The Museum District in Houston is first rate. With plenty of museum's of all types for visitors to go and enjoy, Houston provides all the culture a city could desire. Below are just a few of the museums that make up the entire Museum District
The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum (BSNM)
The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum (BSNM) a non-profit 501(c)(3) institution was founded in the year 2000 by a Viet Nam Veteran and African-American military historian Mr. Paul J. Matthews.
The museum's Historian is Dr. Franklin D.B. Jackson, a highly decorated Viet Nam veteran.
The Museum's Chief Docent is Trooper Arthur Joseph, a Silver Star recipient and author of the World War II book "Driving at the Edge of Death".
The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum a proud member of the Houston Museum District is the only Museum dedicated primarily to preserving the legacy and honor of the African-American soldier, in the United States of America.
Exhibit Hours:
Monday - Friday: 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Admission: Free to the Public up to 9
Groups of 10 or more... $2.00 per person
The BSNM is also available for hosting meetings, socials and other events.
The Children's Museum Of Houston
Serving more than 642,000 people annually, The Children's Museum of Houston is the highest-attended youth museum in the country for its size and is dedicated to transforming communities through innovative, child-centered learning by providing hands-on exhibitions in the areas of science and technology, history and culture, health and human development, and the arts.
The Children’s Museum of Houston
1500 Binz, Houston , TX 77004-7112
713.522.1138 - fax 713.522.5747
The Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
The Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum was opened in February 1997. Intimate in scale (4,000 square feet), the Chapel Museum is the repository in the United States for the only intact Byzantine frescoes in the entire western hemisphere. These masterworks from the 13th century -- a dome and an apse -- were ripped and stolen out of a chapel near Lysi in the Turkish occupied section of Cyprus in the 1980's, cut into pieces, and smuggled off the island by thieves prepared to sell them piece by piece. The fresco fragments were rescued from the thieves by The Menil Foundation with the knowledge and approval of the Church of Cyprus, the rightful owner of the frescoes. The Menil Foundation then funded a painstaking two-year restoration of the paintings. In gratitude, the Church of Cyprus is allowing a long-term loan of the frescoes in the new building designed especially for them by architect Francois de Menil. Numerous private donors helped fund the construction of the Chapel
Museum, which combines rough stone, opaque glass, and rich woods, to extraordinarily spiritual effect.
4011 Yupon at Branard
Houston, Texas 77006
Open 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Telephone: 713-521-3990
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is a non-collecting institution dedicated to presenting the best and most exciting international, national and regional art of the last 40 years. Founded in 1948, the Museum prides itself on presenting new art and documenting its role in modern life through exhibitions, lectures, original publications and a variety of educational programs and events.
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston occupies the famous stainless steel building in the heart of the Houston Museum District. This highly recognizable building was designed for the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston by the award-winning architect Gunnar Birkerts and opened in 1972.
Admission
FREE! Admission to the Museum is free due to the generosity of Les Marks and the Marks Automotive Group.
Hours
Tuesday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, noon - 5 p.m.
Holocaust Museum Houston
Charged with educating students and the public about the dangers of prejudice and hatred in society, Holocaust Museum Houston opened its doors in March of 1996. Since that time, impassioned notes, poems, artwork, and other gifts, from school children and adults alike, attest to the life-changing thoughts generated by just one visit to this unique facility.
The Museum is open to the public seven days a week.
General admission is free.
Monday to Friday,
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday,
12:00 noon to 5:00 pm
Address and Directions
Holocaust Museum Houston
5401 Caroline Street
Houston, Texas 77004-6804
713-942-8000
The Houston Museum of Natural Science
Founded in 1909, the purpose of the Houston Museum of Natural Science has always been to "enhance in individuals the knowledge and delight in natural science and related subjects..." To this very day, this purpose is carried out in every project, program and exhibition associated with the museum.
As one of the most heavily attended museums in the United States, and one of the most attended venues in Houston, the Museum is in the distinguished company of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History, both in New York City.
The Museum is a five-venue complex housing the Burke Baker Dome Theatre, Wortham IMAX Theatre, Cockrell Butterfly Center and three floors of natural science halls and exhibits. Over a dozen permanent exhibit areas cover subjects on astronomy, space science, Native Americans, paleontology, energy, chemistry, gems and minerals, seashells, and Texas wildlife. Rotating special exhibits are a constant occurrence. There is also the huge Fondren Discovery Place on the first floor that is filled with hands-on exhibits that will delight children and adults of all ages.
The Museum is also a major science learning center with over a half million school children visiting annually, including every fourth grade and eighth grade class in the Houston Independent School District. Just one of many unique educational opportunities available to these students and others is the Challenger Learning Center, the first in a national network, which allows students to experience the teamwork necessary to complete a variety of space tasks. Modeled after NASA, the two-part center houses Mission Control on the Lower Level, which is linked via monitors, microphones and computers to a space simulator located in the Museum's penthouse. The Museum has a second Challenger Learning Center at its George Observatory, located 55 miles south of Houston in Brazos Bend State Park.
Location:
One Hermann Circle Drive
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 639-4629, TTY (713)639-4687
The Museum is located in Hermann Park across the street from Miller Outdoor Theater with close proximity to Highways 59, 288 and the 610 Loop.
Hours:
Monday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Wednesday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
