Reviews of The Health Museum (Museum)

Sand wasp224

Very educational and fun Interactive exhibits also if you are part of a school which I am you could do special trips we did a sheep heart dissection very fun

Andrea Guzman

It was a good experience learned a few things. I'm not sure how much they charge to go in, (we went a Thursday when it was free), but I'm glad we didn't pay. The place is small not to many activities, but still really nice.

Derek Rowe

A good amount of activities for elementary school kids. The real science experiment area looked amazing, but costs extra. If you have a child interested in science, it's worth it.

emagail newton

I love science and I wish that the exhibits had more information. Also it is very hard to find the parking entrance.

Oxana Bryant

I was hoping that there would be more stuff related to different organ systems which we need to pass in 7th grade science. I really loved the lab experiments though. Very interesting. I think the staff from the lab needs more training.

Iris Garcia

I had a blast especially in the lab where I learned how to stitch :)

Lucas Hulsey

Went here for a raining and thought it was really awesome.

Carmen Zuniga

Good for a walk through, staff was nice and the place was very clean.

Robert Reed

Tons of fun on a Sunday afternoon. There are lots of exhibits that can pique a young child's interest in science and anatomy We saw the dissection of a heart on our visit!!

lauri leal

So informed and the staff was so polite and helpful

Jessica Johnson

I took my three year old because we pass by it and he asked me about it for weeks. I was worried it would be too stuffy or boring for a three year old (most museums are), but he loved it. It was very interactive and sized for both my son and my husband. Actually, we all loved it. There were standard exhibits, but also things like a room to scream in, a reaction test, and walkthrough organs. There was even a puppet show. 10/10 will go again.

Mark Kirschke

Fun place to visit if you are interested in the inner workings of the human body. It is very small and I feel much of it is geared for children. At $10 it's pretty pricey considering other area attractions. Parking is real easy as they have their own surface lot. There are disabled parking spaces literally steps from the door. Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable about what was on offer.

Glamour Life Destani

My son's first time here and he had a great time

Imran Khan

Excellent place! Gift shop has some cute stuff

JaMyron Minor

THIS WAS THE GREATEST MUSEUM EVER

Kel V

Somewhat small, but, worth a quick visit. Where else can you crawl through a giant diseased butt-hole? Wait, don't answer that.

Tu Tran

Not many exihibit as expected.

Hector R Lopez

Great place to get individuals attention and peak the interest of young minds to the anatomy and physiology of the human being. Highly recommend a visit!

Rachelle Gardner

Definitely worth a visit! It was smaller than I expected, but I loved what was there. It was educational, interactive, and my kids (ages 4 and under) liked it too! Thursdays from 2-7pm are free admission days. We'll be going back!

Chad Greenough

I love museums, but this museum is absolutely my favorite! I am very much into health and fitness so this museum is perfect for me. The exhibits are interactive. The cell lab is a lot of fun and gives you the chance to get hands-on experience. The lectures are top notch. The price is very reasonable. This is the best museum in Houston!

Sequoyah Israel

They need to put more stuff in the museum smh.

Juanita Younger

The children had a fun time.

Maheen Ramzanali

Great little museum. However, not that much to explore. Your ticket only grants you to an informative movie but everything else is for an additional ticket. Loved the beating heart demo!

Allison Aquino

An uncrowded place in Houston's museum center. Very clean and well air conditioned. A great place for kids to explore because it's not very big and you can see them from a distance. My children were too young for the lab; it looked like one of the main draws. There were many kids enjoying the microscopes and wearing lab coats. The giant animatronic heart was awesome. They had a scavenger hunt while we were there and my 3 year old loved it. You are able to park here and walk over to enjoy other things in the area, just get your ticket validated.

Josalyn Cano

Houston has great museums including the health museum which I think often gets overlooked. Cool exhibits for kids & adults, plus special events and in my experience it's never been too crowded.

