Downtown Houston
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The Dallas Morning News
(Discover DFW)
Downtown Houston, Texas
Just like Hotel ZaZa Houston, downtown Houston is full of contrasts. Families with children will delight in notable museums such as The Health Museum and the Houston Museum of Natural Science while art aficionados will gush over the area's fine art museums including The Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection. There's also world class universities, award winning restaurants and bountiful shopping.
Known for its pedestrian tunnels and skywalks, the downtown Houston area is easy to navigate. With complimentary around-town transportation, Hotel ZaZa Houston makes it even easier to enjoy all the wealth of attractions during your family vacation or business meeting in Houston.
The Health Museum
Houston's Health Museum is an interactive museum designed to give children and parents alike a chance to explore health, life and the human body. Explore your inner workings with a walk through of the human body; compare living in Houston with living in cities around the world; see what you'll look like in 30 years or how tall you'll be when you grow up. With exciting exhibits and educational programs, this Houston museum is a must-see.
The Children's Museum of Houston
The all-new Children's Museum of Houston is now twice as big and packed with 14 interactive exhibits. Build robots in Invention Convention; anchor the news, run a business, and get elected as mayor in Kidtropolis; explore nanotechnology in Matter Factory; portal into an out-of-this-world math quest in Cyberchase; take a wet, wild adventure into FlowWorks; climb a three-story tower in PowerPlay; plus much more!
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Recognized as one of the premier art museums in the country, MFAH exhibits art dating from the major civilizations and antiquity to the present in two gallery buildings, a sculpture garden and two home museums. Works by Rembrandt, Monet, Remington and Picasso are also on view.
The Weather Museum
If you're fascinated by weather, The Weather Museum in Houston is the perfect destination for you. A great place to learn about the weather and its effects on society, the museum exhibits an interactive Weather Sphere, hands on tornado exhibit and gives visitors the chance to be their own weatherman.
The Menil Collection
Featuring modern and contemporary art by world-renown artists such as Andy Warhol, Jasper Jones and Mark Rothko, the Menil Collection is perhaps one of the largest and most important private art collections of the 20th century.
Holocaust Museum Houston
The Holocaust Museum of Houston portrays firsthand accounts of area Holocaust survivors in a permanent exhibit, Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers. This museum is dedicated to the promotion and awareness of the dangers of prejudice.
Houston Museum of Natural Science
An exciting destination in Houston, this museum includes nine permanent exhibits, an IMAX theater, butterfly center and planetarium. Exhibitions change frequently so there is always something new to explore at this museum where nature is around every corner.
Lawndale Art Center
Showcasing the importance of contemporary art, this gallery is an alternative art space serving to create discourse for the diverse artistic, cultural and student communities of Houston.
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
This museum is known for its bold architectural structure and collection of the best international and local contemporary art of the past four decades.
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Explore local artists' studios at this craft center dedicated to glass, fiber, clay, metal and wood art. Visitors can shop through the artists' collections while experiencing this unique local attraction.
The Jung Center of Houston
A nonprofit educational institute founded upon the theories of Carl Jung, this center is also home to a gallery of art produced by Texans. The center's bookstore features a vast collection of books on psychology and comparative mythology in the Southwest.
The Rothko Chapel
Paying homage to the abstract expressionist Mark Rothko, this chapel is an intimate sanctuary displaying 14 of Rothko's works. The chapel is a space for meditation and a sanctuary fostering all beliefs, allowing visitors to engage in inter-religious dialogues.
Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
This museum provides visitors with a quiet, contemplative space for meditation and reflection. Home to the largest Byzantine fresco in the Western Hemisphere, the serene environment and awe-inspiring mural makes this museum a unique Houston attraction.
Houston Center for Photography
The Houston Center for Photography works at giving recognition and voice to emerging photographers and artists. Striving to promote the understanding and appreciation of photography, this center has a long history of supporting local artists.
Rice University Art Gallery
The only university in the United States with an instillation art museum, Rice University fosters the importance of contemporary art through this gallery and site-specific instillations throughout their Houston campus.
Bayou Bend
Home to the Bayou Bend Collection & Garden and estate of Ima Hogg, the Bayou Bend encompasses 14 acres of woodlands and verdant gardens surrounding Hogg's historic home. The home, and the surrounding natural gardens, is among the top 10 most visited historic homes in the U.S.
Rienzi
A satellite gallery for the MFAH's European Decorative arts collection, the Rienzi gallery is home to a beautiful collection of English furniture, European paintings and 18th Century Worchester porcelain.
