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Museums Texas Houston

  Texas

  Houston

  Blaffer Gallery

  120 Fine Arts Building

  University of Houston

  Houston  TX     77204    

  Phone   713 743-9530

  Web Site  http://www.hfac.uh.edu/blaffer/

  Description  University gallery as laboratory for the visual arts & contemporary culture

  Type of Resource   Museum

  Primary Focus  Arts

  New or Updated: 7/28/2004

Houston
Children's Museum of Houston
1500 Binz Street
Houston TX
Phone 713 522-1138
Web Site www.waheam.org/museum.html
Description TV, technology, farming, environment
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Children

Texas
Houston
DOC International Tobacco Museum
330 TC Jester Boulevard
Houston TX 77007
Phone
Web Site ******
Toll Free 800 362-9340
E-mail   d-o-c@texas.net
Description
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Agricultural

Houston
Harris County Heritage Society
1100 Bagby
Houston TX 77002
Phone 713 655-1912
Web Site www.heritagesociety.org/
Description eight historic structures and Museum of Houston Heritage located in downtown Houston park
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Building Collection
Last changed: 03/08/2003

  Houston

  Heritage Society Sam Houston Park

  1100 Bagby St

  Houston  TX   77002    

  Phone  713 655-1912

  Web Site http://www.heritagesociety.org/park.html

  E-mail  mailto:emartin@heritagesociety.org

  Alt Web http://www.stepintohistory.com/states/TX/Heritage%20Society%20in%20Ho

             uston%20Park.htm

  Description  seven historic structures and church located in downtown park, with

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Building Collection

  New or Updated:  3/15/2007

Houston
Houston Museum of Natural Science
1 Hermann Circle Drive
Houston TX 77030
Phone 713 639-4629
Web Site www.hmns.mus.tx.us/hmns/home.html
Description
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Natural History
Kind of Activity IMAX
Field of Study/Science Facility Planetarium
Collection G-M Instruments

  Texas

  Houston

  Menil Collection

  1515 Sul Ross Street

  Houston  TX  77006    

  Phone  713 525-9400

  Web Site www.menil.org

  Description  Antiquities, African, Oceanic and modern and contemporary painting

                    and sculpture

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Arts

  Collection N-Z  Paintings

  Group Identity  African

  New or Updated:   2/2/2007

Houston
Rice University Art Gallery
6100 Main Street
Sewall Hall
Houston TX 77005
Phone 713 348-6069
Web Site www.ruf.rice.edu
Description contemporary art, architecture & design
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Arts
Field of Study/Science Facility Architecture
Collection A-F Design