McGovern Centennial Gardens

McGovern Centennial Gardens
1500 Hermann Dr
Houston TX 77004
Open Monday – Sunday
9:00am – 5:00pm

Urban elegance in Houston's premier garden venue. To commemorate Hermann Park’s centennial in 2014, Hermann Park Conservancy transformed the former Houston Garden Center site into the eight-acre McGovern Centennial Gardens. The Gardens were custom-made for Hermann Park and add a new dimension to Houston’s garden attractions.

Miller Outdoor Theatre

Located on nearly eight acres in the heart of Hermann Park, Miller Outdoor Theatre is the only free open-air theatre of its kind in the United States. It is a home away from home for some of Houston's most dynamic arts organizations such as HITS Theater, Houston Grand Opera, Dance of Asian America, Festival Chicano, Houston Symphony, Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) and a host of other multi-cultural groups and theater companies. Every performance in its March to November season is free.

Miller Outdoor Theatre
6000 Hermann Park Dr
Houston TX 77030
Open Monday – Sunday
6:30 am – 10:00pm

The Houston Zoo

Houston Zoo
6200 Hermann Park Dr
Houston TX 77030
Open Monday – Sunday
9:00am – 6:00pm

The Houston Zoo is a 55-acre zoological park located within Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The zoo houses over 6,000 animals from 900 species. It receives 2.55 million visitors each year and is the second most visited zoo in the United States. It is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

Houston Museum of Natural Science

The Houston Museum of Natural Science houses the Burke Baker Planetarium, Wortham Giant Screen Theatre, Cockrell Butterfly Center, and over a dozen permanent exhibit areas that examine astronomy, space, science, Native Americans, paleontology, energy, chemistry, gems and minerals, seashells, Texas wildlife, and more. In addition, the museum frequently presents traveling exhibitions on a variety of topics.

Houston Museum of Natural Science
5555 Hermann Park Dr
Houston TX 77030
Open Tuesday – Sunday
9:00am – 5:00pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet St
Houston TX 77005
Open Monday – Sunday
10:00am – 7:00pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is one of the largest art museums in the United States, with an encyclopedic collection of more than 65,000 works of art. The main campus comprises the Audrey Jones Beck Building; the Caroline Wiess Law Building; the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden; the Glassell School of Art; The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza; and the BBVA Compass Roof Garden. The MFAH has two cafés, a repertory cinema, two libraries, and two nearby house museums for decorative arts: Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, and Rienzi.