Other attractions include:
Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston
The first municipal art museum in Texas is most well-known for its
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, and also includes
Baroque and Renaissance art, African tribal art, a sculpture
garden and a teaching wing, where the works of students and top
Texas artists are displayed.
Attraction type: Art museum;
Space
Center Houston, Houston
Houston's top attraction is the official visitor's center for
NASA, where simulations allow you to experience what it's like to
walk in space or land on the moon. Visitors can also tour the NASA
control center.
Attraction type: Science museum; Amusement/theme park; Government
building; Tour;
Houston
Museum of Natural Science, Houston
This outstanding science museum has a spectacular collection of
mineral specimens, a dinosaur skeleton, space-station models, a
planetarium, IMAX theater and a six-story butterfly center in
which these beautiful creatures land delicately on outstretched
arms.
Attraction type: Natural history museum; Observatory/planetarium;
Science museum; Theater; Museum;
National
Museum of Funeral History, Houston
This museum, owned by a funeral company, houses the largest
collection of funereal artifacts in the U.S., traces the history
of funeral services, displays historic hearses and provides
memorabilia from funerals of the famous, such as Dwight
Eisenhower, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy and Elvis
Presley.
Attraction type: History museum; Specialty museum
Menil
Collection, Houston
One of the greatest private art collections in the U.S. features
such surrealist works as those by Salvador Dali and Max Ernst, and
offers visitors a sign-free and simply-designed environment in
which to experience the art in a more personal way. The main
building is accompanied by four satellite buildings.
Attraction type: Art museum; Art gallery; Architectural building;
Museum;
Astros Field (8 mi)
Compaq Center (3 mi)
George R. Brown
Convention Center (8 mi)
Herman Park / Houston
Zoo : located about 8 mi from the Galleria shopping complex (6 mi)
Medical Center and
Museum District : located about 8 mi from the Galleria shopping
complex (6 mi)
Reliant
Astrodome/Stadium located about 8 mi from the Galleria shopping
complex
Rice University (7 mi)
Six Flags
Astroworld/Waterworld (8 mi)
Theatre District (9 mi)
University of Houston
(10 mi)
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