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HOUSTON AREA FAMILY ATTRACTIONS

We love to explore Houston so check out what we have found. Keep in mind that this list is but a beginning so we hope that you’ll get out and explore our great city yourself so you can add your personal favorites! Organizations are always changing and new sites are always being built, so please email us if there is an organization that is out of business, a website that has changed, or you find places we should add.

For ideas in a flash, check GISH PICKS: A GUIDE TO CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES each week to see our highlighted Houston area events and attractions or to subscribe and receive it in your email box! And for monthly activities that are inspiring for all ages, check out or subscribe to SPIRIT PICKS: A GUIDE TO INSPIRING ACTIVITIES IN HOUSTON.

Happy Trails!

Organization Name
Adamson Lagoon in College Station
Aerodrome Ice Skating Complex
Aerosol Warfare Gallery
Air Terminal Museum
Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation
Alamo Drafthouse
Alkek Velodrome
Allen's Landing Park
Alley Theatre
Alvin Convention & Visitors Bureau
Amistad National Recreation Area
Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
Angelika Film Center
Angleton Natatorium
Animalworld & Snake Farm
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
Antique Rose Emporium - Independence, Texas  
Armand Bayou Nature Center
Art Car Museum
Art Mix
The Art Museum of South Texas
The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET)
Asian Heritage Tour
Astrodome
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
Aurora Picture Show
Avant Garden
Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum
Ballooning Adventures of Texas
Banana Bend Beach Recreational Area
Battleship TEXAS State Historic Park
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Bayou Wildlife Park
Bear Creek Park
Bear Creek Roller Rink
Beer Can House
Bell Park
Bellaire City Parks
Bellaire Town Square Family Aquatic Center
Big Bend National Park (National Park Service)
Big Thicket Texas Canoeing Trips
Bikeway Program
Blaffer Gallery
Blue Bell Creamery Tour
Bowling
Brazoria County Historical Museum
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
Brazos Bend State Park
Brenham Heritage Museum - Brenham Texas
Broadway Across America Houston
Buffalo Bayou Art Park
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Buffalo Bayou Pontoon Boat Tours
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
Burke Baker Planetarium
Burton Cotton Gin Museum
Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
Carnival Cruise
Central Market
Chappell Hill, Texas
Cheesemakers
Children’s Museum of Houston
Children’s Theater Festival
Chmielewski's Blueberry Farm
Christmas Tree Farms
Chuck E. Cheese's
City of Houston - Exploring Houston
City of Houston Parks & Recreation
Clifton Steamboat Museum
Colorado River Kayaking & Canoeing
Columbus, Texas
Comedy Sportz Houston
Contemporary Arts Museum
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
Dairy Ashford Roller Rink
Danny Jackson Bark Park
Dewberry Farm
Dickens on The Strand
Discover Houston Tours
Discovery Green
DiverseWorks
Donovan Park
Downtown Aquarium
Downtown Houston and Tunnel System
East End Murals
Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary
Evergreen Park
Eyeopener Tours
Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site
Fast Track Go-Carts
Fire Museum of Texas
Fire Station Tour
Fish Gallery
Fleming Park
Flower Man's Home
Forbidden Gardens
Fort Anahuac Park
Fort Bend County Fair
Fort Bend County Museum Association
Fort Bend Theatre
Fort Travis Seashore Park
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
Funplex
The Galleria
Galveston County Historical Museum
Galveston Fishing Pier
Galveston Historical Foundation
Galveston Island State Park
Galveston Island Summer of Fun
Galveston Railroad Museum
The Galveston-Bolivar Ferry - Free Ride
George Bush Presidential Library & Museum
George Observatory
George Ranch Historical Park
Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston
Gladys City Boomtown Museum
Glazed Over Ceramic Studio
Glenwood Cemetery
The Gordon Ranch
Grand 1894 Opera House
Great Texas Wildlife Trails
Greater Houston Soaring Association
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (National Park Service)
Gulf Greyhound Park
Haak Vineyards & Winery
Harbour Tours Aboard SEAGULL II
Harris County Public Library, CyFair College Location
The Health Museum
Heritage Museum of Montgomery County
The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park
Heritage Village Museum
Heritage Visitors Center
Hermann Park
Hermann Park Pedal Boats
Hidden Houston
Historic Morton Cemetery Richmond Historic District
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Holocaust Museum Houston
Hong Kong City Mall
Hot Town, Cool City
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Houston Astros
Houston Ballet
Houston Bikeway Program
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Houston Center for Photography
