Houston Museum District

Worth seeing in and around Houston Museum District

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Rice University

   William Marsh Rice University, also known as Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States. Established in 1912, it spans 300 acres.

   1.6 km · private university in Houston, Texas, USA · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Toyota Center

   Toyota Center is an indoor arena located in Houston, Texas, United States. It is named after the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota.

   3.9 km · indoor arena in Houston, Texas, USA · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

   The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is an art museum located in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. The permanent collection of the museum spans more than 5,000 years of history with nearly 80,000 works from six continents.

   200 m · art museum in Houston, Texas · Wikipedia
4. 04
   1600 Smith Street

   1600 Smith Street is a 51-story, 732-foot office tower in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It served as the headquarters of Continental Airlines prior to its merger with United Airlines in 2010, and at one point also served as the headquarters of ExpressJet Airlines.

   3.6 km · skyscraper · Wikipedia
5. 05
   1400 Smith Street

   1400 Smith Street is a 691 ft tall skyscraper located in downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The building has 50 floors and is the 11th tallest building in the city.

   3.8 km · skyscraper in Houston, Texas, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Houston Museum of Natural Science

   The Houston Museum of Natural Science is a natural history museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The museum was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Society, an organization whose goals were to provide a free institution for the people of Houston focusing on education and science.

   400 m · science museum in Texas, USA · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Rice Stadium

   First Community Stadium is an American football stadium located on the Rice University campus in Houston, Texas. It has been the home of the Rice Owls football team since its completion in 1950, and hosted John F. Kennedy's "We choose to go to the Moon" speech in 1962 and Super Bowl VIII in early 1974.

   2.2 km · stadium at Rice University in Houston · Wikipedia
8. 08
   ExxonMobil Building

   The ExxonMobil Building at 800 Bell Street in Houston, Texas is a 45-story, 1,200,000 sq ft skyscraper built in 1963, designed by Welton Becket & Associates. The building is known for its “fins” which protrude from the building’s exterior to provide shade from the sun.

   3.7 km · Houston, formerly the Exxon Building and Humble Building · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Texas Southern University

   Texas Southern University is a public historically black university in Houston, Texas, United States. The university is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

   2.8 km · university · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Menil Collection

    The Menil Collection, located in Houston, Texas, refers to the museum that houses the art collection of founders John de Menil and Dominique de Menil, or to the collection of paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs and rare books it houses. The museum is said to rank with "the great private museums in the United States—the Frick in New York City, the Gardner in Boston, and the Phillips in Washington, D.C." The future couple met at a ball at Versailles in 1930.

    1.7 km · art museum and collection in Houston, Texas · Wikipedia

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Getting to Houston Museum District

Airports

William P. Hobby (HOU), 14 km · George Bush Intercontinental (IAH), 29 km · Austin Bergstrom (AUS), 225 km

Stations

Texas Medical Center Transit Center, 2.7 km

• Austin → Houston Museum District

  235 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · $21–29
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• San Antonio → Houston Museum District

  302 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · $25–35
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• Dallas → Houston Museum District

  366 km · quickest by air, 5h 10m · $200–300
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