Bringing the Museum to You
We miss having you in our halls but are excited to offer digital museum experiences right in the comfort of your home. With school closures and people staying home, bringing science to you is more important than ever. Dive into our online collection with video archives and virtual tours, connect with our social media and dig even deeper with Beyond Bones.
We want to keep creating educational content for you. If you are able and would like to support our mission of science education, please consider making a donation.
Virtual Summer Camp
We’re going on a science adventure, and you don’t have to go farther than your laptop charger to join in on the fun. Led by our science experts, virtual summer camps feature an hour of hands-on, educational engagement every day for one week.
Summer Scouts
HMNS is excited to offer virtual camps for our scouts this summer! We have expanded our virtual offerings to 11 unique topics that have been specifically designed to help Scouts BSA and Girl Scouts achieve their goals.
Printable Educational Activities
Printable HMNS Family Guide with letter scrambles, word searches and object finds (high-res version here)
Printable Coloring Pages based on animals, objects and insects in featured in our halls
Printable Coloring Pages for our new exhibit Mars by Luke Jerram
Family Movie Night
Bring the adventure of a museum overnight to your home with this fun, interactive family movie night. Paired with a viewing of Night at the Museum, this bundle is perfect for a night in, a game night, slumber parties and birthdays. Order your Adventure Box!
Browse online lectures and film discussions, and sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on our latest virtual programs.
Educational Videos
Inside HMNS
Science Concepts Explained
Browse more behind-the-scenes videos.
Virtual Outreach
These pre-recorded presentations feature our dynamic museum educators or master docents along with museum specimens to bring some of our favorite scientific and cultural concepts to life. Book a presentation today.
Meet at the Museum
Virtually, of course! Share a little science in your next team meeting or group hangout with these Zoom virtual backgrounds.
Beyond Bones
Blogs Written by our Science Experts
Why You Might as Well Eat Cockroaches this Crawfish Season
Don’t Touch Me! Seven Native Texas Bugs that Should Not Be Handled
The Roche Limit: Why Does Saturn Have Rings?
Color Me Carmine: Cochineal Bugs in our Food and Drink
How To Tutorials to Try at Home
How to Make Your Own Pet Squid
Chemistry in the Kitchen: The Science Behind Ice Cream
Create your own Ancient Egyptian Art Using Frontalism
Browse Do It Yourself Tutorials
Connect with Us
Virtual Field Trips
Virtual Dinosaur Adventure
Explore the clues that prehistoric creatures left behind through the process of fossilization and learn how modern-day scientists interpret these clues.
- Show: Dinosaurs Prophecy (Available on YouTube)
- Film: Dinosaurs 13 (Available on Vudu and Amazon Prime Video)
- Google Cultural Institute – Paleontology: The Land that Time Forgot
- Knowledge Hunt: Paleontology
- Dino Dave Story Time with David Temple
A trip to the museum is not complete without a visit to the Museum Store!
Virtual Wildlife Safari
Learn the history of our country’s national parks and the conservation efforts being made along the Texas coast. See a variety of wildlife found in our diverse biomes feature in our wildlife halls – some even extinct!
- Show: National Parks Adventure (Available on Vimeo)
- Show: Our Planet (Available on Netflix)
- Film: Arcs to Auroras (Available on YouTube)
- Knowledge Hunt: Wildlife Halls
- MacGillivray Freeman’s National Parks Adventure Educator Guide and Educational Videos
A trip to the museum is not complete without a visit to the Museum Store!
Virtual World of Energy
Explore the world of Wiess Energy Hall through this Virtual Field Trip. Students will view the hall’s interactive screens and objects while learning about various forms of energy and how we interact with them in our daily lives.
- Film: Solar Superstorms (Available on YouTube)
- Film: Dynamic Earth (Available on YouTube)
- Knowledge Hunt: Wiess Energy Hall (PDF Version)
- HMNS at Home: Explaining Plate Tectonics
A trip to the museum is not complete without a visit to the Museum Store!
- Sun Plush
- Our Precious Planet Plush
- Solar Rover Kit
- Balloon Helicopter
- Design & Drill Robot
- Hand Boiler
Virtual Museum
via Google Cultural Institute
The Land that Time ForgotExplore the virtual museum.
Life and Death in Ancient EgyptExplore the virtual museum.
Insect ZooExplore the virtual museum.
Support Us
Your contribution matters more today than ever, as we strive to ensure that the museum is ready and able to welcome you back. Please GIVE TODAY to help support our mission of science education.
Resources from our Friends
Health in the Workplace from the American Alliance of Museums