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HMNS Weekly Happenings
Spirits and Skeletons! October 29, 2016 | 8 p.m. – midnight Sponsored by Audi Central Houston Calling all ghosts and ghouls, monsters and mummies, witches and werewolves: Houston’s favorite Halloween party — the one and only Spirits & Skeletons — is back at HMNS! With the entire Museum open you can shake your stuff with a stegosaurus, grab a drink with a skink and get spellbound by bewitching gems, all to live music and your favorite hits played…
Guess This Sound!
You guys have penchant for answering the riddles we pose on social media faster than greased lightning, so we thought we would crank up the difficulty level. And in honor of the month of Halloween, our challenges will all have a creep factor. In the case of today's challenge, that factor is the haunting voice speaking to us from ages long past. But this recording isn't just creepy, it's also historically significant! Photo courtesy of first sounds The…
Archie the Wandering T-Rex Celebrates his Birthday
Guess what guys, it’s my birthday and I got to celebrate it at Disney World! A year ago I was officially adopted by my HMNS family and since then have had the greatest year of my life! This past year has been full of adventure, fun, and new experiences as I have had the opportunity to travel to amazing new places and try new things. When I was first adopted, I thought I was one lucky dinosaur, but I had…
Where Fact and Fiction Meet: LA’s Museum of Jurassic Technology and the Cabinet of Curiosities
I have two lives. At the Houston Museum of Natural Science, I'm a science blogger, but in my art life, I'm an aspiring novelist. Occasionally, I have the privilege of embarking on a literary pilgrimage to a city I've never been to, in the most recent case, Los Angeles, where I attended the AWP writer's conference and met up with other writing friends from all over the U.S. I never expected my divergent lives of fact and fiction would meet,…
Come to HMNS After Dark for a Sweet Surprise!
You may use artificial sweeteners in your tea or coffee, maybe even sprinkle some on your food, but there's nothing quite like the miracle fruit to make sour foods more palatable. Just gnaw on one of these berries for a minute, let the juice coat your tongue, and for up to an hour, everything from plain yogurt to lemons to Sour Patch Kids taste just as sugary as Lucky Charms!Here's how it works: the berries of the Synsepalum dulcificum plant, which we…
Behind the Scenes: A Day at the CBC
When I say I am an entomologist at the Cockrell Butterfly Center, this is what people picture:Yes, I get to play with butterflies at my job and yes, my job is awesome! It's also sometimes really smelly, sweaty and dirty.My morning generally starts out with releasing butterflies, which sounds like something magical. The butterflies are released twice a day, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. As you may know, when butterflies emerge from their chrysalises (an act referred to as "eclosion"), they…
Mark Your Calendars for these events happening at HMNS 10/26-11/1
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! Lecture - Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human RubbleMonday, Oct. 262:30 p.m.Marilyn Johnson's will offer an entertaining look at the lives of contemporary archaeologists as they sweat under the sun for clues to the puzzle of our past. Johnson digs and drinks alongside archaeologists, chases them through the Mediterranean, the Caribbean,…
For the biggest haunting yet, visit HMNS Sugar Land!
If you thought the Sugar Land museum was scary at night, just wait until Halloween! With Tricks, Treats and T. rex around the corner, a good fright is just in sight.The two-day Halloween extravaganza for the whole family is coming to the Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land, featuring a haunted house that will fill the entire museum for the first time ever! The chills start Friday night, Oct. 30 with spooky fun that will freak out both adults…
Legend of the Peg Elves: Boy Scout Overnights offer a glimpse into museum folklore
The lights in the Morian Hall of Paleontology brighten and illuminate the Tyrannosaurus rex. The immersive soundscape in The Farish Hall of Texas Wildlife comes to life. The periodic table powers on in the Welch Hall of Chemistry. And the peg elves emerge.That’s right. As the museum gears up for another day of exploring, learning, and excitement, the peg elves at the Houston Museum of Natural Science begin to stir. They have an important job to do. They are the…
Mark Your Calendars for these events happening at HMNS 7/6-7/12
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!Behind-the-Scenes ToursTuesday, July 76:00 p.m.Enjoy the beauty of one of our special exhibitions while the Museum after hours, while it is closed to the public. On Tuesday, evening, you can tour China’s Lost Civilization: The Mystery of Sanxingdui or Samurai: The Way of the Warrior with a skilled master docent. Click here for more information and tickets.Special Exhibition: Wide…