Best Museums in Texas

Texas has 3 museums we would happily take our own kids to. Houston Museum of Natural Science is the one most families start with. Walk through a living rainforest of free-flying butterflies, then catch a planetarium show and giant-screen film all under one roof in Hermann Park. Mayborn Museum Complex is the other name that comes up again and again. Roam 143,000 square feet of natural history and a recreated 1890s Texas village. National Videogame Museum rounds out the pick of the bunch. Play your way through gaming history, from vintage arcade cabinets to a recreated 1980s bedroom.

Published prices run from $12 at Mayborn Museum Complex up to $25 at Houston Museum of Natural Science. Prices shift with the season and with anything you add on, so check before you travel.

The museums on this page are spread across Houston (1), Waco (1) and Frisco (1), so it is easy to pair two into one trip.