Museum sights in Houston
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Johnson Space Center
While manned US space missions such as the Apollo and shuttle programs have their high-profile launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the planning and most of the training happens at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), just outside of Houston.
The glory, guts and cigarette butts of the NASA experience have been theme-park packaged as Space Center Houston, the tourist gateway to the JSC. Heavy commercial sponsorship has led to exhibits featuring Saturn automobiles with 'space age plastic components' and a collection of Lego rockets (with kits for making them available at the giftstore).
Despite all the hype, however, you can find some actual evidence that the sp…
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Houston Museum of Natural Science
The tactile pleasures of this museum entertain the kids; the educational and aesthetic experiences woo the adults. If you’re over 16 and you find yourself thinking, ‘Science museums are actually sorta cool!’ you’re not alone. Full-grown adults have been known to audibly ooh and aah their way from the giant diplodocus skeleton to the Gemstones and Minerals Hall.
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Byzantine Fresco Museum
This museum contains stunning 13th-century frescoes that came to Houston from their home in Cyprus early in the 20th century in a manner not unlike the travels of the Maltese Falcon. A tiny museum with an evocative spiritual energy, it packs a visceral punch.
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Art Car Museum
The best thing is to view the amazingly decorated vehicles at the warehouselike Art Car Museum. It contains more than 15 vehicles that have been tricked out into psychedelic and Mad Max–esque wonders.
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Children’s Museum of Houston
At the high-octane stupendously fun Children’s Museum of Houston little ones can make tortillas in a Mexican village, or draw in an open-air art studio.
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