HOUSTON MUSEUM DISTRICT

'Binz', more commonly known as the 'Houston Museum District' (colloquially just 'Museum District') is an area of Houston, Texas south of downtown, near Rice University. The area is anchored by parks, a large zoo and many museums, including a recently expanded fine arts museum and a science museum notable for its geology and entomology exhibits. With world-renowed exhibits and incredibly diverse venues, the Museum District is often considered one of the many "crown jewels" of the Houston cultural and artistic scene.

Contents

Demographics

Racial Breakdown

Age Breakdown

Museums

Parks and Other Institutions

Public Transportation

See also

External links

Demographics

According to the 2000 census, The current population of the Museum District is 3,660.^[1]

Racial Breakdown

Race	Binz Data[2]	% of Area Pop.	Houston City Data[3]
American Indian	9	0.2%	3,234
Asian	90	2.5%	102,706
Black	1,688	46.1%	487,851
Hispanic	661	18.1%	730,865
Native Hawaiian	2	-%	680
White	1,159	31.7%	601,851
Two or More	51	1.4%	23,830
Other	-	-%	2,614

Age Breakdown

Age Group	Binz Data[4]	% of Area Pop.	Houston City Data[5]
Under 5 Years	210	5.7%	160,797
5 - 17 Years	436	11.9%	375,861
18 - 65 Years	2,573	70.3%	1,252,908
65 and Over	441	12.0%	164,065

Museums

★ Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

★ Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum

★ The Children's Museum of Houston

★ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

★ Czech Cultural Center Houston

★ The Health Museum

★ Holocaust Museum Houston

★ Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

★ Houston Center for Photography

★ Houston Museum of Natural Science

★ The John C. Freeman Weather Museum

★ The Jung Center Of Houston

★ Lawndale Art Center

★ The Menil Collection

★ The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

★ Rice University Art Gallery

Parks and Other Institutions

★ Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research

★ Hermann Park

★ Houston Zoo

★ Miller Outdoor Theatre

★ The Rothko Chapel

Public Transportation

The district is served by the Museum District Station light rail station on the Red Line of the METRORail light rail system. The southbound and northbound platforms are separate from one another.

See also

★ List of museums outside the Museum District, Houston, Texas

External links

★ Houston Museum District