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 […]
Of the many meteor showers that occur throughout the year, the Geminid Meteor Shower in December may be the most reliably active. This meteor shower occurs when the Earth passes near 3200 Phaethon, a Palladian Asteroid. The Geminids were first observed in 1862. The shower gets its name because they appear to originate in the […]
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, […]
Join Peter Larson and Robert T. Bakker at HMNS for lecture and final screening of Dinosaur 13 in the Giant Screen Theatre Tuesday, December 9. When paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from South Dakota’s Black Hills Institute made one of the world’s greatest dinosaur discoveries in 1990, they knew it was the discovery of a lifetime — […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
