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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The Health Museum – aka the John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science – is a member institution of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center.
Contact number: (713) 521-1515
Location: 1515 Hermann Drive, Houston, TX 77004
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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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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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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is a cultural complex consisting of two museum buildings, two art schools, two decorative arts centers, and a sculpture garden.
Contact number: (713) 639-7300
Location: 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX 77005
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Historic ship models, the Luykx Navigation Instrument Collection, and numerous other nautical items at the Houston Maritime Museum offer insight into how maritime history has shaped our world. Exhibits include maritime artifacts, navigational instruments, and over 150 ship models. Lectures on oceans, explorers, cargo ships, and fishing vessels provide new learning experiences for visitors of all ages.
Contact number: (713) 666-1910
Location: 2204 Dorrington Street, Houston, TX 77030
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The Military Museum provides a large area for displays of military vehicles, artillery field pieces, field equipment, and other military support equipment. The Museum collects, restores, and preserves military memorabilia from all the wars and military engagements from World War II forward.
Contact number: (713) 673-1234
Location: 8611 Wallisville Road, Houston, TX 77029
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The Houston Fire Museum aims to capture the rich history of the Houston Fire Department. For kids who like fire trucks, this museum has a “Junior Firehouse Educational Interactive Area,” which consists of miniature bunker coats and helmets, an E-1 Cab to simulate the feel of a real fire truck, a 1938 REO antique fire truck, and a video educational library.
Contact number: (713) 524-2526
Location: 2403 Milam Street, Houston, TX 77006
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Run by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bayou Bend has one of the nation’s foremost assemblages of American decorative arts dating from 1620 through 1870. The house itself was built in 1928, and opened to the public as a museum in 1966. MFAH Members can receive discounted admission to Bayou Bend home tours.
The gardens are lush and beautiful, originally created as outdoor rooms for living and entertaining, not just views to be admired from within the house.
Contact number: (713) 639-7750
Location: 1 Westcott Street, Houston, TX 77007
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The Orange Show is not so much a museum as a whole folk-art environment nestled into the space of a snug residential lot on a quiet side street. The outdoor, maze-like space – a work of handmade architecture built by one man from 1956 to 1979 – features an array of colorfully painted ironwork, tiles, mosaics, and found objects such as gears, wagon wheels, mannequins, tractor seats, and statuettes.
Contact number: (713) 926-6368
Location: 2402 Munger Street, Houston, TX 77023
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