Children's Museum of Houston

Looking for a place where your kids can climb, splash, invent, decode, save the planet, and straight-up blow their own minds (without even realizing they’re learning)? Welcome to Children’s Museum Houston, A Playground for Your Mind™, where curiosity rules, play is powerful, and fun comes with an extra side of “whoa!”

This isn't your average “look-but-don’t-touch” museum. This is 90,000 square feet of mind-blowing, bilingual, body-moving, brain-building, full-throttle fun — smack dab in the heart of Houston’s Museum District. And every square inch is engineered to make kids go “wow!” and adults go, “why didn’t they have this when I was little?”

HIGHLIGHTS

• Kidtropolis, USA: A city for kids, run by kids. Apply for jobs, earn a paycheck, elect a mayor, and cash out at the bank... then spend your “playchecks” at the market or on air as a news anchor. It’s economics made electric.
• FlowWorks: Make a splash with hands-on H2WhOahhh! From whirlpools to wave machines, this outdoor exhibit lets future scientists unleash the power of water with geysers, turbines, and good ol' fashioned soaked socks.
• SECRET Spy Game: Your mission, should you choose to accept it: slip through laser mazes, crack encrypted messages, and go undercover in our top-secret, museum-wide spy experience. It’s 007 meets escape room meets kid genius.
• Invention Convention: Build it, break it, test it, tweak it. Budding engineers and tinkering trailblazers design prototypes, push buttons, and bring wild ideas to life in this maker’s paradise. No patents required.
• PowerPlay: Jump, crawl, and climb your way through a larger-than-life obstacle course that proves fitness is fun when it’s part video game and part jungle gym.
• Tot*Spot: Because even the tiniest explorers deserve big-time discovery. Designed for guests 0–35 months, this soft and sensory-rich wonderland is perfect for crawlers, cruisers, and curious cuties.
• EcoStation: Step into our outdoor eco-lab and dig into worms, composting, native plants, and sustainable smarts. See how YOU can help save the planet—one bug at a time.
• How Does It Work?: What’s inside a light switch? How does a toilet flush? Why won’t this thing turn on?! Get hands-on with everyday objects and become a household hero in the ultimate mechanical mystery lab.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT

At Children’s Museum Houston, they don’t do “sit still.” They do “stand back—something amazing is about to happen.” They build thinkers. They spark ideas. They chase down laughter like it’s a competitive sport. And they turn “I’m bored” into “Can we live here?!”

So go ahead, let your kids touch everything. Run wild. Ask questions. Get messy. Whether it’s your first visit or your 45th, there’s always a new way to play. Come curious. Leave inspired.