Category: Things to do with kids in Texas

The Ensemble Theatre

The Ensemble also offers the Young Performers Program for children ages seven to 17, combining arts education, creative dramatics, and performance, allowing students to experience the arts through the richness of African-American creative expression. At the end of each four-week session during the summer (and one-week session during spring break), students participate in a live performance, either on stage or behind the scenes.

Contact number: (713) 520-0055

Location: 3535 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002

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AD Players Children’s Theater

AD Players (formerly the After Dinner Players) is one of Houston’s largest resident theaters and the nation’s oldest professional Christian theater. The theater company currently operates out of six different locations, including its children’s theater inside St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.

Contact number: (713) 526-2721

Location:  3471 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77027

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Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts is a sparkling performing arts complex. The 2,650-seat Fayez Sarofim Hall is designed for a broad range of presentations; the 500-seat Selim K. Zilkha proscenium theater boasts a full orchestra pit; and ample rehearsal spaces serve a performing arts school.

Contact number: (713) 315-2525

Location: 800 Bagby Street, Houston, TX 77002

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Art Car Museum

For a different kind of museum experience, the Art Car Museum has cars that have been turned into works of art. Cars are covered in beads, colorful tiles, animal skulls, pool balls…a plethora of odd objects.

Contact number: (713) 861-5526

Location: 140 Heights Boulevard, Houston, TX 77007

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Children’s Museum of Houston

The winner of our 2009 Parents’ Picks Award for the best museum for kids in Houston, the Children’s Museum of Houston provides 90,000 square feet of wall-to-wall, non-stop fun for kids with interactive exhibitions in the areas of science and technology, history and culture, health and human development, and the arts.

Contact number: (713) 522-1138

Location: 1500 Binz Street, Houston, TX 77004

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Space Center Houston

At NASA/Johnson Space Center, Space Center Houston allows families to relive the achievements of the NASA space program and witness history in the making. This one-of-a-kind experience, found only in Houston, is the perfect destination for tourists or locals seeking something different.

Contact number: (281) 244-2100

Location: 1601 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058

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