Houston Museum of Natural Science and Cockrell Butterfly Center
Full description
Included / Excluded
- Houston Museum of Natural Science permanent exhibits admission
- Cockrell Butterfly Center admission
- Food and drinks
- Guide
Itinerary
Once you enter the museum, you'll have the option to visit numerous permanent exhibits including North America's largest dinosaur hall and one of the most extensive gem and geode collections in the United States. The museum is perfect for families, tourists, and locals and offers refreshments and food at the cafe. Your ticket also grants you access to a 3-story glass structure filled with butterflies built around a 50-foot waterfall. This simulated tropical rain forest is filled with exotic plants and thousands of live butterflies. As you walk through at your own pace, feast your eyes on a rainbow of color provided by the thousands of live, fluttering butterflies and exotic flowering plant species. Absorb all the beauty of the living rain forest, and then make your way to the Brown Hall of Entomology and witness astounding living insects, spectacular mounted specimens, larger-than-life models, and interactive games.
Meeting point
Start Location
5555 Hermann Park Dr,, Houston, Texas, United States
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Easy Public Transport
Good to know
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Your tickets will be held at the box office in exchange for Viator voucher
- Please be aware that this is a live animal exhibit, which can be overwhelming to service animals. If your service animal or the animals inside become agitated through vocalization, urination/excretion, or aggressive behavior, we may ask that your service animal step out of this area of the Museum.
- Strollers are not allowed in the Butterfly Center, but there is stroller parking available nearby.
Traveler reviews
Yeah, but...
museum very nice but quite small pity no audio guides again... the big negative the temporary exhibitions that costs an "arm" is not normal and even scandalous ....
Science 🧪 and butterflies 🦋
Loved visiting the HMMS and the butterfly exhibit 😌 saved us about 10$ ( after tax) buying the tickets 🎟️ on here vs the website! Also its very helpful for skipping lines. We were there for 3 hours and we definitely needed to go back to see everything! Overall the experience was great with the exception of a few unsupervised children running around.
So much to see! Highly recommend
There is so much to see here! We should have gotten there earlier as we spent three hours just in the butterfly conservatory and fossil exhibits. It was easy to get to riding the MetroRail and a scenic walk. Highly recommended
Didn’t have enough time...
Didn’t have enough time to get to everything. Mainly, went for the Butterfly sanctuary! Beautiful, peaceful, plants in there are gorgeous! Unique butterflies, birds and a waterfall!
So cool!!
There were so many cool things to see. My boyfriend and I had a fantastic time! The butterfly center was my favorite part!