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Fun Family Activities Around Houston

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Houston has so many options for places to take your family for a fun day out. Here are our favorites.
 
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If you have kids that love space, this is a great place to take them! There are so many interactive things for them to do and the tour is fun also. You do have to spend a bit of time outside when waiting for the tour and walking to see different ex...
Space Center Houston | Bringing people & space closer together
 
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If you don’t want to make the trek to the Houston Zoo (which is also amazing) this smaller interactive zoo on the north side of town is great option. It’s smaller, has indoor areas to cool off and has exhibits that allow your kids to touch different...
Houston Interactive Aquarium & Animal Preserve - Houston, TX
 
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The Houston Zoo is huge and a great place to spend your day! They’ve added new exhibits recently that I can’t wait to go see. The footprint of the zoo is pretty big so if you have younger kids you may want a stroller or wagon or you can rent one wh...
Houston Zoo - See them. Save them.
 
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If you need to get some shopping done or just want to be indoors (Houston can be miserably hot!) the Galleria area is one you may want to check out. It’s a massive shopping mall with high-end stores like Tiffany’s and Balenciaga to stores like Aerie...
The Galleria™
 
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The museum district in Houston has several wonderful family options. The Museum of Natural Science is close to the Houston Zoo and Hermann Park. It has rotating exhibits so there is always something new to see, an indoor butterfly garden you can wa...
Houston Museum of Natural Science
 
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The Museum of Fine Art, Houston is a fun (and indoor = cool) and great experience. It is massive and has so many different exhibits to walk through in multiple buildings. My kids loved this much more than I thought they would. They have your stand...
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