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If you’re not up for the crowds at the main branch of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, you can still take your kids to their satellite branch in Sugar Land. At this museum, your students can become a crime lab detective, visit Leo the dinosaur mummy, observe images of the night sky from the Hubble Space Telescope, and more. Visit this museum today!
- Location 13016 University Blvd, Sugar Land, TX 77479
- Added February 17, 2012
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archaeology
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If your kids are interested in space, take them to the George Observatory. This satellite facility of the Houston Museum of Natural Science has three domed telescopes, a Challenger Learning Center for Space Science Education, and even a meteorite exhibit displaying fragments of several famous meteorites. They also regularly host cool events for kids, so keep an eye on their website.
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Take your kids to Moody Gardens to visit three different pyramids and explore three different worlds! At Moody Gardens, they can visit three different pyramids and explore three different worlds! In the Rainforest Pyramid, which features over 2000 exotic plants and animals, you can stroll both above and below the tree tops, and watch the free-roaming sloths, saki monkeys, cotton-top tamarins, and more. In the twelve story Aquarium Pyramid, they can can explore the beauty of the marine life of the North Pacific, South Pacific, South Atlantic, and the Caribbean, both above and below the water. Finally, you never know what you’ll find at the Discovery Pyramid, since it hosts different traveling exhibits from around the world all the time. In addition, Moody Gardens features and IMAX Theater, a 4D Special FX Theater, and a Ridefilm Theater.
- Location One Hope Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77554
- Added February 17, 2012
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environment habitat
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Sea Center Texas, a facility run by Texas Parks and Wildlife, is one of the best places to go to learn about the wildlife of Texas. It has an aquarium, a hatchery, and a wetland exhibit. It also has a 20 foot touch tank, where your kids can go hands on with blue crabs, hermit crabs, anemones, and more!
- Location 300 Medical Drive, Lake Jackson , TX 77566
- Added February 17, 2012
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Aquatic
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Take your kids to the Johnson Space Center to teach them all about space. At this NASA facility, they can learn about everything from living in space, to the history of NASA, to current missions. They can even take a behind the scenes NASA Tram Tour, on which they might see the Historic Mission Control Center, the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility, the even the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, and more. Visit Space Center Houston today!
- Location 1601 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058
- Added February 17, 2012
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flight technology
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Do you want your kids to learn more about how to take care of their bodies? At the John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science, they can do just that! Learning about health and nutrition is fun at this educational museum—your kids get to take a hand on walk through the human body. In addition to the exciting exhibits on display in this museum, they can dissect an organ, or even take a mini science class. Take your kids to the Health Museum today!
- Location 1515 Hermann Drive , Houston, TX 77004
- Added February 17, 2012
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body
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At the Weather Museum, your kids can learn about many different aspects of weather, including science, history and safety. They can do everything from make their own forecast at the WRC Weather Studio, to view different climates in a multitude of custom built terrariums, to learn about hurricanes that have affected the Gulf Coast. They will also learn about what to do to be safe in all different kinds of weather, an important thing to know in Texas.
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Take your kids to the 1940 Air Terminal Museum to teach them all about the history of civil aviation. This museum is conveniently located in the original art-deco air terminal at William P. Hobby Airport, so in addition to the exhibits on the interesting history of Houston’s general and business aviation, your kids can watch the everyday air show of the Hobby Airport!
- Location 8325 Travelair Road, Houston, TX 77061
- Added February 17, 2012
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flight technology
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Do your kids like trains? If so, the Houston Railroad Museum is the place to go. At this locally run museum, they can explore all sorts of train cars, from a locomotive built in 1949, to a parlor car from 1947, to a bay window caboose built in 1979. They can even learn about the history of trains in Texas. Make sure you go on a Saturday, though, because that is the only day of the week that this volunteer-run museum is open.
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Take your kids to the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas to teach them all about the history of aviation in Texas. At this museum, declared the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame by then Gov. George W. Bush, they can get up close and personal with many different kinds of historic aircraft, including many planes that flew in World War II. If you time your visit right, they can even see an air show or fly in a B-17, B-25, T-6, or PT-17.
- Location 2002 Terminal Drive , Galveston, TX 77554
- Added February 17, 2012
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flight technology
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Teach your kids all about offshore oil drilling at the Offshore Energy Center! At this retired jackup drilling rig, you can view a video about the history of offshore drilling and visit a three floor museum. After that, you can take the skywalk on the drill floor of the rig, or visit the exhibits on the pipe deck.
- Location Pier 19 , Galveston, TX 77553
- Added February 17, 2012
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Aquatic technology
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Take your kids to the Downtown Houston Aquarium to see exhibits ranging from the Louisiana Swamp, to the Gulf of Mexico, to the Rainforest. They can see American alligators, tiger sharks, a giant pacific octopus, and even a special white tiger exhibit where they can learn all about wildlife conservation. This aquarium also features a restaurant, a ferris wheel, and a train ride through the center of a 200,000-gallon shark tank.
- Location 410 Bagby St @ Memorial Dr., Houston, TX 77002
- Added February 17, 2012
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Aquatic
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The main branch of the Houston Museum of Natural Science has exhibits on everything from the basics of chemistry, to the wildlife of Africa, to paleontology, to the wonders of Ancient Egypt. Your kids are guaranteed to find something that interests them in the wide variety of exhibits offered by this museum. This museum also features the Cockrell Butterfly Center, the Wortham IMAX Theater, and the Burke Baker Planetarium.
- Location 5555 Hermann Park Dr., Houston, TX 77030
- Added February 17, 2012
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archaeology discovery