Johanna Castillo

Great idea to have some fun with the kiddos!

Latanya Mc

This place was nice. They crowd was small and the activities were kid friendly. A movie with learning for down time and hands on activities to get toy burning calories. The kids loved it.

anna perez

There wasn't much per se. I spent 20 minutes and that was more than enough to see everything. So for a quick stop it's great but after you see everything, it can get boring.

Bre Algee Rodriguez

Very small but I guess worth the walk through for the price. Hope they will add more in the future

Steve Fuerst

Free on Thursday afternoon, so very crowded. Many hands on activities and very informative. Parking in the lot is only $5 for the day so you can park and visit other museums or go and eat.

Fame JaQueen

It's cool. Kind of small and a little grubby- like Chucky Cheese without the pizza. Ok to stop in while killing time. We may go back for the lab experience.

Ailyne Juarez

Idk of it’s just me... but I used to think this museum was amazing when I went for my 5th grade field trip a looooong time ago... but I visited recently as an adult and was very underwhelmed. Nothing much has changed and the museum itself is very small with few attractions. I think it’s good as part of the Houston museum district tour but if you’re just going to this one museum don’t expect to be too impressed. You do learn a lot about the body though.

劉韋論

Is a pretty fun place

Vanessa S

A small museum, but incredibly interactive. This museum could double in size and still not cover everything. But, for it's size, it was great. The one thing I think could use improvement is the cancer dress display. The dresses weren't matched with their corresponding cancers, and no description of those cancers was offered, so a casual observer wouldn't know they were looking at malignant cells. Small museum, lots of condensed info, which often means simplifying the explanation, but this museum managed very well in that regard.

Maribel Campos

Loved the experience. Science is my son's favorite subject and this was a great opportunity for us to geek out together.

Gabriel Diaz

Cool interactive exhibits and a good ticket price for what the museum offers.

Brittany Patterson

It's for children but those puzzles were really tricky and fun.

Michelle Garcia

Smaller than expected but good nonetheless

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Must take kids.. very educational

Nnenna O

Everyone needs to visit this place!!!Great place for children, teenagers, adults and families. The day I was there, a group of kids about 30 of them were there running through the arteries and having the time of their lives. The staff did an awesome job controlling the kids. I loved the interactive sessions we had. My group dissected an insect larvae and stained it to observe the chromosomes. It was for our Anatomy and Physiology class.The lady who runs the place is awesome too. Had to leave early but will definitely be back!!!

Chilly H

Very educational. Check it out and learn something new.

CandE Perry

What a missed opportunity, you could have filled this place with a wonderful history of medical devices, diseases, and cures. In stead you made a playground with a conference center. Very disappointing.

ashley brauher

Tons of fun! Went with a group of 30 kids and they all seemed to have fun

Jennifer Zavala

This place was absolutely awesome!! Definitely will come back. My first time here. Parking was terrible!!! Parked in a parking garage - paid $9 at end of day. We did the DeBakey Cell lab - Andrew helped us we did the cheek lab, DNA extraction and Blood type . He was absolutely helpful, lots of knowledge and Cool! My daughter and mom loved it. After the museum we went to the Centennial Gardens

Shary Trevino

A beautiful experience about our body.

Trent Alkek

Not sure if there are discounted or free tickets available, but it's really not worth the admission they charge. $5 for parking plus $26 for two adults and a 4yo is way more than this place is worth. The idea is great and it would be a great addition to, say, the Museum of Natural Science, but it's just not enough content for a stand-alone museum. The one cool section with the body parts/organs in large format seems old and needs updating. The rest of the museum (as small as it is) is a theater with educational movies, a lab that only older kids can do (can't comment on how cool that is), a few brain teaser puzzles, and a small section on food. That's it. It could be sooooo much better, and I hope that someday it will be. To their credit, they do seem to do a lot of educational stuff with field trips... but that doesn't help a walk-in visitor.

