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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]
One of Houston's oldest public parks, Hermann Park was created on acreage donated to the City of Houston by cattleman, oilman and philanthropist George H. Hermann (1843–1914). The land was formerly the site of his sawmill. [7] It was first envisioned as part of a comprehensive urban planning effort by the city of Houston in the early 1910s. [4]
Museum District Station is a light rail station on the METRORail Red Line in Houston, Texas . It serves the Houston Museum District . [ 1 ] According to METRO, there are fourteen museums within four blocks of the Museum District Station.
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 Museum District comprises more than 20 institutions, Hermann Park, the Houston Zoo and the Miller Outdoor Theatre. It is one of the most visited museum districts in the country. The Museum District covers a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) radius around Mecom Fountain in Hermann Park. [9]
The developer of 3 new towers along West 7th & University predicts this corridor is on a trajectory to be the next Uptown Dallas — a vibrant, upscale and walkable district with restaurants ...
Guests walk over cattle pens for the Fort Worth Herd On Friday, June 7, at the Fort Worth Stockyards. The city is proposing nearly $1 billion in new development, to include improvements to ...
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.