The Health Museum
Houston, TX 77004
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overview
The Health Museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is a multi-sensory and ever-evolving interactive experience featuring health science advances and the intricacies and implications of how bodies work. The Health Museum offers year-long programs and camps for all ages, special events, corporate rentals and exhibitions including the DeBakey Cell Lab, which puts guests in the center of their own hands-on science exploration.
General admission for adults is $10, admission for children 3-12 and seniors 65+ is $8, children 2 and under are admitted for free.
The Amazing Body Gallery
The Jim Hickox Amazing Body Pavilion is a larger-than-life walking tour through the human body. Features include:- Approximately 30 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:
- 13-foot intestine
- Texas-sized, 10-foot-tall walk-through brain with memory games
- Skeleton riding a bicycle
- Colossal walk-in eyeball that demonstrates how your eye receives and perceives images
- Visual demonstrations of depth perception
- 12-foot tall beating heart
- Calorie crank conveying how many calories you must burn for specific foods you eat
- Giant human heart wheel with biometric systems that check your heart rate while running or walking
- Jump, Stretch and Hang sctivity for vertical hanging endurance
- Heart Wall: journey through to understand the functions and importance of one of the more complex organs in the body
- Scream Booth: take part in the unique experience that is our scream booth
- DeBakey Cell Lab: come gear up and see what it’s like to be a scientist
Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau - Member since 1995
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Amenities
General
- Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9am-5pm Sunday, 12-5pm
- Admission: $8 adults $6 children and seniors
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Gift Shop:
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Free Parking Available:
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Accessible Via Light Rail:
- No. Blocks from Light Rail: 4
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Private Room for Special Events:
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ADA Accessible:
- Requirement for Chaperone/Student Ratio: 1 chaperone/10 students
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Advance Notice Required for Groups:
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Cancellation Policy for Groups:
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Meeting Facilities
- Exhibits Space
- Reception Capacity 500
- Theatre Capacity 120
- Audio/Visual true
- Facility Buy Out For Special Event true
- Private Room true
- Banquet Capacity 200
- Number of Rooms 3
- Classroom Capacity 40
The George and Barbara Bush Grand Hall
- Theater Capacity: 200
- Banquet Capacity: 175
- Reception Capacity: 350
The John P. McGovern Theater
- Theater Capacity: 120
The Learning Center
- Classroom Capacity: 165