Jong Park

Lots of fun, interactive exhibits, labs, and puzzles! I would love to come back again. Try and come on Thursdays because entry is free!

Tatiana Zentner

Interesting small museum. Interactive exhibits. Nothing gross to see. I think the sign said free on Thursdays? Spent $10 to visit and it was worth it.

Sarah Trost

This is an awesome little museum, especially for kids. We had a membership for several years. There’s a small eating area if you bring snacks or lunch. Don’t forget to watch the 3D movie and visit the ever changing gift shop!

isa cab

Had a lot of fun coming here with my friends and being able to enjoy all the fine art! We took a walk around the museum district and there was so much scenery... great for pictures!

jenny Gardner

A fun outing for the kiddo!!! very interactive!!

Evita Castro

This is a great way to educate yourself and your kids about health.

Bhargav Desai

A lot of fun for the kids.

T. Tucker

Not the biggest museum, however there are a lot of cool interactive exhibits for the kids. Very knowledgeable information that made learning fun for my kids. We happened to pay no admission fee on this particular day because it was Museum Day. Very entertaining family fun!

Lorianne Nash

Very interactive. We only had a short time but enjoyed it immensely!

Jose Dominguez

Interesting museum.

dog gamer girl the awesome

Very interactive lab. Many hands on brain teaser stations kids (and adults) will love. Very very cool live action sinulated heart attack on bigger than life human heart!! ❤Not enough exhibits on the human body or diseases.

Teresa K

They had real human lungs and brain and heart in trays being displayed. It was fascinating!

Hartshorn Tamez

Very knowledgeable place to bring you kind to get them aware about health. The ambiance was calm and positive . If i talk about the staff was also cooperative and friendly. The infrastructure was also superb. Overall perfect place for kind and youngsters to enhance their knowledge base.

A Gzz

This museum is amazing and interactive, you really get to know more about the body and it will be amazing for schools and teachers to be here and expose the students to know more about health science and help them protect and learn more about what are the functions of each part of the body and why are they important I learned a lot and I wish my city would have more amazing things like The Health Museum in Houston

Sis. Tolbert

It was ok a few years back. We went with friends who were bored and ready to leave after 30 minutes. The exhibits my husband and I are interested in are being featured now at Health Museum. We had hoped to visit on my birthday last Friday but we had company, out-of-town guests and they weren't the "museum" type, we learned, too late. My husband and I were excited to see the Holocaust museum with its new expansion plan finished. We went there and needless to say we stayed for about 45 mins and our guests were past ready to go. Bummer. So we left there to get food and then on to the Health Museum. But NO!! They weren't interested and it was my birthday. Anyway we went bowling and the next day Indoor putt-putt golf. It was fun but again, it wasn't my birthday wishes, putt-putt and bowling was theirs. Oh well, they boarded their plane and are home now so my hubby and I are making plans to visit the Health Museum. Yay!!!!

Brandon Burgh

Great time learning the inner workings of the human body. Like the brain tests they had. Also saw the display of the skeleton & what colon cancer looks like. The outbreak display was incredible but didn't get to see others.

Buddy Jennings

Great gift shop. Exhibits are improving.

Daysi C

Very educational. We visited on a Thursday and to our surprise it was free. My husband and I enjoyed it although I wish there was more to do. The museum is only on the first floor. My preschoolers liked the engaging activities as well as the blocks. Would visit again.

Israel Castro Jr

Awesome place for kids my daughter really enjoyed it wish we had planned to stay for the day

Ric Flack

We spent sure a bit of time exploring the exhibits. It was a fun way to spend a few hours in the museum district

Jianyi Nie

Very interesting! Fun brain teasers.

Riss Robinson

Fun place for a light date or get a way for a family with children. Interesting and fun interactive manipulative. Science lab to conduct real experiments Upon our visit they were in the process of curating a new exhibit.

acey cakes

Great place for a field trip!

