13 Museums to Explore in Harris County

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Harris County

This is a county located in the US and it is the most populous county in Texas and the third-most populous county in the United States.

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Museums to Explore in Harris County

1940 Air Terminal Museum

A museum in which Collections are housed in the original art deco building which served as the first purpose-built terminal for passenger flight in Houston. The museum currently exhibits several collections focusing on Houston's civil aviation history and is operated by the Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society.

Art Car Museum

The ArtCar Museum is a private museum of contemporary art located in Houston, opened in February 1998. Its emphasis is on art cars, fine arts, and artists that are rarely seen in other cultural institutions.

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

A 14-acre museum that was located in the River Oaks community in Houston. It houses a collection of decorative art, paintings, and furniture. It also has a beautiful garden which has a rich collection of rich flora and fauna. This place was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Blaffer Art Museum

This is a contemporary art museum which was located in the arts district of the University of Houston campus. The museum exhibits national and international artists as well as artwork by students.

Children's Museum of Houston

This is a children's museum in the Museum District in Houston, Texas. With over 90,000 square feet of interactive, hands-on exhibits. It is dedicated to transforming communities through innovative, child-centered learning with a vision to spark a passion for lifelong learning in all children.

Holocaust Museum Houston

The Holocaust memorial museum is the fourth largest museum in the U.S which was opened in 1996. It is dedicated to remembering the 6 million Jews and other innocent victims of the Holocaust and honoring the legacy of the survivors. The museum promotes understanding, remembrance, and education with the goal that both students and the general population stay and become aware of the lesson of these tragic events.

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

This is a nonprofit museum that was in Houston dedicated to presenting contemporary art to the public. As a non-collecting museum, it strives to provide a forum for visual arts of the present and recent past and document new directions in art, while engaging the public and encouraging a greater understanding of contemporary art through education programs.

Houston Museum of Natural Science

This is a natural history museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston which was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Society. The museum complex consists of a central facility with four floors of natural science halls and exhibits, the Burke Baker Planetarium, the Cockrell Butterfly Center, and the Wortham Giant Screen Theatre

Lone Star Flight Museum

This is an aerospace musuem that displays more than 24 historically significant aircraft and many artifacts related to the history of flight. The museum's collection is rare because most of the aircraft are flyable.

National Museum of Funeral History

This is a museum in houston , Texas that conntains a collection of artefacts and relics that aim to o "educate the public and preserve the heritage of death care." The Museum is home to "the country's largest collection of funeral service artifacts and features renowned exhibits on one of man's oldest cultural customs,"

Space Center Houston

This is a leading space and science center which was located in the US state of Texas. The Johnson Space Center is the home of Mission Control and astronaut training. The center holds over 400 space artifacts, permanent and traveling exhibits, live shows and theaters dedicated to preserving the history of America's human spaceflight program. It has a number of significant artifact galleries.

The Health Museum

The Health Museum is an interactive science center and a member institution of the texas medical center. We can have a tour in the amazing body pavilion and can get a closeup view of the human body and how it works using multimedia technology and effects.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

One of the largest museum in the United States. The permanent collection of the museum spans more than 6,000 years of history with approximately 64,000 works from six continents. This is one of the popular place in Houston.

Map of Museums to explore in Harris County