Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Houston, United States

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 6.9 km
Ascend 114 m
Descend 115 m

Experience Houston in United States in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in HoustonIndividual Sights in Houston

Sight 1: Hermann Park

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Hermann Park is a 445-acre (180-hectare) urban park in Houston, Texas, situated at the southern end of the Museum District. The park is located immediately north of the Texas Medical Center and Brays Bayou, east of Rice University, and slightly west of the Third Ward. Hermann Park is home to numerous cultural institutions including the Houston Zoo, Miller Outdoor Theatre, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, and the Hermann Park Golf Course, which became one of the first desegregated public golf courses in the United States in 1954. The park also features the Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool, numerous gardens, picnic areas, and McGovern Lake, an 8-acre (32,000 m2) recreational lake.

Wikipedia: Hermann Park (EN), Website

603 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Pioneer Memorial Obelisk

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Pioneer Memorial is an outdoor 1936 granite obelisk by Frank Teich, erected in Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, in the United States.

Wikipedia: Pioneer Memorial (Houston) (EN), Website

298 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Miller Outdoor Theatre

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Miller Outdoor Theatre is an outdoor theater for the performing arts in Houston, Texas. It is located on approximately 7.5 acres (30,000 m2) of land in Hermann Park, at 6000 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, Texas 77030. The theater offers a wide range of professional entertainment, including classical music, jazz, ballet, Shakespeare, musical theater, and classic films, with free performances running from March through November, where the general public can relax in a covered seating area or enjoy a pre-performance picnic on an amphitheatre-style hillside.

Wikipedia: Miller Outdoor Theatre (EN), Website

510 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Houston Museum of Natural Science

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Houston Museum of Natural ScienceWolfgang Manousek from Dormagen, Germany / CC BY 2.0

The Houston Museum of Natural Science is a natural history museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The museum was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Society, an organization whose goals were to provide a free institution for the people of Houston focusing on education and science. The museum complex consists of a central facility with four floors of natural science halls and exhibits, the Burke Baker Planetarium, the Cockrell Butterfly Center, and the Wortham Giant Screen Theatre. In 2022, the museum received 1,520,000 visitors, making it seventh on the List of most-visited museums in the United States, and was the third most-visited U.S. science museum. Much of the museum's popularity is attributed to its large number of special or guest exhibits.

Wikipedia: Houston Museum of Natural Science (EN), Website

331 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi Original work: Unstated Depiction: WhisperToMe / Fair use

Mahatma Gandhi is an outdoor sculpture of the Indian independence movement leader of the same name, installed at Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The statue was dedicated in Hermann Park on October 2, 2004.

Wikipedia: Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (Houston) (EN)

21 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Original work: Ed Dwight Depiction: WhisperToMe / Fair use

An outdoor 2007 bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. by American artist Ed Dwight is installed in Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, United States. The sculpture was vandalized with white paint in August 2017. John D. Harden, Margaret Kadifa, Mike Morris, and Brooke A. Lewis of the Houston Chronicle noted that the vandalism occurred around the same time that protesters demanded the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in Houston, and the same day that the city's statue of Christopher Columbus was vandalized with red paint.

Wikipedia: Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Houston) (EN)

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: McGovern Centennial Gardens

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McGovern Centennial Gardens is a collection of gardens in Hermann Park, in Houston, Texas, United States.

Wikipedia: McGovern Centennial Gardens (EN)

345 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Museum of Health & Medical Science

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Museum of Health & Medical Science

The John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science, or The Health Museum in short, is a museum in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. The museum is a member institution of the Texas Medical Center. As of 2012 the museum gets over 180,000 annual visitors, including 22,000 schoolchildren who visit the facility during organized field trips.

Wikipedia: The Health Museum (EN), Website

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Children's Museum of Houston

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Children's Museum of Houston

Children's Museum Houston (CMH) is a nonprofit children's museum in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. Founded in 1980 and designed by Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi, it offers exhibits and bilingual learning programs for children aged 0–12. It is one of 190 children's museums in the United States and 15 children's museums in Texas.

Wikipedia: Children's Museum of Houston (EN), Website

692 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 10: St. Paul's United Methodist Church

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St. Paul's United Methodist Church is a congregation of the United Methodist Church, founded in 1906 and located in Houston, Texas, in the city's Museum District. St. Paul's is known for its traditional style of worship as embodied by its choir.

Wikipedia: St. Paul's United Methodist Church (Houston) (EN), Website

498 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: Holocaust Museum Houston

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The Holocaust Museum Houston is located in Houston's Museum District, in Texas. It is the fourth largest holocaust museum in the U.S. It was opened in 1996.

Wikipedia: Holocaust Museum Houston (EN), Website

1599 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 12: The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

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The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, located in Houston, Texas, is a museum dedicated to the history and achievements of Buffalo Soldiers and African American soldiers from all of the branches of the United States Military.

Wikipedia: Buffalo Soldiers National Museum (EN), Website

1659 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 13: Emancipation Park

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Emancipation Park and Emancipation Community Center are located at 3018 Emancipation Ave in the Third Ward area of Houston. It is the oldest park in Houston, and the oldest in Texas. In portions of the Jim Crow period it was the sole public park in the area available to African-Americans.

Wikipedia: Emancipation Park (Houston) (EN)

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