About Houston’s Museum District
The Houston Museum District — a wonderland of art, entertainment and learning — is the 4th largest museum district in the country, boasting seventeen museums, a zoo, a theater, two universities and more all within a 5-minute radius.
You can marvel at the celestial surprises of Burke Baker Planetarium, see stunning specimens at Cockrell Butterfly Center and explore earth’s wonders at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Learn about weather and record your own forecast at the John C. Freeman Weather Museum or study psychology at the Jung Center. Let kids explore, learn and jump for joy or find your own inner-child at the Children’s Museum of Houston, and “walk on the wild side” at the Houston Zoo featuring animals from around the globe.
Ride a bicycle with a skeleton and view giant internal organs at the Health Museum, trace your ancestral heritage at the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research or learn about and honor others at Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, Czech Center Museum, and be moved by the actual voices of survivors at the Holocaust Museum exhibits.
Enjoy art treasures old and new at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, and The Menil Collection, or meditate among the masterpieces of Mark Rothko at the serene Rothko Chapel. Enter art and move through it at Rice University Art Gallery, dedicated solely to installation art. Watch wood bowls being turned or clay pots taking shape at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, decorate sugar skulls at Lawndale Art Center’s Día de los Muertos celebrations, or enjoy a diverse selection of live performances from renowned arts groups, free to the public, at Miller Outdoor Theatre.
There truly is something for everyone to enjoy in the Houston Museum District!