Maria Madrigal

Is really educational. The best thing it is free on Thursdays from 2 to 7

Tena Langley

Such a cute museum. I have taken my kids but this was for a social event really nice

Kerry Bradley

When we went, we were told there were some exhibits down, but even with that it was still a lot of fun. There was one exhibit open, so it didn't take too long to get through it, but they had a few things that the kids could play on that kept my kids busy for about an hour. We will definitely be back once everything is opened back up!

Mohamad Mohamad

Insightful, creative, and fun way of sharing information

Marithza Melo

Cute place for kids and teens

Grace Simpson

So I know walking in it looks small and for kids, but we went and spent a long time and it was actually really fun. If you're into puzzles and tricky things that make you think the games in the middle of the hallway are great. We had a lot of fun and suggest it for kids, couples, and families. Make sure to go across the street to the garden. It's AMAZING.

Why are we still here? To suffer

Cool but get's a tad bit boring. I'd say it's ideal for small children, but questionable as a field trip for high school seniors.

Melissa Corley

WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. One of the physicians I work with is featured in the virtual lifeflight/helicopter exhibits. KUDOS TO DR. ANANDASABAPATHY!!! 4/1/2019-Thanks Andre..we had fun!!!

Jennifer Ramirez

You can tell some of the exhibits are old and don't work and/or are broken...but I went on Family Thursday which is free entry night. So I couldn't be mad. The big beating heart was cool to see. And the art exhibit Bodysuits was SO cool to see! Definitely interesting. Good place to visit on free Thursday night for the whole family or just to see with your adult friends.

Elisa Diaz

It was so much fun! Even though that we went on a day that it is free, there was no wait. Tons of interactive things to do. The kids enjoyed it.

Jessiree Figueroa

Nice small museum. We saw a heart dissection that included interactive discussion with children.

Robbi King

Great exhibit and staff.

Sky Blue Studios Tutorials

The stuff that they did have was cool but my goodness it was small. You can literally walk around in 20-30 minutes and have seen everything. Was fun to go although there isn't much to see

Vidya Adya

The best part is the active Science Biology Lab here where the kids were able to do live experiments. Well maintained and friendly staff

Rhea Daniel

The displays are intriguing but my five star goes especially for the staff who answered every question my granddaughter asked and more. The staff is so knowledge and concerned from the entrance to the gift shop to the exhibits to the exit and parking. Polite, patient and promoting a pre-schoolers interest in the huge beating heart and even the too advanced for her puzzles. My next ticket will be a membership.

Nikolai Ommundsen

Awesome museum, and free family access on Thursdays between 2 pm and 7 pm. Good for both kids and adults. The way they teach you about different body parts is so encouraging and interesting. It's also a small museum, and it takes 1-2 hours to get through it. This makes it a lot easier to combine it with other activities.

Ray Neico

I loved it because I was there for robotics and also the service.but my main part is the jumping.it depends on height

Vernita Metoyer

Very nice place for events. The staff is always so kind.

Bay Salmeron

Amazing exhibits. Top rated US museum.

Addie Gomez

super informative and fun at the same time! kind of crowded, but went during the free family thursday so that was expected

Ramiro Cano

It's a simple museum. Suitable for youngsters.

Tenorio Edsel

Wonderful place, definitely a place to take the family

wil Medina

Super nice and good for curious kids

Sheri Kendall

It was very interesting. I wish my Professor have the whole class meet here!

Michael Ruppert

Good time for spec. Exercises & stuff

Serena Nguyen

Lots to learn and fun activities for the whole family

Calvin Pennick JR

Fun for children and adults alike!

Spray Tanning

We really enjoyed our visit to the Museum! The staff was very helpful, friendly and knowledgeable. Body as a Work of Art was amazing!

Jessica Coppersmith

With our ASTC membership card, we try to visit museums while we are visiting different cities. The Health Museum was nearly a dud. I have 2 kids, 5 and 6. We were there for less than an hour. The part with the large body structures is cool. But other than that, there was nothing for my kids to enjoy. I would have been upset if I had paid to get in.

