Houston Museum District
The Houston Museum District is an association of 21 museums, cultural centers and community organizations located in Houston, Texas, dedicated to promoting art, science, history, and culture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood of Houston, Texas
- Also known as: “Museum District” and “Museum Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum District station and Holocaust Museum Houston.
Museum District station
Railway station
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Museum District Station is a light rail station in south-central Houston, Texas, United States. The station serves the Red Line of Houston's METRORail system.
Holocaust Museum Houston
Museum
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The Holocaust Museum Houston is located in Houston's Museum District, in Texas. It is the fourth largest holocaust museum in the U.S. It was opened in 1996. The Boniuk Center houses Holocaust Museum Houston's Education Department.
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Museum
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is a natural history museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The museum was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Society, an organization whose goals were to provide a free institution for the people of Houston focusing on education and science.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Midtown and Texas Medical Center.
Midtown
Suburb
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Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown. Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45, Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line.
Texas Medical Center
Suburb
The Texas Medical Center is a neighborhood in south-central Houston, Texas, United States. It is immediately south of the Museum District and west of Texas State Highway 288. Texas Medical Center is situated 1½ miles south of Houston Museum District.
Central City
Neighborhood
Central City is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. In 2009, residents of Central City supported a bill by Garnet Coleman that would limit the ability of Texas Medical Center, Inc. to exercise its eminent domain rights on residential property. Central City is situated 1½ miles south of Houston Museum District.
Houston Museum District
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.7247° or 29° 43′ 29″ northLongitude
-95.38784° or 95° 23′ 16″ westOpen location code
76X6PJF6+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 10093736617OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q1644021
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Houston Museum District” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Houston Museum District”
- French: “Houston Museum District”
- Italian: “Houston Museum District”
- Russian: “Музейный район Хьюстона”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Museos”
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Notable Places Nearby
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