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Battleship Texas and San Jacinto Monument & Museum

Tel: 281/479-2431
3527 Battleground Rd

On the San Jacinto Battleground in 1836, Texas won its independence from Mexico with a crushing surprise attack by the Texan forces, whose battle cry was "Remember the Alamo!" To commemorate that vict...

Bayou Bend

Tel: 713/639-7750
1 Westcott St

Ima Hogg was the daughter of Gov. Jim Hogg, a man who obviously had a cruel sense of humor. Miss Hogg, however, did not grow up shy and self-effacing. Long after the governor was dead, she was a power...

Children's Museum of Houston

Tel: 713/522-1138
1500 Binz

The goal behind the Children's Museum was to create a place where children can engage the world around them on their own terms, a place that will spark their imaginations, and where they will learn th...

Contemporary Arts Museum
Tel: 713/284-8250
5216 Montrose Blvd

This silver-aluminum parallelogram, located on the corner of Montrose and Bissonnet cater-cornered to the Fine Arts Museum, presents temporary exhibitions of modern art and design. It has no permanent...

Downtown Aquarium
Tel: 713/223-3474
410 Bagby St

In the northwest corner of downtown, a few blocks from the visitor center, is this aquarium/restaurant/amusement park complex. The major exhibit consists of several tanks in the main building displayi...