Heather J. Chin

Great museum introducing health and body concepts to kids, but not as useful for adults who have already studied the basics. But it is very family friendly and affordable. I'd go back for special exhibits. It is a good stop while exploring other museums in the area. There are also fun hands-on activities for all young ages.

Kelly Nguyen

Enjoyed this place as a kid, so I thought I return for a walk through. Not a lot to do, more targeted towards kids. The gift shop is pricey, but is very cute. I attend a dissection of a lamb heart, which was interested. Only thing I would say is the people aren’t very kind.

S Moi

My wife and I had a great time here considering she's a nurse. The chemistry exhibit in the lower level brought back memories of high school chemistry class. They have an excellent periodic table with real display of the real thing in the lower level. Brings the learning of chemistry into prospective. Place is more for children and young adults than for adults. Great place to bring the family. Lots of hand's on to do for children.

Ana Silva

Informative and interactive museum. People can interact with models that make learning fun. The biorhythm exhibit is very fun, I recommend it. There's also a lab, in which you get to do different experiments. One thing I would improve though is the fact that there are too little exhibits. Very fun though!

Bill Caudle

The Lone Star Chapter of The Hemophilia Foundation was awesome!! Wonderful & Elegant 80's night!! The staff & museum is fabulous!!

Tz Y

A great place for everyone to learn and have fun.

Priscila Rodriguez

I liked it but it is kinda small. We had fun but I thought it was going to be better. Specially the movie they were playing, it was sooo boring and nothing to do with science nor biology

Daisy

Great place for kids & adults alike. Interesting stuff to read, see, & learn. Thursday’s are free entry 2-7pm!

Eric Ward

Three people to walk around for 5 minutes half of the place is closed down still charge you full price even the gift shop was closed down not worth plus $5 more for each person to go in the cell and you have to pay for parking

Mat Ri

Go here when it's free on Thursdays. Probably only good as a pit stop from the children's museum as it was all kids stuff so my review as an adult may be a little biased. The staff was nice and the gift shop was quirky in a good way. The actual museum though was meh. Little Kids might like it though.

Jay F

To small an not enough to see here. Definitely not worth a yearly membership

Majd Abdulghani

Really cool and interactive, but very small. An hour at most is probably enough there.

Ed Miller

It's a good place to teach kids how the body works.

Dmitry Drachov

Recommended. Nice view of man's insides.

Judy Unleashed

Small but educational. You can finish the entire museum in under three hours. We did enjoy ourselves.

Latoya Ellis

Great hands on knowledge. Easy to maneuver. Fun interactive learning tools. Decent price. $5 parking. I must experience museum.

Jacob DeJean

It's only $10 so that's not bad, I walked the whole thing in an hour and that was taking my time. The shows are cute for kids and they have the lab which I will go back for

Matthew Pena

The Health Museum has exhibits that can either feel dated or fresh and new. The DeBakey Cell Lab for instance is a relatively new addition for older kids (7+, just be aware if you bring little ones). We spent an hour or so looking at all of the exhibits, and we could have easily spent longer if we dedicated the time to solve all of the puzzles (hands on brain teasers) in the central hall. We received a voucher for parking when we signed up for the Smithsonian Affiliate Membership Program.

Jennifer Talbot

This is an awesome place, staff is very friendly and its free 2pm to 7pm Thursdays

Amber Huntsman

Expensive. There are some photos on the walls, and some brain teaser games. We saw a giant colon that tour kids have to take their shoes off to crawl through (no thanks) and some a science things. That's about it. There is a kids experiment center but that's extra cost. My kids favorite part were the. Rain teaser games. Will not be going back.

Rocio Lopez

It has changed a lot since I was a kid, very interactive and informative +

Mauricio Pommier

It was a lot more fun than I expected! Love the brain teasers and the experiments that can be done in the lab!

