Founded in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Society, Inc., the Houston Museum of Natural Science has grown to become one of the highest-attended museums in the United States. The Museum includes four floors of dynamic permanent exhibit halls, the Wortham Theatre, Cockrell Butterfly Center, and the Burke Baker Planetarium. As host to world-class […]

Morian Hall of Paleontology The Morian Hall of Paleontology is packed with prehistoric beasts, and does not have the same stagnant displays of ancient skeletons standing in a row that many visitors are accustomed to seeing. Rather, the predators and prey in the new paleontology hall are in action—chasing, eating and escaping as they struggle […]

HOUSTON—Flutter through the Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and discover hundreds of live butterflies, exotic insects and remarkable plants in a verdant rainforest environment. Housed in a unique, three-story glass structure, this spectacular, living exhibit is designed to be an interactive experience where butterflies flutter among-and occasionally land on-visitors. Watch […]

HOUSTON—Planets, stars, meteors, solar systems and entire galaxies zoom past audiences in the Burke Baker Planetarium, as they leave Earth far behind. A fascinating array of films explores the marvels of the universe, and the most dramatic moments on planet Earth. State-of-the-art projection technology and high-resolution video provide vivid, immersive imagery of the wonders of […]

HOUSTON—On Oct. 3, 2009, a historic prison building in the residential community area of Telfair opened to the public, transformed – as the new Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land. This satellite facility of the Houston Museum of Natural Science includes four permanent galleries reflecting the most popular exhibit areas of the main […]

HOUSTON—The Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham Giant Screen Theatre remains at the forefront of digital technology as both a worldwide distributor of large format films and as a screening house for award-winning productions. Whether it’s retracing Darwin’s historic and ground-breaking journey into the Galapagos or returning to the classics—Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa […]

HOUSTON-2012 is the Year of the Dinosaur at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. We’re putting the final touches on our world-class Paleontology Hall—one of the most dynamic in the world and the length of a football field. It’s a whole new HMNS, 30-thousand square feet of pure paleontological wonder, baring its fangs this summer. […]

HOUSTON – Museums exist to inspire wonder and facilitate creative thought. Given our curious natures and our innate desire to collect, it is no wonder the grand modern museum has its humble roots firmly planted in the privately-owned collections of extraordinary objects from the past. These collections, called cabinets of curiosity, first became popular in […]

HOUSTON – A close-up view that is so spectacular, only the astronauts have a better seat! The Burke Baker Planetarium and Friedkin Theater will re-open March 11 with the clearest, highest resolution digital laser projection system on Earth – the Evans & Sutherland Digistar 5 digital True8K planetarium system. “When it first opened in 1964, […]