Houston Texas Attractions

Amusements

• Downtown Aquarium
  410 Bagby at Memorial • Houston, TX 77002
  713-223-3474
  The Downtown Aquarium offers over 500,000 gallons of fun with an exhibit featuring a variety of... more...  map

• Laser Quest
  13711 Westheimer Road • Houston, TX 77077
  281-596-9999
  Laser Quest is live action laser tag at its best. Enter the multi-level arena where fog, music and... more...  map

• Laser Quest
  6560 FM 1960 West • Houston, TX 77069
  Located in the Champions Village Shopping Center
  281-397-6612
  An interactive adventure game played in a multi-level maze where fog, music and special effects... more...  map

• Little Gym of Houston-Bellaire
  8415 Stella Link • Houston, TX 77025
  713-668-7777
  The Little Gym of Houston-Bellaire is an activity center for children that specializes in building... more...  map

• Sam Houston Race Park
  7575 North Sam Houston Parkway West • Houston, TX 77064
  Located 15 Minutes from Downtown
  281-807-8700
  Sam Houston Race Park is Houston's premier racing, dining and entertainment destination. Enjoy live... more...  map

• SplashTown
  21300 I-45 North • Spring, TX 77373
  Located Less Than 30 Minutes from Downtown Houston
  281-355-3300
  SplashTown offers an exciting assortment of slides & pools, family tube rides, a wave pool, raft... more...

• Urban War Zone Paintball
  4563 Gambler Lane • Houston, TX 77002
  281-885-4351
  Play paintball in downtown Houston. They are the only field inside the 610 Loop. more...  map

• Zuma Fun Centers
  6767 Southwest Freeway • Houston, TX 77074
  713-981-7888
  Zuma Fun Center in Houston South is the place for family entertainment, birthday parties and group... more...  map

Historic Homes & Buildings

• Bayou Bend Collection & Gardens
  1 Westcott Street • Houston, TX 77007
  713-639-7750
  Bayou Bend, the magnificent home of Miss Ima Hogg, hosts a superb collection of American decorative... more...

• Christ Church Cathedral (circa 1839)
  1117 Texas Avenue • Houston, TX 77002
  713-222-2593
  The Episcopal Christ Church Cathedral, built in 1839, is the city's oldest church still standing on... more...  map

Museums & Galleries

• 18 Hands Gallery
  249 West 19th Street, Suite B • Houston, TX 77008
  713-869-3099
  18 Hands Gallery was created with the goal of bringing together the unique work of many fine clay... more...  map

• 1940 Air Terminal Museum, The
  8325 Travelair Road • Houston, TX 77061
  William P. Hobby Airport
  713-454-1940
  The Airline Galleries, Hall of Flight, and Starliner Theater feature original aviation art,... more...  map

• American Cowboy Museum
  11822 Almeda Road • Houston, TX 77045
  713-478-9677
  Dedicated to the preservation and understanding of western multicultural heritage, the American... more...  map

• Anya Tish Gallery
  4411 Montrose Boulevard • Houston, TX 77006
  713-524-2299
  Anya Tish Gallery specializes in works by internationally recognized artists, with the emphasis on... more...  map

• Apama Mackey Gallery
  628 East 11th Street • Houston, TX 77008
  713-850-8527
  A green gallery located in three reclaimed shipping containers, Apama Mackey Gallery features... more...  map

• Arader Gallery of Houston
  5015 Westheimer, Suite 2303 • Houston, TX 77056
  713-621-7151
  This is the Texas location of the Arader multi-gallery system, with other galleries in New York,... more...  map

• Archway Gallery
  2305 Dunlavy • Houston, TX 77019
  713-522-2409
  Archway features the work of local and regional painters, printmakers, sculptors, fiber artists and... more...  map

• Art Car Museum
  140 Heights Boulevard • Houston, TX 77007
  713-861-5526
  Celebrating the spirit of the postmodern age of car culture, this unique contemporary art museum... more...  map

• Barbara Davis Gallery
  4411 Montrose Boulevard • Houston, TX 77006
  713-520-9200
  The Barbara Davis Gallery introduces new ideas from emerging and acclaimed artists.  more...  map

• Bering & James
  805 Rhode Place #500 • Houston, TX 77019
  713-524-0101
  This gallery features contemporary art, framing, installation services, private events, and... more...  map

• Blaffer Gallery
  4800 Calhoun Road • Houston, TX 77004
  University of Houston, Fine Arts Building
  713-743-2255
  The Blaffer Gallery sponsors a continually changing series of exhibitions, ranging from... more...

