Top rated Museums in Houston, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Museums in Houston

Experience the best that Houston has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 24 places from Museum category.

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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) (~4.19 km from centre)

Cockrell Butterfly Center

Exhibit

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

4.80 (1.5K reviews) (~4.64 km from centre)

Czech Center Museum Houston

Museum

👍👍 I went with friends to see the Monarch Chamber Music production. The Czech Museum is a very elegant venue. The Museum had free Danish, and you could purchase wine, soft drinks, and water. There were small tables and chairs, plus tall bar tables. The museum was available for viewing, and there was a...

4.80 (222 reviews) (~3.73 km from centre)

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Science museum

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

4.70 (25.6K reviews) (~4.61 km from centre)

Holocaust Museum Houston

Museum

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

4.70 (1.9K reviews) (~4.13 km from centre)

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

Museum

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

4.70 (1.1K reviews) (~2.74 km from centre)

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) (~3.69 km from centre)

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) (~4.77 km from centre)

The Printing Museum

Museum

Exhibits on the history of printing, from ancient clay tablets to modern presses, with guided tours.

4.70 (106 reviews) (~2.15 km from centre)

Cullen Sculpture Garden

Museum

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

4.60 (517 reviews) (~4.16 km from centre)

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Museum

Modern craftwork is on display at this unique gallery with resident artists, a garden & gift shop.

4.60 (250 reviews) (~3.61 km from centre)

The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park

Museum

Museum offering guided tours of 19th-century structures & exhibits exploring the city's history.

4.60 (167 reviews) (~0.4 km from centre)

Lawndale Art Center

Museum

👍👍 This place definitely was worth going to for my daughter and I. She loves art and is actually very good herself. So as a mom I'm supporting her in her journey until she really take her skills to new heights. We were able to bond and share our artistic ideas and we had great conversation when discuss...

4.60 (152 reviews) (~3.71 km from centre)

Station Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum

Venue for thought-provoking paintings, sculptures & installations by local & international artists.

4.60 (118 reviews) (~2.76 km from centre)

Art Car Museum

Art museum

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

4.50 (1K reviews) (~3.19 km from centre)

Rothko Chapel

Cultural landmark

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

4.50 (816 reviews) (~3.63 km from centre)

Wiess Energy Hall

Exhibit

🫤 The exhibit is extremely biased. Probably about 90% is about oil and gas, with a tiny little enclosed space about renewable energy. They also make the oil and gas areas engaging to interact with, while the renewables get sad little screens with a few pictures and very little information. They were a...

4.50 (53 reviews) (~4.65 km from centre)

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) (~4.99 km from centre)

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) (~0.59 km from centre)

Houston Police Museum

Museum

😐 It was reeeeeeally hard to squeeze out a third star. I think I gave it an extra one due to the respect I have for this policing agency. Plus I think someone is doing the museum a disservice by not maintaining it. For example, fallen down displays, curled up pictures, pictures completely upside dow...

4.40 (84 reviews) (~0.37 km from centre)

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