The Houston Museum District is an area of Houston, Texas. Downtown Houston Nickname: Bayou City; Space City; H-Town Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: www. ...

The Museum District is named as it houses most of the city's museums. The district is centered on the pink-colored Wyndham-Warwick Hotel and the adjacent Mecom Fountain. The Museum District also houses Rice University, the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research and Hermann Park which includes the Houston Zoo and the Miller Outdoor Theatre. The Museum District is also near the University of Saint Thomas. Pink is a color made by mixing red and white and sometimes described as being a light red, but it is more accurately a bright undersaturated red. ... Wyndham Hotels and Resorts is a chain of hotels and resorts, mainly located in the United States, but having branches in Mexico, and the Caribbean. ... Rice University William Marsh Rice University, commonly called Rice University and formerly named Rice Institute, is located in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. ... The Houston Zoo is a zoo located in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. ... The Roman Catholic University of Saint Thomas was founded in Houston, Texas in 1947 by the Basilian Fathers. ...

Some of the museums include:

• Holocaust Museum
• Houston Children's Museum
• Houston Museum of Health and Medical Science
• Museum of Contemporary Arts
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Museum of Natural Science

The area 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. This article is about light rail systems in general. ... A METRORail train approaching Preston Station in Downtown Houston, Texas. ...

External links

• Houston Museum District
• Downtown Houston Entertainment

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Districts	Chinatown | Downtown | Greenspoint | Greenway Plaza | Midtown | Museum District | Texas Medical Center | Upper Kirby | Uptown | Westchase
Communities	Aldine | Alief | Clear Lake | East End | Genoa Township | Houston Heights | Inwood Forest | Kingwood | Maplewood | Memorial | Parkway Village | Shadowlake | Sharpstown | Spring Branch
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Neighborhoods	Acres Homes | Afton Oaks | Braeburn Valley | Braeswood Place | Boulevard Oaks | Briar Forest | Briar Meadow | Briargate | Briargrove | Clinton Park | Denver Harbor | East Houston | Eastwood | Fondren Southwest | Garden Oaks | Garden Villas | Gufton | Houston Gardens | Highland Village | Kashmere Gardens | Larchmont | Memorial Park | Meyerland | Montrose | Morningside Place | Oak Forest | Old Braeswood | Pleasantville | Rice Village | Rice Military | River Oaks | Riverside | St. George Place | Settegast | South Main | South Park | Southampton | Southgate | Sunset Terrace | Sunnyside | University Place | Westbury
"Island" cities	Bellaire | Bunker Hill Village | Hedwig Village | Hilshire Village | Hunters Creek Village | Piney Point Village | Southside Place | Spring Valley | West University Place

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