Scouts

• HMNS membership must be current at FAMILY LEVEL OR ABOVE to take advantage of early-registration dates and member pricing for summer camps both in-person and virtual.
• HMNS membership must not have an expiration date prior to the scheduled date of your camp or scout class. Please upgrade or renew your membership if necessary to enable early-registration.
• To purchase or upgrade your membership click here
• The online ticketing system will indicate if a camp is available. If a camp is sold out for a specific date, the link for that date will no longer be active. For further information, please email scouts@hmns.org or call HMNS Reservations at 713-639-4659.
• We strictly enforce age requirements. Your child must be the correct age or entering the stated grade level of the camp.

PRIORITY MEMBER REGISTRATION DATES
On-line registration for both in-person and virtual summer camps and scout classes is available at hmns.org. Online registration is required for all camps and scout classes. We are unable to accept registrations over the telephone.

HMNS membership must be current at FAMILY LEVEL OR ABOVE to take advantage of early-registration dates. HMNS membership must also not have an expiration date prior to the scheduled date of your camp or scout class. Please upgrade or renew your membership if necessary to enable early-registration. You may do this at hmns.org.

Priority membership registration begins:
Monday, November 27, 2023 – President’s Circle
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 – Family Flex and above
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 – Family and above
Friday, March 1, 2024 – General Public
Please note: On-line registration begins at 12:01 a.m. on the date indicate

• Camp spaces, each sale will be considered final.
• Registrations are not transferable from child to child.
• Patrons who cancel a camp or wish to switch their child from one camp to another will receive a 50% refund of the cost of a cancelled or dropped camp if notification is received at least 10 working days before that camp starts. There are no refunds for camps cancelled or dropped less than 10 working days before the program begins.

In order to receive the 50% refund, patrons must contact the Education Department in writing. email: scouts@hmns.org OR mail your request to:

Education Office
Houston Museum of Natural Science
5555 Hermann Park Drive
Houston TX 77030-1799

The Museum reserves the right to cancel camps that do not meet minimum enrollment. If a camp is canceled by the Museum, patrons will have the option to transfer camps or receive a full refund.

Refer a Friend

Share your HMNS summer adventures with a friend. Refer a friend to Summer Camp at HMNS or Summer Scouts at HMNS and you’ll both receive $25 off one HMNS Summer Camp or one week-long Summer Scout Class or $10 off of on Virtual HMNS Summer Camp or Summer Scout Class! To receive your discount to refer, please reach out to summercamp@hmns.org. We will provide you with a single-use promotion code you can share with a friend. Once we verify the refer registration, we can process a $25 refund on one individual Summer Camp or week-long Summer Scout Class or $10 refund on one Virtual Summer Camp or Summer Scout Class.

Second Summer

Are you ready for another summer of science adventures? If you attended Summer Camps at HMNS or Summer Scouts at HMNS in 2022 or 2023 – don’t wait! Returning campers or scouts receive $25 off one Summer Camp or one week-long Summer Scout Class. To receive your Second Summer discount, please reach out to summercamp@hmns.org, and we can provide you with a single-use second summer discount code to use at check-out.

Please note that discounts cannot be combined on one individual Summer Camp or Summer Scout Class. Discounts cannot be applied to Museum District Explorers, Scouts BSA Be Prepared, or Wayfaring Webelos.