The Health Museum, also known as The John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science, is Houston's most interactive science learning center and a member institution of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center. Located in the heart of the city's rich and varied Museum District, The Health Museum encourages growing interest and regard for healthier lifestyles, fitness and good physical, mental and spiritual health.

Take a larger-than-life walking tour of the Amazing Body Pavilion and get an up-close look at the human body and how it works. Ride a bicycle with a skeleton, find out how hard your heart works to pump blood and sit on giant teeth!

Experience science in 4D at Houston's first and only 4D theater, the McGovern 4D Theater and see our newest 3D film, Planet You. Journey into a world you've never seen before...at least quite like this! Take a 3D microscopic adventure into the alien landscape of your own skin and find out all about the creepy, crawly things that live on us - dust mites, lice and ticks!

Join your fellow museum visitors in a learning environment that allows investigation into the who, what, when, where, and how of YOU at You: The Exhibit. Using the latest multi-media and special effects technology, The Health Museum has created an experience that will take the museum visitor on a journey to explore their physical, mental and future selves. Identify your personality, view your internal organs, see what you will look like in 30 years and much more!

Giant bugs take over the museum in the latest seasonal exhibit, Backyard Monsters: The World of Insects, on display January 23 - May 9! The giant animatronic insects move and make the chirping, clicking noises bugs make. The 8-foot tall robotic insects include a tarantula, ants, a wasp, caterpillar and a big, beautiful monarch butterfly. But don’t worry, they don’t bite!.