, Industry, and Agriculture for 30 years and always learn something new. Take your Children and show them how a life of bad choices can affect them for the rest of there lives.

Very interesting well worth the 5 dollars to get in. I learned a lot from it they have a lot displays they have old sparkle. I thought the prison cell was very cool look at and go in. I would say I stop by again if I pass by.

The prospective given was not one sided, It explained the history from that of Staff and Inmates. The hardships and improvements on both sides. Staff was friendly and talkative. extremely clean place. Dont rush, take your time read the stories and narratives. Lots of History. They have lots to see!

I am sucker for any museum and this did not disappoint. It was a little creepy and weird but also interesting and sad. They have gift shop with items made by prisoners and even Ol Sparky. Admission was only 5 dollars and it definitely worth the visit.

Place is so awesome I got thorough with the short amount of time I had.

Very interesting, at the time had an exhibit of letters and stories of prisoners.

A recommended visit, and a great way to take a break driving through.

I was an inmate at Young Medical Facility. A TX PRISON so I had a unique POV here. To take the day trip here was my GFs idea. . Still cool exhibits with past officer and offender uniforms, another of the Texas Dealth Penalty present (lethal injection) and past...ths actual OLD SPARKY electric chair.Also exhibits of commissary items (out of date. They change but still similar)One of contraband weapons and tattoo guns, drugs and gonna do.One of inmate art with extreme creativity and talent. A rose made od toilet tissue and soap carvings and traditional inmate art. Only the best stuff.Also a sample cell that had a real desk with the same Hot Pot and clock radio TDC commissary currently sells.Complaint: I wish they focused more kn inmate life because we lived there... It wasnt a JOB it was our life. They also left out my unit altogether and focused on violent male units.Still a cool museum and I think it was only five bucks. The whole town had crazy stuff... Huntsville is a prison town. Tried to visit the infamous walls unit which has killed almost 200 people since 1984.

Very informative on the history of the Texas prisons. I was really impacted by the display of offenders giving their last where before receiving the death penalty. It is very eye opening to hear the hearts of these offenders knowing they are moments away from having their li es taken from them.

We had a nice time here we learned a lot about the prison system