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Press Releases

Artist and Author’s Groundbreaking Work Explores Human’s Intimate Connection to Nature
February 5, 2019 · Be The First To Comment

HOUSTON, TX— CHRISTOPHER MARLEY | BIOPHILIA: A Dialogue with Art, Nature and Science is an extensive art and multimedia sensory experience that unravels human’s intimate relationship with the natural world. The special exhibition opens at the Houston Museum of Natural Science on February 8, 2019. Artist, naturalist and New York Times bestselling author Christopher Marley reveals […]

Sodexo and Houston Museum of Natural Science Offer New Dining Experience for Museum Patrons
August 15, 2018 · Be The First To Comment

HOUSTON, TX – Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to improving Quality of Life, will begin service at the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) in November. The partnership will bring a variety of new dining options for museum patrons, including a café marketplace, a food truck with seasonal and local offerings, and […]

Large-Scale Photographic Exhibition Reveals Hidden Beauty of Insects at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
August 2, 2018 · Be The First To Comment

HOUSTON, TX—The beautiful, surprising, and often outright bizarre microscopic form of insects is presented in breathtaking clarity in a new exhibition by British photographer Levon Biss at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, opening July 13th. Microsculpture: The Insect Photography of Levon Biss shows specimens from the collection like never before, in large-format and exquisitely-lit […]

Stunning images from the National History Museum’s 53rd Wildlife Photographer of the Year arrives at HMNS
May 11, 2018 · Be The First To Comment

HOUSTON—Now in its fifty-first year, Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the international leader of innovative visual representation in the natural world. This prestigious competition and resulting exhibition, opening at the Houston Museum of Natural Science on Jan. 29, stimulates engagement with the diversity and beauty of the natural world. On loan from the Natural History Museum in London, this special exhibition […]

The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes opening at HMNS April 30th
April 17, 2018 · Be The First To Comment

HOUSTON—Footprints, splatter patterns and the powers of observation mark the journey through The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, a special exhibition opening at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, April 30th. The interactive experience combines science with history and culture to bring to life the historic underpinnings of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s rich and […]

Collection of History, Mystery and Wonder: Thousands of Treasures in Wonder-Chambers Visitors Can Touch at HMNS Sugar Land
April 9, 2018 · Be The First To Comment

SUGAR LAND — 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 wonder-chambers or wunderkammern in German-speaking Europe, […]

Flora, Fauna and Minerals That Can Kill People Don’t Kill Anyone at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
March 7, 2018 · Be The First To Comment

HOUSTON, TX—Come survive a plethora of cruel commodities, lesser known but highly dangerous. A new exhibition developed by the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Death by Natural Causes, features a wide variety of live animals, real poisonous vegetation and a collection of minerals that the world has never seen (and lived to tell the tale). […]

Messages in Bottles, Found by a National Hero, Wash Up at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
February 23, 2018 · Be The First To Comment

HOUSTON, TX—Come see for yourself what was once tossed into the water with the hopes to be found. A new exhibit, Message in a Bottle, features real-life messages in bottles discovered by CNN’s 2013 Hero of the Year Chad Pregracke, and is opening at the Houston Museum of Natural Science on Feb. 2, 2018. Pregracke […]

A first look inside the redesigned Wiess Energy Hall 3.0 featuring Energy City and two motion platforms—the Geovator and Eagle Ford Shale Experience
October 3, 2017 · Be The First To Comment

WHAT:          This Thursday, HMNS is giving media a first look inside the new permanent exhibition hall dubbed “Wiess Energy Hall 3.0.” The third iteration of this popular hall has enlarged from its previous 8,500 square feet to an expansive 30,000 square feet—almost the size of a football field. Joining the completely redesigned “classic” displays […]

Fascinating Facts (Energy City, Geovator, & EFX)
October 3, 2017 · Be The First To Comment

Joining the completely redesigned “classic” displays in the new Wiess Energy Hall 3.0 is a bonanza of entirely new exhibits, making the new hall the most contemporary, comprehensive, and technologically advanced exhibition on the science and technology of energy anywhere in the world—opening Nov. 20, 2017. Here are some fascinating facts about “Energy City,” the […]




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