Education

Teens & Adult Education

Teens & Adult Education

Be A Social Scientist

Expand your mind and be inspired to discover the world around you.
Adult education offers a wide variety of travel programs, lectures, hands-on classes, and behind the scenes tours. Explore our upcoming unique and engaging classes that will expand your mind and inspire you to discover the world around you.
Continuing Professional Education Credits
  • We offer educator crediting for teachers on their continued learning for select classes. See how you can earn CPE credit for attending adult education classes.

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Join us for exclusive members-only discounts on summer programs and other opportunities throughout the year!

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Distinguished Lectures

Talks by the world’s foremost scientific experts.
Got brain food? HMNS brings you from the world’s foremost experts like Kara Cooney, Zahi Hawass and Kathy Reichs along with HMNS curators and scientists. Our lecture partners include The Leakey Foundation, Rice University, University of Houston Law Center, The Nature Conservancy in Texas, Houston Archaeological Society and Fort Bend Archaeological Society and Rothko Chapel.

Distinguished Lectures at HMNS are supported by Apache Corporation
Explore Upcoming Distinguished Lectures

Find an upcoming lecture to attend.

Explore Upcoming Behind-the-Scenes Tours

Find an upcoming behind-the-scenes tour to attend.

Behind-the-Scenes Tours

There is more than meets the eye in the exhibition halls.
We invite you to join us behind-the-scenes to delve deeper into the displays. With a generous dose of twists and turns, tying facts from various exhibition halls, you never know what connections will be made during these unique tours.

Six Degrees of Science (New)
Every month, join James Edward Washington III as he reveals a deeper understanding of the exhibits you know and love.

Sleuths & Secrets Mystery Night (New)
Team up to untangle a web of clues evidence and history to unlock the riddles and mysterious objects in the Cabinet of Curiosities.

2023/2024 Moran Teen Advisory Council

Committed to increasing access and expanding programming targeted to teens and young adults.
The inaugural Moran Teen Advisory Council (TAC) works to best serve teens by planning teen-specific events, contribute to social media, generate ideas for furthering academic and professional interests, volunteering, and demonstrating the importance of science.
General Requirements
  • Be between the ages of 14 and 19 and be in 9th to 11th grade
  • Live in the greater Houston Metropolitan area (Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery and Waller counties)
  • Commit to two-year term on the HMNS Moran Teen Advisory Council
  • Commit to attend monthly TAC Meetings – both virtual and in-person, and additional dates for TAC-planned special events
  • Contribute to the group
  • Have the consent of a parent/guardian to participate this program
Apply for Moran Teen Advisory Council

We are excited to continue this work and invite you to apply to join us!

Expedition Center

The Expedition Center offers a transformative learning experience, turning students into scientists and explorers on simulated space expeditions.

Transforming Students into Space Explorers

Inspiring Lifelong Learning and Interdisciplinary Skills through Simulated Space Expeditions
The Expedition Center offers an engaging learning experience that transforms students into scientists, engineers, or researchers during simulated space expeditions. It expands the classroom to distant planets, inspiring students to become explorers. Our focus extends beyond space science, using the excitement of space travel to develop interdisciplinary skills and life lessons that have a lasting impact.

Energy Core

Wiess Energy Hall Courses
HMNS—the home of the world’s most innovative energy exhibition—is your go-to source for energy intel—whether you need a crash course of the entire industry, a refresher on what is going on outside your silo, or a non-hyped update on clean energy.
For any questions, please email us at
aed@hmns.org
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Wiess Energy Hall Courses

What goes up, hopefully comes down! These programs are customizable to fit all your Upstream or Downstream needs and can be combined for a full day experience to give your group a comprehensive understanding of the petroleum industry.

Travel Program and Day Trips
Unleash Your Curiosity: Day Trips and Travel Programs that Expand Your World
Antarctica 2024
Travel Dates: January 1 – 12, 2024

Embark on an epic adventure with the HMNS to the breathtaking continent of Antarctica. Travel aboard the hybrid-powered ship to some of the most remote and pristine places on the planet where nature reigns supreme. Photo: Hurtigruten

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Eclipse 2024: Texas Totality at LoneHollow Ranch
Travel Dates: April 6 – 8, 2024

Experience totality
Join the Houston Museum of Natural Science at LoneHollow Ranch, a luxury ranch getaway, for an experience of a lifetime: a total solar eclipse, last seen in Texas in 1878 and not again until 2045.

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Adult Education

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