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The Houston Museum of Natural Science is the 4th most heavily attended museum in the United States. The Museum is a five part complex housing the Burke Baker Planetarium, Wortham IMAX Theatre, Cockrell Butterfly Center and three floors of natural science halls and exhibits. Over a dozen permanent exhibit areas cover subjects on astronomy, space science, Native Americans, paleontology, energy, chemistry, gems and minerals, seashells, and Texas wildlife. hmns.org

The Houston Center for Photography fosters a wide diversity of work, ranging from art and documentary photography to photographic installations, film and video. www.hcponline.org

At the Houston Space Center, guests get truly interactive with space exploration. Guests get the chance to land the shuttle or retrieve a satellite through computer simulation, to tour Johnson Space Center and to see a number of pieces used in space exploration. spacecenter.org

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston more than doubled its galleries for the display of its permanent collection and special exhibitions, and catapults the MFAH from thirtieth to sixth largest art museum in the nation in terms of exhibition space. Highlights of the museum include the Straus Collection of Renaissance and 18th-century art and the Beck Collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, including the creations of Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse and Paul Gaugin. mfah.org 

Plano
If you're looking for something a little unusual then it doesn't get more unusual than this. The Cockroach Hall of Fame Museum fills the "dead bugs dressed as celebrities and historical figures" void in your life. Located in Plano, Texas in The Pest Shop (a pest control business, the museum exhibit consists of several dioramas featuring dead roaches dressed as famous people doing famous things. www.savvycenter.com

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