05 | May in Houston

Week One

5/01-31 Death By Natural Causes Exhibit at HMNS! (Museum District)

5/01-31 Audubon’s Birds of America Exhibit at HMNS! (Museum District)

5/01-31 King Tut’s Tomb Exhibit HMNS (Museum District)

5/01-31 Body Worlds 101: The Core of Life at The Health Museum (Museum District)

5/01-31 Reclaimed Creations Exhibit at The Health Museum (Museum District)

5/01-12 CLOSING: Time and Space Exhibit at Artechouse (Heights)

5/01-26 CLOSING: Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries at MFAH (Museum District)

5/02-03 La Izquierda Surf and Music Festival (Galveston)

5/02, 09, 15-16, 22-23 Six Flags Over Texas Education Days (Arlington)

5/02 Mommy Mingle Friday at Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center

5/02 The Eternal Garden: Titanium Art Exhibit Opens at HMNS (Museum District)

5/02 FamJam Fridays! at Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District)

5/03 HGO – Storybook Opera at Levy Park: Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon (Upper Kirby)

5/03 Youth Fishing Derby (Friendswood)

5/03 MindFest Challenge 4: Art Machines vs. Mars Rovers at Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District)

5/03 Movie in the Park: Back to the Future (Deer Park)

5/03 First Saturday Arts Market (Heights)

5/03 Medicine Making at San Jacinto Museum & Battlefield (LaPorte)

5/03 Blackberry Celebration at Houston Arboretum (Memorial)

5/03 Pix on the Plaza: The Sandlot at CityPlace (Spring)

05/03-08 Space Cowboys at Home (Sugar Land)

5/04 May the Fourth Be With You! at Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District)

5/04 The Woodlands Cars & Coffee for a Cause5/04-31 OPENING: Floating World Exhibit at MFAH (Museum District)

Week Two

5/05 Stories and Crafts in the Cabin at Edith L. Moore (Memorial)

5/08 Free Vaccinations at Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District)

5/08 Sensory Art Infant/ Toddler Class (Deer Park)

5/08 MindFest Challenge 4: Victory Lap at Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District)

5/09-14 Astros at Home (Downtown)

5/09 Level Up: Show Your Video Game Skills!, Tween & Teens (Central Library)

5/09 Connecting Through Rhythm: Music Therapy Drumming, Tween & Teens (Heights Library)

5/10 HGO – Sing! Move! Play! Magic Flute  (Upper Kirby)

5/10 Origami At Evelyn’s Park With Japan America Society Of Houston (Bellaire)

5/10 Cypress Cars and Coffee 

5/10 Houston Dash at Home (EaDo)

5/10 STEM-tastic Celebration at The Health Museum (Museum District)

5/10 Houston Center For Photography Workshop at Evelyn’s Park Conservancy (Bellaire)

5/10 2nd Saturday at the Depot: Toy Story (Tomball) 

5/10 Connect Stories with Songs at Musical Storytime! (Central Library)

5/10 Toddler Prom (Looscan Library)

5/10 Drop-In Experience: Creative Accumulation at CAMH (Museum District)

5/10 All About Butterflies at Spring Creek Greenway Nature Center (Spring)

5/10 Inclusive Bike Rodeo (Deer Park)

5/10 Victorian Mother’s Day Tea at The George Ranch (Richmond)

5/10 STEM-tastic Celebration! at Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District) 

5/10 Street Dance on the Square (Katy)

5/10 Read to a Furry Friend at Pawsitive Pups Storytime! (Looscan Library)

5/11 DIY Pollinator Container Garden at Houston Arboretum (Memorial)

5/11 Family Day at the Ocean Star Museum (Galveston)

5/11 STEM Activities at Woodchase Park (West Houston)

5/11 Mr. Leo Puppet Show! at CityPlace (Spring)

Week Three

5/12 Unplug for a Night of Family Fun: Join Us at the Library! (Carnegie Library)

5/13 Video Game Theater at CityPlace (Spring)

5/13 Discover and Innovate at Teen STEM! (McGovern-Stella Link Library)

5/13-18 Space Cowboys at Home (Sugar Land)

5/14 Art in the Park (Deer Park)

5/14 Japan Junction at Levy Park (River Oaks)

