There’s no better time to visit a museum than the summertime. In addition to top quality A/C, museums provide a wonderful, fascinating way to spend a morning, afternoon, or evening. This season, wander over to the Houston Museum of Natural Science, which has recently reopened its morbidly fascinating Death By Natural Causes exhibition.
At Death By Natural Causes, visitors can enter the world of the Grim Reaper – safely from the fringes, that is. As the name suggests, the exhibition explores the direct and indirect causes of a natural death through surprising specimens, interactive elements, and text.
The exhibition is broken down into five areas of compelling materials describing malevolent minerals, poisonous plants and fearsome fauna. Face your fears as you learn the differences between poisonous, venomous, and toxic, debunk urban myths, and familiarize yourself with everyday lethal objects in your own backyard.
The fearsome fauna section will detail humanity’s struggle with animal-related deaths – encompassing both animals with skeletons and those with exoskeletons. Venomous animals will be on display at the exhibit, including spiders, snakes, scorpions, and more.
HMNS maintains that the exhibit is intended to dispel fears about natural death. That said, the organization does encourage parents to be cautious regarding their children, as there are frank descriptions of death on display at the exhibit.
Death By Natural Causes is now on view at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Entrance requires a special exhibit ticket. Visitors can get a discount when purchasing an entrance to this exhibit in combination with another HMNS exhibit – such as King Tut or Sharks!
Tickets are priced at $25 for adults, $16 for children. The exhibition is open from 9 am to 6 pm daily.
HMNS is located at 5555 Hermann Park Dr.