Houston's Museum District

A recent visit to the Houston Museum of Natural Science and the Rothko Chapel has rekindled a dormant desire for more culture.  I enjoy the hell out of museums, history and zoos. 

HMNS is currently exhibiting the Terracotta Warriors.  This is a fascinating exhibit and definitely worth the price of admission.  There's another interesting site in the Houston area having to do with the Terracotta Warriors, the Forbidden Gardens in Katy.


From the Forbidden Garden's website:

Forbidden Gardens offers 9 different exhibits from our army of 6,000 1/3 scale Terra-Cotta soldiers to an Emperor's dining table. Our weapons room contains replicas of some of the weapons discovered with the terra-cotta army. The Calming of the Heart Lodge, or the Summer Palace, was a vacation getaway for those who lived and worked in the Forbidden City. The architecture room features a 1/20 scale model of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, that is split to view the architectural style of the roofing of the Imperial City.

Check out the Houston Museum District's website: http://www.houstonmuseumdistrict.org/

Additionally, here's a map of the museums in the area: http://houstonmuseumdistrict.org/default.asp?id=144



Inside the Rothko Chapel