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At the Sugar Land satellite branch of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, you can visit Leonardo the Dinosaur Mummy, become a crime lab detective, observe the wonders of night sky with images from the Hubble Space Telescope, and much more. Visit HMNS at Sugar Land today!
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Location:
13016 University Blvd,
Sugar Land, TX 77479
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February 17, 2012
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archaeology
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Come to the George Observatory, a satellite facility of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, to learn all about space! This observatory has three domed telescopes, a Challenger Learning Center for Space Science Education, and even a meteorite exhibit displaying fragments of several famous meteorites!
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At Moody Gardens, you 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, you 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.
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Location:
One Hope Boulevard,
Galveston, TX 77554
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February 17, 2012
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environment habitat
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Sea Center Texas, run by the Texas Parks and Wildlife, is a great place to go to explore the marine wildlife of Texas! This facility has an aquarium, a hatchery, and a wetland exhibit. It also has a 20 foot touch tank, where you can go hands on with blue crabs, hermit crabs, anemones, and more!
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Location:
300 Medical Drive,
Lake Jackson , TX 77566
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February 17, 2012
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Aquatic
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Do you like space? Do you want to learn more about astronauts and what they do? If so, visit the Johnson Space Center! This NASA facility had plenty of exhibits, both permanent and traveling, to make your visit different each time you go. You can learn about living in space, walk through an astronaut gallery, learn more about current missions, and even take a behind the scenes NASA Tram Tour! You might get to visit the Historic Mission Control Center, the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility, or the even the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory! Visit Space Center Houston today!
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Location:
1601 NASA Parkway,
Houston, TX 77058
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February 17, 2012
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flight technology
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take a field trip through the human body? If you visit the John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science, you can do just that! In addition to a hand-on walk through the human body, you can dissect real organs, learn about nutrition, take science mini-classes, and visit all of the traveling exhibits. If you want to be a doctor when you grow up, or you just want to learn how to take better care of yourself, visit the Health Museum today!
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Location:
1515 Hermann Drive ,
Houston, TX 77004
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February 17, 2012
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body
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Have you ever wondered what causes a hurricane? Have you ever wanted to know what to do if a tornado came your way? At the Weather Museum, you can learn all about different kinds of weather all over the world. You might even get to make your own forecast of a blizzard, flood, thunderstorm, or even a hurricane at the WRC Weather Studio. Visit the Weather Museum today!
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Location:
5104 Caroline Street,
Houston, TX 77004
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February 17, 2012
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discovery exploration
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Visit the 1940 Air Terminal Museum to learn all about the history of aviation! This museum, located at the William P. Hobby Airport, focuses on the history of civil aviation. Because it is situated in this airport’s original art-deco air terminal, you also get a front row seat to an everyday air show of all the airline traffic coming in and out of Hobby Airport!
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Location:
8325 Travelair Road,
Houston, TX 77061
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February 17, 2012
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flight technology
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Learn all about the history of trains at this locally run museum! You 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. You 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 a week that the Houston Railroad Museum is open.
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Go to the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas to learn all about the history of aviation in Texas. A this museum, you can do much more than just visit the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame—you can get up close and personal with all sorts of planes that flew in World War II. If you time your visit right, you can see an air show, or even fly in a B-17, B-25, T-6, or PT-17!
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Location:
2002 Terminal Drive ,
Galveston, TX 77554
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February 17, 2012
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flight technology
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Learn 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.
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Location:
Pier 19 ,
Galveston, TX 77553
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February 17, 2012
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Aquatic technology
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Visit the Downtown Houston Aquarium to see American alligators, tiger sharks, a giant pacific octopus, and even white tigers. This aquarium features exhibits on everything from the Louisiana Swamp to the Rainforest to the Gulf of Mexico, so you won’t run out of different kinds of animals to see. You can even take a train ride through the center of a 200,000-gallon shark tank to get up close and personal with a variety of shark species!
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Location:
410 Bagby St @ Memorial Dr.,
Houston, TX 77002
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February 17, 2012
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Aquatic
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At the main branch of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, you can roam the Serengeti, walk with dinosaurs, discover the wonders of the world’s minerals, come face to face with an Ancient Egyptian mummy, and more. You can also visit the Cockrell Butterfly Center, the Wortham IMAX Theater, and the Burke Baker Planetarium. Come explore today!
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Location:
5555 Hermann Park Dr.,
Houston, TX 77030
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February 17, 2012
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archaeology discovery
Places To Go in Houston