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The Houston Museum of Natural Science (abbreviated as HMNS) is a natural history museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States.The museum was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Society, an organization whose goals were to provide a free institution for the people of Houston focusing on education and science.
The Houston Museum District is an association of 21 museums, cultural centers and community organizations located in Houston, Texas, dedicated to promoting art, science, history, and culture. The Houston Museum District currently includes 21 museums that recorded a collective attendance of around 7 million visitors a year. [1]
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's first natural history museum. There are natural history museums in all 50 of the United States and the District of Columbia. The oldest such museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1812. [1]
Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, Houston, closed in 2012 [ 147 ] Forbidden Gardens, Katy, closed in 2011. Geraldine D. Humphreys Museum, Liberty, closed in 1984 [ 148 ] Gulf Coast Archive and Museum, Houston, archive still open by appointment but museum is closed [ 149 ] Samuel May Williams House, Galveston, closed in 2007.
List of most-visited museums in the United States. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C. National Gallery of Art, East Building, Washington DC. Museum of Modern Art, New York City. National Museum of American History, Washington D.C. This is a list of the most-visited museums in the ...
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas.With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building in 2020, [2] it is the 12th largest art museum in the world based on square feet of gallery space.
Cockrell Butterfly Area, Houston Museum of Natural Science Space Center Houston is the official visitors’ center of NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.Space Center Houston includes many interactive exhibits—including Moon rocks and a Space Shuttle simulator—in addition to special presentations that tell the story of NASA's crewed space flight program.
Pages in category "Natural history museums in Texas" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Houston Museum of Natural Science;