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Houston,
TX
77004
713-522-1138 | | | | | Description: MUSEUM DISTRICT. Incredibly well-attended, this colorful, popular museum is clearly designed for kids. Like most facilities of its type, it promotes experiential learning and offers lots of interactive exhibits. Science, culture, geography, and creativity are all given due reverence, and featured displays include Babbling Bayou (water exploration), EcoStation (an outdoor nature center), and Cyber Clubhouse (computer play). Traveling exhibits ensure that nothing ever gets stale for visiting young ones.
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| 5216 Montrose Ave
Houston,
TX
77006
713-284-8250 | | | | | Description: MUSEUM DISTRICT. Occupying a highly visible stainless steel structure in the Museum District, CAMH is dedicated to the art of our era, especially that of the last forty years. Its scope is national and international, and while the facility doesn't acquire art, it does present fascinating exhibitions that illuminate the multitude of connections between art and life. A great place to expand your own definitions of art and to challenge your appreciation of what's beautiful.
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| 1100 Bagby St
Houston,
TX
77002
713-655-1912 | | | | | Description: DOWNTOWN. Sam Houston Park was carved from family-owned land and transformed in 1900 into a pastoral haven for city residents. In the 1950s, the Heritage Society was created to preserve the property's Kellum-Noble House; the group later began relocating other historic homes to the park and restoring them. Currently, eight structures exist, dressed in period-appropriate furnishings. They include a cabin, a home built by a freed slave, a church, and grander, oil-financed structures. The Museum of Texas History also sits in the park. The grounds and museum are free of charge, but the homes are accessible only by guided tour.
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| 5401 Caroline St
Houston,
TX
77004
713-942-8000 | | | | | Description: MUSEUM DISTRICT. An intentionally somber exterior gives indication of the physical and mental anguish this museum portrays. As it traces the persecution of Jews and other minorities in 20th-century Europe through photographs, films and texts, the museum offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of hatred, marginalization, and fear. An exhibition elucidates the creation and operation of ghettos; the functions of concentration, death and deportation camps; and the execution of war-crimes trials. Oral histories of Holocaust survivors, including a number of Houston residents, are shown in the theater.
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| Houston Museum of Natural Science1 Hermann Circle Dr
Houston,
TX
77030
713-639-4629 | | | | | Description: MUSEUM DISTRICT. If it's found in nature, you can probably learn about it here. This fascinating museum, established in 1909, instructs visitors on energy, wildlife, astronomy, and much more. As you enter the main room, dinosaurs loom overhead; beyond them are exhibits about the Serengeti plains, historic displays in the Hall of the Americas, and an arresting showcase of more than 600 gems and minerals. Additional levels present fossils and other features of the natural world. Added attractions include the Cockrell Butterfly Center, where dozens of species fly freely, and the Wortham IMAX theater.
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| John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science1515 Hermann Dr
Houston,
TX
77004
713-521-1515 | | | | | Description: MUSEUM DISTRICT. Seeking to instill in young people an appreciation of the human body and a high regard for health, this museum (affiliated with Texas Medical Center) takes education to a new level. The facility's biggest attraction is its "Amazing Body Pavilion," whose enormous replicas of the human form let kids explore (and walk through) the brain, the heart, the rib cage, and more. Interactive displays provide instruction about memory, vision, circulation, and hearing. Videos, games, and an outdoor sensory garden also further the cause.
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| 1515 Sul-Ross St
Houston,
TX
77006
713-525-9400 | | | | | Description: MONTROSE. Dominique and John de Menil commissioned architect Renzo Piano to design this steel-and-cypress building to showcase their extensive art holdings considered one of the country's finest private collections. Modern works, tribal and ethnic art, and antiquities are well-represented, and surrealist works are prominent, especially those by Magritte. Also included in the complex are the Cy Twombly Gallery, Rothko Chapel, Richmond Hall (a Dan Flavin installation), Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, and a bookstore. An amazing assemblage of periods and works.
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| 1001 Bissonnet St
Houston,
TX
77005
713-639-7300 | | | | | Description: MUSEUM DISTRICT. Founded in 1900, the MFAH is Texas's first art museum and one of the nation's largest. Its holdings represent the range of history, and its collections include Renaissance and Baroque items, Impressionist and post-Impressionist art, and African gold pieces. Along with the museum's campus structures, the MFAH includes Cullen Sculpture Garden, 18 acres of public gardens, and two historic house museums in the River Oaks neighborhood: Bayou Bend and Rienzi. Traveling exhibitions bolster the museum's own 51,000 works. Cafe on premises.
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| Rice University Art Gallery6100 Main St
Houston,
TX
77005
713-348-6069 | | | | | Description: RICE VILLAGE. This university-affiliated gallery presents an outstanding collection of contemporary art, especially onsite installations. Established and fledgling talents have both exhibited, and visitors are certain to find fascinating, thought-provoking shows whenever they attend.
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| 1601 NASA Rd 1
Houston,
TX
77058-3199
713-224-2100 | | | | | Description: CLEAR LAKE. For security reasons, visitors aren't allowed to see all of the Space Center operations, but regular tram tours let them visit most of the working facility, where they can ogle a Saturn rocket or observe shuttle payload bays. Exhibits cover the history of manned spaceflight and hoped-for future explorations, while the Mission Status Center provides live updates on current flights. In addition, the Kids' Space Place offers interactive exhibits, an IMAX theater, a full-scale model of the space shuttle, and moon rocks that you can actually touch.
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