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Hermann Park (20 min.) Expansive park featuring a golf course Japanese garden a natural science museum & a kiddie train. Houston Museum Of Natural Science (21 min.) Museum with dinosaur hall & other permanent exhibits planetarium IMAX theater & butterfly house. Beer Can House (22 min.) Guided tours are given at this folk art house built from 1968 1988 using 50 000 recycled beer cans. The Health Museum (22 min.) Health-sciences-themed museum with interactive displays centered around the human body. Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park (16 min.) Park whose centerpiece is a 64-ft.-tall fountain circulating 11 000 gallons of water every minute. Rothko Chapel - Temporarily Closed (22 min.) Historic octagonal brick building with massive abstract murals by Mark Rothko & outdoor sculptures. Children S Museum Of Houston (21 min.) Bustling family museum with a wealth of hands-on activities such as a Bubble Lab & a Tot Spot. Bayou Bend Collection And Gardens (21 min.) American decorative arts & paintings displayed in a historic home set in a serene 14-acre garden. Memorial Park (16 min.) Expansive city park with lush natural features popular running trail golf course & lots of shade. Art Car Museum (23 min.) Museum of elaborately decorated cars & contemporary art with a scrap-metal & chrome exterior. The Menil Collection (21 min.) Over 16 000 pieces of art & artifacts from the Paleolithic era to the present in a historic space. The Museum Of Fine Arts (19 min.) Distinct campus & sculpture garden with notable art from antiquity to today plus films & programs. |