HMNS Birthdays: Are you a party smarty?

Editor’s note: This post was written by HMNS Birthday Party Assistant Manager.  We have had the proud honor of hosting 460 birthday parties at the Houston Museum of Natural Science this past year! We have enjoyed the new faces of guests having their party with us for the first time, as well as welcoming back many of our wonderful families to celebrate […]

Mark Your Calendars for these events happening this week (12/8-12/14) at HMNS

Bust out your planners, calendars, and PDAs (if you are throwback like that), it’s time to mark your calendars for the HMNS events of this week! Film Screening & Lecture Dinosaur 13 Tuesday, December 9 6:00 p.m.Join paleontologists Peter Larson and Dr. Robert T. Bakker for a candid discussion on the discovery of Sue—the largest, […]

Home is Where The Science is: Become a museum member this Giving Tuesday!

They say home is where your heart is. That’s why HMNS is home to Lane the Triceratops, Ankh Hap the mummy, a few bamboo sharks and, most certainly, our amazingly devoted patrons.  This Giving Tuesday, consider making our Museum your home. We would love to welcome you into our family, or even help you give the gift of membership to […]

Seeing Stars with James Wooten: A solstice and a shower for December

This month, Mars remains in the southwest at dusk this month as it moves through Capricornus. Mars continues to fade a little each night as Earth continues to leave it farther behind.  Jupiter is now high in the south at dawn; it is the brightest thing there.  Venus begins to emerge from the Sun’s glare […]

Educator How-To: Making your own Samurai sword

Editor’s note: This blog post was contributed by Kathleen Havens, HMNS Assistant Director of Youth Education. Feudal Japan’s government depended on a warrior class, called Samurai, for over 600 years. Individual samurai warriors served a daimyo, powerful warlords that governed individual regions throughout Japan. At the pinnacle of this loyal and highly trained group of […]


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