Andrey Gray

Great place for visual exhibits and hands on learned. School age children are the main focus here. Free on Thursdays for students

Ashley Kelahlyah

My kids an I have always enjoyed the museum district, but had never ventured to the Health museum. I'll have to say not only was I impressed, but the kids (6 year old boy and 9 year old girl) had a blast. They loved the interactive exhibits and even enjoyed the outbreak. The Health Museum will definitely now remain on our go to list anytime we visit the museum district.

Nan Tong

It was small. Not worth admission.

LizandMalc Weeks

Interesting exhibits and information particularly on food waste and challenge of future food provision as world population grows, however some parts need a refresh as the data was a decade or more back.

Rhonda Gilezane

Great place to get individuals attention and peak the interest of young minds to the anatomy and physiology of the human being.

Nuwan Gunarathne

A small museum, There are many interactive/stem building activities + Few exhibits about human body parts. Kids will love this place. There is a free family access on Thursdays between 2 pm and 7 pm. For parking they have their own surface lot. Parking in the lot is only $5 for the day.

Nathan Turner

A fun outing for the kiddo. Gotta love Free Family Thursdays.

Cosmo Vlog

Real nice place for the young ones to come and learb about the Human body in a safe way, PG13.

Tracey Park

Definitely geared towards families with young children. Admission was free when we visited, which was nice because we didn't stay there for very long. There were some interactions that adults could participate in as well. Informative about the human body. There were some technical issues with the video they played in the theater, and most of the audience left in the middle of the presentation.

Stephen Freeman

What an AMAZING PLACE!!! There are so many anazing things to do here and they are truly running some world class programs at the Houston Health Museum!

Emma Campbell

For $10 it's OK but feels a little poorly done. The smithisonian natural history museum has more regarding health and the body. The exhibitions looked a little dated.

Shirl S

Great learning experience for the kiddos. Lots to see and fun too

Martha Prieto

It is real educational but more for younger kids

Jax Weaver

Such a cute little museum. We were able to get in using our reciprocal Doseum pass. Fun place to stop and it's right next door to the Children's Museum so we were able to do both!

Kate S

This museum is so underrated. It is a great place to take kids. The interactive exhibits spark fantastic conversations about health and the human body. It is educational while still recognizing children learn through play. I would love to see them expand.

Cesar Trevino

My kids loved this place. Has plenty of interactive attractions and a lot of pieces of information!

Alexis Williams

It's decent but it really wasnt much to see or do.

lisa marie

We always have fun and learn there... it was fun finding all the skeletons today too!

Austin Cody

If you go here on a field trip be prepared to be berated by the black director in the Debakey lab. She was mean and yelled at the kids who simply were trying to follow directions. The other doctor is also very rude that worked in the lab. A volunteer mother who was helping her autistic child was told “ I see you’ve been hovering over her all day you get away from her and go help another person” Absolutely abhorrent behavior and disrespectful to teachers, 5th grade students and parents. Appalled on every level. Shameful. The nurse who taught the dissections was excellent and should coach the doctors on how to talk to students, teachers and staff.

J D

Great place to learn & enjoy. Great movies! Kids are able to see & touch things as little explorers.

Amanda Hall

Cool exhibits but they could do so much more with the size building they have

Asha Akachi

Lots of fun for the whole family! The Cell lab is worth the $5 fee too!

GOD 1ST THEN YOU

Galveston Texas St John Missionary Baptist Church had a WONDERFUL time today at the Health Museum.

Yi Zhong Lin

Brain teasers are the best in town!

Robert Bryson

I’ve been to two events and had a great time both outings. Staff is super helpful!

David Williams

Very informative and cool place. My 4 year old loved it!

Dedra Lincoln

Very small place, good info, 1 to 2hrs out of your day.

Shawna Jackson

Fun and affordable. Thursfays are free 3-7 very small Museum than I expected