Touch Tours
Touch Tours for those who are blind and low vision are available on select dates. Trained educators use detailed verbal descriptions and hands-on objects from our teaching collection to provide tactile tours of the museum’s many exhibition halls within the classroom. Each tour will focus on a different exhibition hall and topic.
All Touch Tours take place at HMNS Hermann Park, 5555 Hermann Park Drive. Pre-registration is required for this program. To RSVP for Touch Tours, please email accessprogramming@hmns.org or call 713-639-4620 with your name, contact information, and date you would like to attend.
Upcoming 2023 Touch Tour Dates are:
Saturday, February 25 – 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, April 1 – 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, June 3 – 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, August 5 – 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, October 7 – 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, December 2 – 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Large Print Labels
Large print labels are available for visitors with low vision. These labels are available to download here. You can download the PDF to your phone or tablet to use during your museum visit. Currently, large print labels are only available for the Morian Hall of Paleontology; however, we’ll offer additional halls soon!
Metro Lift
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is in the Metro Lift system, so you can easily schedule transportation to and from the Museum for your visit or tour.