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'''Window on the Plains Museum''' offers displays of ranching, [[farming]], [[Industry|industrial]], [[business]], and family life exhibits of the [[Texas]] Panhandle during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is located in Dumas in Moore County fifty miles north of [[Amarillo]] at 1820 South Dumas Avenue on the common United States Highways 287 and 87.​

'''Window on the Plains Museum''' offers displays of ranching, [[farming]], [[Industry|industrial]], [[business]], and family life exhibits of the [[Texas]] Panhandle during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is located in Dumas in Moore County fifty miles north of [[Amarillo]] at 1820 South Dumas Avenue on the common United States Highways 287 and 87.​

Originally housed in the ballroom of the landmark '''Sneed Hotel''' and first known as the Moore County Historical Museum, the facility was dedicated on Bicentennial Day, July 4, 1976. It was relocated in 2001 to a modern building on a {10-acre tract in southwest Dumas and renamed "Window on the Plains." The facility also houses a research and archives center, and the Moore County Art Association is located next door.<ref name="dumasmuseumandartcenter.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.dumasmuseumandartcenter.org/window_on_the_plains_museum.htm |title=Window on the Plains Museum |publisher=Dumasmuseumandartcenter.org |date= |accessdate=April 27, 2016}}</ref>​

Originally housed in the ballroom of the landmark '''Sneed Hotel''' and first known as the Moore County Historical Museum, the facility was dedicated on Bicentennial Day, July 4, 1976. It was relocated in 2001 to a modern building on a {10-acre tract in southwest Dumas and renamed "Window on the Plains." The facility also houses a research and archives center, and the Moore County Art Association is located next door.<ref name="dumasmuseumandartcenter.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.dumasmuseumandartcenter.org/window_on_the_plains_museum.htm |title=Window on the Plains Museum |publisher=Dumasmuseumandartcenter.org |date= |accessdate=April 27, 2016; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

The origin of the museum dates to January 1976, when representatives of the Moore County Historical Commission, the art association, and the Bicentennial Committee met to consider the establishment of a county museum.  Collier Phillips, the then president of the historical commission, was elected temporary chairman. A steering committee met with the county commissioners in February to seek permission to use the first floor of the hotel, now the Lew Haile Annex. The building had been donated to the county by Elizabeth Sneed Pool Robinette. The commissioners agreed to the proposal, work soon began on remodeling, building exhibit areas, and the acquisition of artifacts and documenting records. Some fifty-two persons donated more than five thousand hours of labor, having completed the task in time for the formal dedication on July 4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1167477 |title=View Museum Info |publisher=Museumsusa.org |date= |accessdate=April 27, 2016}}</ref>​

The origin of the museum dates to January 1976, when representatives of the Moore County Historical Commission, the art association, and the Bicentennial Committee met to consider the establishment of a county museum.  Collier Phillips, the then president of the historical commission, was elected temporary chairman. A steering committee met with the county commissioners in February to seek permission to use the first floor of the hotel, now the Lew Haile Annex. The building had been donated to the county by Elizabeth Sneed Pool Robinette. The commissioners agreed to the proposal, work soon began on remodeling, building exhibit areas, and the acquisition of artifacts and documenting records. Some fifty-two persons donated more than five thousand hours of labor, having completed the task in time for the formal dedication on July 4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1167477 |title=View Museum Info |publisher=Museumsusa.org |date= |accessdate=April 27, 2016}}</ref>​