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The Health Museum, the most visited health museum in the country, provides innovative and interactive health and science educational experiences to promote an understanding of the human body.

The museum offers free admission on Thursdays 2-5 p.m.

The Amazing Body Pavilion
The Jim Hickox Amazing Body Pavilion is a larger-than-life walking tour through the human body. Features include:
* Three Fantastic Illusion Presentations that dramatically communicate health and wellness information about the lungs, heart and brain
* Sixty-one interactive video and audio kiosks invite guests to pose interesting questions about human anatomy and health information
* A 22-foot-long backbone with ribs descending from the ceiling to the floor, creating the feeling of being inside a giant rib cage

The hands-on experiences include:
* 27½-foot intestine
* Texas-sized, 10-foot-tall walk-through brain with memory games
* Skeleton riding a bicycle
* Hearing evaluation tests
* Skin morphing demonstrating the effects of sunlight on the skin
* Look down the throat at vocal chords in action
* Clogged artery stations
* Colossal walk-in eyeball that demonstrates how your eye receives and perceives images
* Visual demonstrations of depth perception
* Variety of safety demonstrations from eye goggles to drunk driving

Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau - Member since 1995