5/14 Houston Dash at Home (EaDo)

5/15 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration at Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District)

5/15 Happy Hives at Jesse H. Jones Park (NE Houston)

5/15 M-K-T Sunset Market (Heights)

5/15 OPENING: Rolling Stones Presents: Amplified at Artechouse (Heights)

5/15 Science Night at Tracy Gee CC (Westchase)

5/16 Houston Dash at Home (EaDo)

5/16 Storytime in the Garden at Houston Botanic Gardens (South Houston)

5/16 Cyanotype Impressions: Botanical Sun Printing with Nature at HMNS Sugar Land (12+)

5/15-18 Pasadena Strawberry Festival

5/17 Building the Past: Exploring History Through STEM and Blocks! (Museum District)

5/17 Houston Swim Club – Second Annual Water Safety Festival (Sugar Land)

5/17 Summer Species – In the Weed Walks (Downtown)

5/17 HGO – Storybook Opera at Levy Park: Armadillo’s Dream (bilingual) (Upper Kirby)

5/17 Hogwarts Botanical Symposia and Social at Tomball Library

5/17 Houston Area Live Steamers FREE rides (Hockley)

5/17 Bonus Open Studio: Layering Materials at CAMH (Museum District)

5/17 Family Movie Night: Fun for All Ages! (Central Library)

5/17 Create a Secret Garden at Houston Botanic Gardens (South Houston)

5/17 Lemonade Day at Evelyn’s Park (Bellaire)

5/17 Open Studio: Layering Materials at CAMH (Museum District)

5/17 Building the Past: Exploring History Through STEM and Blocks! (Museum District)

5/18 Texas Bubblers at CityPlace (Spring)

5/16 & 18 Puzzle Palooza (The Woodlands)

5/18 Farm to Table Cookie Class for Kids at Woodchase Park (West Houston)

5/18 Family Zone at MFAH (Museum District)

Week Four

5/20 Teach You Tuesday at Bagby Park (Midtown)

5/21-26 Space Cowboys at Home (Sugar Land)

5/21 Woodworking for Nature – Bee Houses at Dennis Johnston Park (Spring)

5/21 Children’s Music Class in the Park (Bellaire)

5/21 Beer and Moravian Brass at Czech Center Museum Houston (Museum District)

5/22 Mezclada Dance Company Presents: Percussive Movement at Children’s Museum Houston (Museum District)

5/22-25 Astros at Home (Downtown)

5/22 Last Day of School Celebration at Peckham AFC (Katy)

5/22 Polish Festival at Hockley CC

5/23 Dinosaur Dig with Dad at Learning Zoo (Conroe)

5/23 OPENING: Extreme Animals Alive! Exhibit at HMNS (Museum District)

5/23 OPENING: Ciao Bambini! Exhibit at Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land

5/23 OPENING: Blooming Wonders at Artechouse (Heights)

5/24 HGO – Sing! Move! Play! Italian Favorites  (Upper Kirby)

5/24 Make Your Own Kite (Downtown)

5/24 Houston Dash at Home (EaDo)

5/24 The Fun Bus at CityPlace (Spring)

5/24 Drop-In Experience: Scavenger Hunt for Shapes and Patterns at CAMH (Museum District)

Week Five

5/27-31 Scholastic Book Fair at Deer Park Library

5/27-31 Astros at Home (Downtown)

5/27 End of School Summer Celebration at Hockley CC

5/28 Houston Grand Opera’s Storybook presentation of The Armadillo’s Dream at TWCM (The Woodlands)

5/29-6/8 Raymonda by the Houston Ballet

5/29 Discovery Dome at Stratford Library (East Houston)

5/30 Mommy & Me High Tea at Learning Zoo (Conroe)

5/30-6/01 Dream Con 2025 (Downtown)

5/31 Family Owl Prowl at Houston Arboretum (Memorial)

5/31 Something to Hawk About at Jesse H. Jones Park (NE Houston) 

5/31 Houston Dash at Home (EaDo)

5/31 Art Unleashed! Summer Opening Family Day at Pearl Fincher MFA (Spring)

5/31 Stephen F. Austin State Park 85th Birthday Picnic! (San Felipe)5/31 Family Owl Prowl at the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center (River Oaks)