Best Museums in Houston Museum District

Houston is the largest city in Texas. Every year thousands of people take cheap flights to Houston to visit the Houston Museum District. It is also known as the Museum District. It consists of 18 museums. So, if you want to know more about the history and culture of the city, you should not compromise on visiting the Museum District.



Following are the best museums in Houston Museum District:



Houston Museum of Natural Science



This is a science museum located in the northern part of the Houston. The central facility of the museum consists of four floors. Wortham IMAX Theater, Cockrell Butterfly Center, and Burke Baker Planetarium are the main attractions of the museums. It is the second most popular museum in the country. Therefore, every year numerous people take cheap flights to Houston especially to visit the museum. There are several permanent collections. The most popular one is the Foucault Pendulum which demonstrates the earth rotation. If you want to take a closer look at native animals of Texas, visit the Farish Hall of Texas Wildlife.



Contemporary Arts Museum



If you are fond of contemporary art, take flights to Houston and visit Contemporary Arts Museum. It is strategically located in the center of the museum district. The building is made from stainless steel. You can be a part of museum’s educational programs and know more about the contemporary art. One of the most famous presentations in the museum is "Finders/Keepers." This presentation shows the relationship between the institution and the community. Other worth-admiring presentations in the museum are "Other Narratives," "Abstracft Painting Once Removed," and "Elvis+Marilyn: Two Times Immortal."



Museum of Fine Arts



This is one of the largest museums in the United States. If you are taking Houston flights and interested in exploring arts and creativity, you must visit Museum of Fine Arts. The permanent collection features more 62,000 art works from around the world. The museum is divided into seven facilities. If you want to explore the European decorative arts, visit the building known as Rienzi. You should visit Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, if you wish to see extensive collections of American decorative art and furniture. Glasell School of Art and Glasell Junior School of Art are two teaching wings of the museum. Other three facilities are known as Caroline Wiess Law Building, Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garde and Audrey Jones Beck Building.



Byzantine Fresco Chapel



If you want to take a look at Byzantine Frescos, this is the only museum in entire western Hemisphere. As you step into the museum, you’d come across captivating interiors. Rough stone, rich woods, and opaque glass make the interiors an art museum and create an spiritual ambience. The exhibitions of the chapel display art works from the 13th century. Some of them are an apse depicting the Panayia and Virgin Mary and a dome with Christ Pantocrater. The dome has an image of Christ looking forward. The image is surrounded by double row of angels. If you are taking Cheap Flights to Houston, I would recommend you to visit the chapel.