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- Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Hall
- Cabinet of Curiosities
- Cullen Hall of Gems and Minerals
- Everyday Fabergé
- Farish Hall of Texas Wildlife
- Frensley/Graham Hall of African Wildlife
- George W. Strake Hall of Malacology
- Hall of Ancient Egypt
- Hamman Hall Of Texas Coastal Ecology
- Herzstein Foucault Pendulum
- John P. McGovern Hall of The Americas
- Lester & Sue Smith Gem Vault
- Morian Hall of Paleontology
- Welch Hall of Chemistry
- Wiess Energy Hall
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- Amazing Butterflies
- Amber Secrets: Feathers from the Age of Dinosaurs
- Amending America: The Bill of Rights
- Amusement Park Science
- Ancient Ukraine
- Archaeopteryx: Icon of Evolution
- Art and the Animal
- Art of the Gunsmith: From Columbus to Napoleon
- Battleship Texas
- Benjamin Franklin
- Big Bend Photos
- Biodiversity in the Art of Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen
- Biophilia: A Dialogue of Nature, Art and Science
- Block Party
- Body Carnival: The Science And Fun Of Being You
- BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life
- BODY WORLDS 2 & The Brain – Our Three Pound Gem
- BODY WORLDS 3: The Anatomical Exhibition Of Real Human Bodies
- Bronze Sculptures of Bob Pack
- Bulgari: 130 Years Of Masterpieces
- China’s Lost Civilization: The Mystery Of Sanxingdui6
- Chocolate: The Exhibition
- Conservation Quest ®
- Crime Lab Detective
- Crystals Of India
- CSI: The Experience
- Curator’s Choice: Recent Acquisitions of the Houston Museum of Natural Science
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Death by Natural Causes
- Diana, a Celebration
- Dinosaur Discovery
- Dinosaur Mummy CSI
- Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
- Discovering The Civil War
- Fabergé: From a Snowflake to an Iceberg
- Fabergé: Imperial Jeweler To The Tsars
- Forgotten Gateway
- Frogs! A Chorus of Colors
- Gaia – Earth by Luke Jerram
- Gems of the Medici
- Gems of the Sea: The Guido T. Poppe Collection
- Gemstone Carvings
- Genghis Khan
- Geopalooza! A Hard Rock Anthology
- Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum
- Gold! Natural Treasure, Cultural Obsession
- Imperial Rome
- InFocus: A Museum Photographic Experience
- Knights
- Kremlin Gold
- La Virgen de Guadalupe: Empress of the Americas
- Leonardo da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius
- Life in Stone
- Lizards & Snakes
- Lucy’s Legacy
- Machu Picchu: Unveiling The Mystery Of The Incas
- Magic!
- Magna Carta
- Mapping Texas: From Frontier to the Lone Star State
- Mars by Luke Jerram
- Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats
- Maya 2012: Prophecy becomes History
- Message in a Bottle
- Microsculpture: The Insect Photography of Levon Biss
- Mummies of the World
- Mummy: The Inside Story
- National Geographic Channel Presents SuperCroc
- Out of the Amazon: Life on the River
- Pompeii : The Exhibition
- Real Pirates!
- ROBOTS
- Royal Tombs of Ur: Ancient Treasures From Modern Iraq
- Saint Peter and The Vatican
- Samurai: The Way Of The Warrior
- Secret World Of The Forbidden City: Splendors From China’s Imperial Palace, 1644-1911
- Secrets of the Silk Road
- Shackleton’s Expedition
- Shark!
- Spies, Traitors, Saboteurs: Fear And Freedom In America
- Spirits & Headhunters: Vanishing Worlds Of The Amazon
- State of Water: Our Most Valuable Resource
- Stonehenge: Ancient Mysteries and Modern Discoveries
- Sweet – A Tasty Journey
- Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians Of China’s First Emperor
- Texas! The Exhibition
- The Art of the Brick
- The Birth of Christianity: A Jewish Story
- The Cave Paintings of Lascaux
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition
- The Chronophage Clock
- The First Game: The Birth of Basketball
- The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes
- The Living Genome: Reading The Book Of Life
- The Lord Of The Rings Motion Picture Trilogy: The Exhibition
- The National Parks Photography Project
- The Nature of Diamonds
- The Nature of Pearls
- The Zula Patrol: Mission Weather
- Tibet: Treasures From The Roof Of The World
- Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
- Treasures from Shanghai
- TreeHouses
- TreeHouses: Look Who’s Living In The Trees!
- Vanishing Arts: Highlights from the Beasley-Hwang Collection
- Victoria: The T. rex
- Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
- Voyages of Discovery
- Warriors, Tombs and Temples
- Wild Bees
- Wildlife Photographer Of The Year
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year 54
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year 55
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- Longwing Butterfly
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
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- Red Peacock Butterfly
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- Cacao, Chocolate Tree
- Julia Butterfly
- Blue & Brown Clipper
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Special Exhibitions
Opening September 17 Treasures in Gold & Jade: Masterworks from Taiwan features works of incredible beauty and complexity by two…