Closed Mondays:
Open 7 days a week Memorial Day - Labor Day

 

Tuesday through Saturday:
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

 

Thursday: 5 - 8 p.m.
Free Family Nights are offered every Thursday!

 

Sunday: noon - 6 p.m.

 

 
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$9: Adults and children 1+
$8: Seniors (65+)
Free: Children under 1 and Museum Members

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I SPY WITH MY DIGITAL EYE

Become a secret agent at the Museum!

Join in our specialized training for young spies
Take 10 percent off all spy gadgets and toys at Fiddle Sticks Toys
July 28 – August 3

Your summer mission (should you choose to accept it) is to discover fun ways to crack the code using wits, skills and technology during I Spy with My Digital Eye week.  We have just the training young learners need to be a secret agent at the Museum. Plus, get a 10 percent discount on all spy gears and gadgets at Fiddle Sticks Toys, July 28 – Aug. 3. MUST PRESENT THIS COUPON TO RECEIVE DISCOUNT!

SPECIAL EVENTS:

• Meet FBI Agents:  Want to learn how to capture a spy?  Houston F.B.I agents will be here to display their tools, talk about their techniques, and distribute Kid I.D. kits.
Event Time:  July 30, TBD


ON-GOING ACTIVITIES:
 
• Learn about CIA Agents:  Are you interested in being an undercover intelligence agent?  Come learn about the C.I.A. and how working for them gets you onto the frontlines of the spy world. Get some goodies while supplies last!
 
• Dusting for Fingerprints:  Try your hand at dusting for fingerprints and see if you can lift a clean fingerprint just like a secret agent at Science Station.

• Black Light Investigations:  Head over to the Alexander Art Academy to reveal the hidden secret messages using this technology.

• Spy Disguise:  Undercover agents cannot reveal their identities.  What kind of disguise would you use if you were an agent?  Check it out in the Alcove.

• Who done it?  Study the evidence to see if you can crack this cold case at Junktion.

• Secret Code:  Encrypt your messages with a cipher wheel to keep them covert at Junktion.

• Fingerprint Personality:  Don’t’ get caught red-handed!  Dust for fingerprints and see how similar they are to your relatives.

• I Spy with My Digital Eye:  Use QR codes to decipher and reveal the identity of a covert agent.
 
**All events and times subject to change