Most reviewed Museums in Houston, United States to visit (Updated April, 2024)

Most reviewed Museums in Houston

Explore the city's most talked-about destinations, sorted by the number of reviews. The higher the position on the list, the greater the number of reviews for each place. Discover the pulse of Houston through these extensively reviewed and popular spots. This list contains 36 places from Museum category.

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Space Center Houston

Science museum

Educational center highlighting all eras of U.S. space travel via exhibits, tours & attractions.

4.60 (42.8K reviews)

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Science museum

Museum with dinosaur hall & other permanent exhibits, planetarium, IMAX theater & butterfly house.

4.70 (25.6K reviews)

Independence Plaza

Museum

👍 A must see if visiting Houston. Large exhibits with a lot to see. I wish we would have visited during the week because it was very busy and there was a lot of children running around. The food court was healthy. I really enjoyed my visit but missed a lot because of the crowd.

4.70 (2.7K reviews)

Lone Star Flight Museum

Science museum

Home of the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, with vintage aircraft & rides on war planes.

4.80 (2.3K reviews)

The Health Museum

Museum

Health-sciences-themed museum with interactive displays centered around the human body.

4.30 (2.1K reviews)

Color Factory

Art museum

Quirky art space filled with immersive, colorful installations, featuring a ball pit & balloons.

4.50 (1.9K reviews)

Holocaust Museum Houston

Museum

This somber museum documents the Holocaust through exhibits of artifacts, photographs & film.

4.70 (1.9K reviews)

Cockrell Butterfly Center

Exhibit

Hundreds of butterflies in a walk-through rainforest habitat, plus insect displays in Brown Hall.

4.80 (1.5K reviews)

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

Museum

Research center dedicated to African-American soldiers with exhibits, workshops & reenactments.

4.70 (1.1K reviews)

Art Car Museum

Art museum

Museum of elaborately decorated cars & contemporary art with a scrap-metal & chrome exterior.

4.50 (1K reviews)

Rothko Chapel

Cultural landmark

Historic octagonal brick building with massive abstract murals by Mark Rothko & outdoor sculptures.

4.50 (816 reviews)

1940 Air Terminal Museum

Museum

Spacious art deco museum featuring memorabilia, aircrafts & uniforms from aviation history.

4.70 (589 reviews)

Cullen Sculpture Garden

Museum

Opened in 1986, this sculpture garden has works by Henri Matisse, Auguste Rodin & Pablo Picasso.

4.60 (517 reviews)

Beer Can House

Museum

Guided tours are given at this folk art house built from 1968–1988 using 50,000+ recycled beer cans.

4.40 (488 reviews)

Harrisburg Art Museum

Art museum

👍👍 The Google Maps has this place on the other side of the street, but this place is very easy to find due to the immense scale of the buildings. It says Houston Texas on one side. Great street art for a quick photo and to spark some innovative/creative mind. “Find what you love and let it kill you”...

4.70 (350 reviews)

Museum of Illusions Houston

Museum

👍 This museum was just opened recently in September 2023. It has a lot of very interesting exhibits of very famous optical illusions. It's highly attractive, and many of them were well designed. But the whole place is not very big, and you can go through pretty much everything in less than an hour.

4.70 (333 reviews)

Acuario houston

Aquarium

👍 It was out first time here. We were two adults and two kids and we decided to do something fun. The place itself is small but it transports you to different scenarios. It has plenty of animals but the exhibit was small. They gave us a discount because the weather was bad and all the outdoor activiti...

4.40 (262 reviews)

The Orange Show

Museum

Over 3,000 sq ft of offbeat, quirky installation art including a wishing well, pond & oasis.

4.40 (261 reviews)

Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Art museum

👍👍 Wonderful art museum, great buildings.. beautiful new lights and exhibits to view. And love the outside sculpture garden!

4.90 (257 reviews)

Rienzi, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Art museum

Converted 1950s mansion is now an art gallery featuring 17th- to 19th-century antiques & home decor.

4.70 (255 reviews)

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Most reviewed Museums in Houston, United States