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Meet Our Exclusive Event Caterers: French Gourmet Bakery
July 12, 2016

Interview by Ashley Zalta, HMNS Special Events Manager Everyone always says the secret ingredients to the best recipes is the love put into them. We dove a little deeper into one of our exclusive caterers French Gourmet Bakery, to see what makes their family run business so delicious. Check out their suggestions for your next […]

Mark Your Calendars for these events happening at HMNS 7/11-7/17
July 10, 2016

Last week’s featured #HMNSBlockParty creation is by Steven (age: 7):  Want to get your engineering handwork featured? Drop by our Block Party interactive play area and try your own hand building a gravity-defying masterpiece. Tag your photos with #HMNSBlockParty. Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Paleo – Earliest Life on EarthTuesday, July 126 p.m.Because the Morian Hall of Paleontology is […]

Summer Grilling Museum Style
July 9, 2016

Summer Grilling party 101 as done by the professionals! Take your summer grilling to the next level, learn what dishes are our exclusive Museum caterer’s favorites, and how they do it! Skinny PinchadaRecipe by City Kitchen“Perfect amount of nuttiness to balance out the sweet!”   Grilled Watermelon SaladCafé Natalie“This is our favorite summer dish as grilling […]

The Science of Summer
July 8, 2016

Why does ice cream look different when it melts in your car and gets refrozen?If you have ever made homemade ice cream, you may have noticed that it takes a lot of work. My family’s ice cream maker looked a lot like this one which was electric but needed a little more monitoring than the […]

My year of Museum Membership with a Young child
July 7, 2016

I’ve been a Houston Museum of Natural Science Member for a long time, a very long time—in fact, I started as a summer camper and field trip student way back in the 1980’s when the Museum was half its current size and still the most amazing place in the world to me. I’m so privileged […]

Seeing Stars with James Wooten: Mars and Jupiter Shine Bright
July 6, 2016

Jupiter is now in the west at dusk. It outshines all stars we ever see at night, so you can’t miss it. Mars and Saturn are now in the south at dusk. As you watch them, Mars is to the right and is much brighter. Although Mars continues to fade each night as Earth leaves […]

A Wedding Under The Planetarium Stars
July 5, 2016

Written by Ashley Zalta, HMNS Special Events Manager The Burke Baker Planetarium at The Houston Museum of Natural Science has been recently renovated, and is now the premiere planetarium in the galaxy. It’s the first and only True8K™ planetarium, offering an unprecedented 50,000,000 pixels of beautiful brightness, resolution and brilliance. We wanted to show off […]

Mark Your Calendars for these events happening at HMNS 7/4-7/10
July 3, 2016

Last week’s featured #HMNSBlockParty creation is by Charlie (age: 9):  Want to get your engineering handwork featured? Drop by our Block Party interactive play area and try your own hand building a gravity-defying masterpiece. Tag your photos with #HMNSBlockParty. Now Playing! Wild Africa 3DFrom the highest snow-covered mountains in Kenya, along great rivers, into steamy rainforests […]

Butterflies and Shutterbugs: Another Fabulous Pixel Party at HMNS
July 2, 2016

Before-hours at the Museum on June 26, we hosted one of our exclusive Pixel Parties — where we open select exhibits just for photographers (both amateur and professional). For summer of 2016, we gave photographers exclusive access to our Cockrell Butterfly Center . Below is a small sample of the fantastic photos submitted to our […]

TREND REPORT: Summer Embellishments
June 30, 2016

Summer season is here and we need a reason to update our jewelry box. New designs have arrived just in time. For the simple classic to the carefree spirit we have the finishing touch for any outfit. Zoe Chicco L.A. designer Zoe Chicco has created a fine jewelry collection that has become a modern classic. […]


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