Houston Children's Festival
Houston Fire Museum
Houston Food Bank Tour
Houston Garden Center
Houston International Festival
Houston Livestock Show And Rodeo
Houston Maritime Museum
Houston Museum District
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Houston Parks
Houston Parks and Recreation Department City Pools
Houston Public Library
Houston Rockets
Houston Symphony
Houston Texans
Houston Theater District
Houston Visitors Center
Houston Wilderness
Houston Zoo
Huntsville State Park
Ice Skate USA
Imperial Sugar Factory
Independence or Coles Settlement
James Coney Island
Jesse Jones State Park
John C. Freeman Weather Museum
Jones Hall
Julia Ideson Library
Jumpin' Jak's
Jumping Party
Jungle Surf Water Park
Karmel Farms
Katy Mills Mall
The Katy Prairie Conservancy
Kemah Boardwalk
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Research Center in Galveston
Kicks Indoor Soccer
King's Orchard
La Maison des Acadiens Museum
The La Porte - Bayshore Chamber of Commerce
Lake Conroe Park
Lake Houston State Park
Lake Jackson Historical Museum
Lake Livingston State Park
Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway
Lake Texana State Park
Laser Quest
Laserzone
Lawndale Art Center
Lone Star Flight Museum
Luby's
The Mad Potter
Magic Island
Main Street Theater
Market Square Park
Marq*E Entertainment Center
Martyn Farm Site
Matt Family Orchard
McFaddin-Ward House
Memorial City Mall
Memorial Park
Memorial Park Swimming Pool
Menil Collection
Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens
Microcinema International
Military Museum of Texas
Miller Outdoor Theatre
Minute Maid Park Tours
Monastery Miniature Horses
Montgomery, TX
Monument Hill & Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites
Moody Gardens
Moorhead's Blueberry Farm
Morgan's Point
Mountasia Houston
Mrs. Baird's Bakery Tour
Municipal Art
Murder by Chocolate
The Museum at the George Bush Presidential Library
Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of the Gulf Coast
Museum of Printing History
NASA/Johnson Space Center
National Museum of Funeral History
National Weather Service Tour
Nature Discovery Center
Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary
Noah's Ark Pool/Quillian Recreation Center
Nolan Ryan Center
North Lake Conroe Paddling
Nueces Canyon Equestrian Center and Resort
Ocean Star Museum
Oil Ranch
Old MacDonald's Farm
Old Town Spring
Opera in the Heights
Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
Padre Island National Seashore (National Park Service)
Parks and Recreation Department
Pasadena Heritage Park & Museum
Pearland Parks
Peckerwood Garden
Pier 21 Theater
Piney Woods Country Wines
Pioneer Log House & Other Daughters of the Republic of Texas Properties
Plaster Fun House
Playhouse 1960
Pleasant Hill Winery
Polar Ice Rink at the Galleria
Port of Houston Ship Channel Tours
Project Row Houses
Pump It Up
Putting Edge
Putt-Putt Fun House
Radio Music Theatre
Reliant Park
Rice University Art Gallery
Rice University Players
Rice Village
Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
River Oaks Park
River Oaks Theatre
Robert A. Vines Environmental Science Center and Arboretum
Rosenberg Fishing Farm
Rosenberg, Texas
Rothko Chapel
Round Top
Ruckus Room
Sabine Pass Battleground State Park & Historic Site
Sam Houston Equestrian Center
Sam Houston National Forest - Lone Star Hiking Trail
Sam Houston Race Park
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
San Jacinto Museum of History
Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston
Sea Center Texas
Sea Rim State Park
Sea World
Sharpstown Ice Center
Sheldon Lake State Park & Environmental Learning Center
The Showboat Drive-in Theater
Southern Empress Cruises
Southwest Paddle Sports
Space Center Houston
Splashtown
Spotts Park in the Heights
Stafford Centre
Stages Repertory Theatre
Stark Museum of Art
Stephen F. Austin State Park & San Felipe State Historic Site
Studio Movie Grill
Sugar Land City Parks
Sugar Land Town Square
Teas Kids Gardening Club
Terry Hershey Park
Tex Ritter Museum
Texana Museum
Texas City Recreation and Tourism
Texas Energy Museum
Texas Opry
Texas Painted Churches
Texas Parks & Wildlife
Texas Ranch Life
Texas Renaissance Festival
Texas Rock Gym
Texas Seaport Museum
Texas State Railroad
Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition
The Potter's Wheel
Theatre Under The Stars
Tomball Area Chamber of Commerce
Toyota Center
Track 21
Traders Village
University of Houston Public Art
Uvalde Honey
Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site
Verizon Wireless Theater
Viking Archery
Village Creek State Park
Village of Surfside Beach
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site
WaterWorks Education Center
Waugh Bridge Bat Colony
West Alabama Ice House
West Bay Common School Children's Museum
WH Stark House - Orange, Texas
Williams Tower (Water Wall, Lake)
Windmill Museum
The Woodlands Children's Museum
The Woodlands Town Center
Wortham Theater Center
Zube Park - Free Train Rides
Zuma Fun Center
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