• Booker Lowe Gallery
  4623 Feagan Street • Houston, TX 77007
  713-880-1541
  Features contemporary Aboriginal fine art of Australia. more...  map

• Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
  1834 Southmore • Houston, TX 77004
  713-942-8920
  This museum was founded to preserve the memory of and honor African-American soldiers.  more...  map

• Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, The
  4011 Yupon at Branard • Houston, TX 77006
  713-521-3990
  The Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum is the repository in the United States for the only intact... more...  map

• Children's Museum of Houston
  1500 Binz • Houston, TX 77004
  713-522-1138
  This is one museum where you won't hear or see the words "do not touch." There are more than 14... more...  map

• Contemporary Arts Museum
  5216 Montrose Boulevard • Houston, TX 77006
  713-284-8250
  Showcasing over 40 years of dynamic exhibitions of regional, national, and international art, this... more...  map

• Czech Center Museum
  4920 San Jacinto at Wichita • Houston, TX 77004
  Located in the Museum District
  713-528-2060
  Czech Center Museum Houston is a non-profit educational, cultural arts organization whose mission... more...  map

• Dean Day Gallery
  2639 Colquitt • Houston, TX 77098
  713-520-1021
  Dean Day Gallery features contemporary, impressionistic and representational paintings by American,... more...  map

• Deborah Colton Gallery
  2445 North Boulevard • Houston, TX 77007
  713-869-5151
  This gallery showcases strong historical and visionary contemporary artists worldwide, whose works... more...  map

• Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery
  4520 Blossom Street • Houston, TX 77007
  713-863-7097
  The gallery represents artists from the US and abroad with exhibitions of prints, drawings,... more...  map

• DiverseWorks
  1117 East Freeway • Houston, TX 77002
  713-223-8346
  Known for its groundbreaking educational programs, this leading contemporary non-profit art center... more...  map

• G Gallery
  301 East 11th Street • Houston, TX 77008
  713-869-4770
  G Gallery specializes in contemporary visual art. more...  map

• Galeria Regina
  1716 Richmond Avenue • Houston, TX 77098
  Located in the Museum District
  713-523-2524
  Provides an inspiring atmosphere with the exhibition of contemporary arts by established and... more...  map

• Gallery Sonja Roesch
  2309 Caroline Street • Houston, TX 77004
  713-659-5424
  This gallery focuses on reductive and concept-based art. They offer a program of international... more...  map

• Goldesberry Gallery
  2625 Colquitt • Houston, TX 77098
  713-528-0405
  Oliver and Nancy Goldesberry established the gallery in 1991 focusing on fine art in the craft... more...  map

• Health Museum, The
  1515 Hermann Drive • Houston, TX 77004
  Located in the Museum District
  713-521-1515
  The John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science, also known as The Health Museum, is an... more...  map

• Holocaust Museum
  5401 Caroline Street • Houston, TX 77004
  713-942-8000
  Huge and unique museum that features a permanent exhibit that memorializes the Houston-area... more...  map

• Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
  4848 Main Street • Houston, TX 77002
  Located in the Museum District
  713-529-4848
  Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, a nonprofit organization, was founded with the desire to... more...  map

• Houston Center for Photography
  1441 West Alabama • Houston, TX 77006
  713-529-4755
  Specializing in exhibitions of photograpic and related arts, this center features works by... more...  map

• Houston Fire Museum
  2403 Milam • Houston, TX 77006
  713-524-2526
  The Houston Fire Museum was originally Fire Station No. 7, the first fire station built by the... more...  map

• Houston Maritime Museum
  2204 Dorrington • Houston, TX 77030
  713-666-1910
  The Houston Maritime Museum offers exhibits of over 150 ship models, over 100 types of navigational... more...  map

• Houston Museum District
  1020 Holcombe, Suite 1300 • Houston, TX 77030
  713-715-1939
  The Houston Museum District features 18 museums.  more...  map

• Houston Police Academy Museum
  17000 Aldine-Westfield Road • Houston, TX 77073
  281-230-2353
  While tracing the development of the city's police department, beginning with the days when Houston... more...  map

• Inman Gallery
  3901 Main Street • Houston, TX 77002
  713-526-7800
  Inman Gallery was founded to showcase the work of younger artists who were underrecognized by the... more...  map

• Lawndale Art Center
  4912 Main Street • Houston, TX 77002
  713-528-5858
  Lawndale Art Center is a space for the exhibition of contemporary works in all media, unique in its... more...  map

• McClain Gallery
  2242 Richmond Avenue • Houston, TX 77098
  713-520-9988
  This gallery focuses on the exhibition and acquisition of museum quality, collectible contemporary... more...  map

• McMurtrey Gallery
  3508 Lake Street • Houston, TX 77098
  713-523-8238
  McMurtrey Gallery, established in 1983, primarily represents contemporary regional artists. The... more...  map

• Menil Collection, The
  1515 Sul Ross • Houston, TX 77006
  713-525-9400
  View the John and Dominique de Menil collection of 15,000 pieces of medieval art, tribal art, 20th... more...  map

• Meredith Long Galleries
  2323 San Felipe • Houston, TX 77056
  713-523-6671
  Founded in 1957, Meredith Long & Co. features 19th and 20th century American Art. The gallery... more...  map

• Museum of Fine Arts
  1001 Bissonnet at Main • Houston, TX 77005
  713-639-7300
  The oldest comprehensive museum in the Southwest United States, this museum features a permanent... more...  map

• Museum Of Printing History
  1324 West Clay Street • Houston, TX 77019
  713 -522-4652
  Located in the Graphic Arts Conference Center, the Museum of Printing History is a rare item - just... more...  map

• Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
  2402 Munger Street • Houston, TX 77023
  713-926-6368
  To help inspire others to express their artistic talents, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art was... more...  map

• Poissant Gallery
  5102 Center Street • Houston, TX 77007
  713-868-9337
  Housed in a 19th century church, the gallery and grounds are unique. They exhibit contemporary... more...  map

• Sicardi Gallery
  2246 Richmond Avenue • Houston, TX 77098
  713-529-1313
  Dedicated to promoting the work of established and emerging artists from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico,... more...  map

• Texas Gallery
  2012 Peden Street • Houston, TX 77019
  713-524-1593
  The Name says Texas, but American artists from as far afield as New York and California are also... more...  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

• Allen's Landing
  1001 Commerce Street • Houston, TX 77002
  Often described as "Houston's heart" and their "Plymouth Rock," Allen's Landing is where in 1836,... more...  map

• Discovery Green Conservancy
  1500 McKinney • Houston, TX 77010
  Located in Downtown Houston
  713-400-7336
  Open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., Discovery Green is a 12-acre park that is close to the George R.... more...  map

• Guadalupe Plaza Park
  2311 Runnels • Houston, TX 77002
  713-752-0314
  Mariachi and salsa music, ballet folklorico, and seasonal festivals are among the sites and sounds... more...  map

• Heritage Society, The
  1100 Bagby Street • Houston, TX 77002
  713-655-1912
  Sam Houston Park is a Victorian delight with an old mill, a stream, a rustic bridge, and paths. Sam... more...  map

• Hermann Park
  6201 A Golf Course Drive • Houston, TX 77030
  713-524-5876
  Hermann Park, presented to the City of Houston by George Hermann in 1914, is one of Houston's most... more...  map

• Hidalgo Park
  7000 Avenue Q • Houston, TX713-752-0314
  Since its founding in 1927 at the Turning Basin, Hidalgo Park has been at the center of the East... more...  map

• Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
  4501 Woodway Drive • Houston, TX 77024
  Located on the Western Edge of Memorial Park
  713-681-8433
  A non-profit, 155-acre nature sanctuary, the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center was one of the first... more...  map

• Houston Zoo
  1513 North MacGregor in Hermann Park • Houston, TX 77030
  713-533-6500
  The Houston Zoological Gardens, known more simply as the Houston Zoo, provides a fun, unique, and... more...

• Jesse H. Jones Park and Nature Center
  20634 Kenswick • Humble, TX 77338
  281-446-8588
  Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center features over 300 acres of pristine primary and secondary... more...

• Sam Houston Park
  1100 Bagby • Houston, TX713-655-1912
  In 1900, Mayor Sam Brashier bought the Kellem-Noble land and house on the edge of town to create... more...  map

• Sesquicentennial Park
  Located Along the Banks of Buffalo Bayou
  713-236-5775
  Established in recognition of the city's 150th birthday, Sesquicentennial Park offers a gazebo and... more...

• Spotts Park
  401 South Heights Boulevard • Houston, TX 77007
  713-845-1000
  Features of this park include a trail/walkway, basketball court, volleyball court, children's... more...  map

• Tony Marron Park
  808 North York • Houston, TX713-752-0314
  Located in Houston's East End Second Ward neighborhood with a trail/walkway, playing fields for... more...  map

Science & Technology

• Houston Museum of Natural Science
  5555 Herman Park Drive • Houston, TX 77030
  713-639-4629
  You will find a museum, planetarium, IMAX theater, Challenger Center, a butterfly tropical... more...  map

• John C. Freeman Weather Museum
  5104 Caroline • Houston, TX 77004
  713-529-3076
  WRC exists to make a difference by helping the community learn about weather through outreach,... more...  map

• Space Center Houston
  1601 NASA Parkway • Houston, TX 77058
  281-244-2100
  Enjoy an out-of-this-world experience at this premier space center that features a discovery center... more...  map

Tours & Cruises

• Asian Heritage Guided Tour
  9800 Town Park • Houston, TXChinese Community Center
  832-858-2788 or 713-271-6100 x113
  The tours will be held weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The route will begin at the Chinese... more...  map

• Houston Global Solution
  14207 Burgoyne Street • Houston, TX 77077
  281-558-5882
  Houston Global Solution is a receptive operator with many years of experience in the local market.... more...  map

• Houston Historical Tours
  PO Box 262404 • Houston, TX 77207
  713-392-0867
  Houston Historical Tours provides tours and lectures of the sites past and present that have... more...

• Sam Houston Boat Tour
  111 East Loop North • Houston, TX 77029
  Port of Houston Authority
  713-670-2400
  Enjoy a waterborne tour of one of the busiest ports in the world. This is a 90-minute round-trip... more...  map

Vineyards, Wineries & Breweries

• Saint Arnold Brewery Tours
  2000 Saint Arnold Brewing Company • Houston, TX 77092
  713-686-9494
  Saint Arnold Brewing Company is Texas' Oldest Craft Brewery. They brew ten different beers. Five... more...  map