The Houston Museum of Natural Science

The third most visited non-Smithsonian museum in the United States is the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Visitors can see a Foucault pendulum, over 750 minerals, taxidermy animals of Texas, many specimens of mollusks, 60 major paleontology mounts, and space exhibits.

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