{"id":952,"date":"2023-06-30T11:53:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T16:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newdev.hmns.org\/?page_id=952"},"modified":"2025-02-06T09:55:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:55:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmns.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t#container { padding-top: 100px !important;}\n\t#content { padding-top: 0; margin-top: -150px; }\n\t#homepage-hero {\n\t\tposition: relative;\n\t\tpadding: 400px 0 180px;\n\t\tmargin: 0px auto 0px;\n\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\twidth: 1400px;\t\t\n\t}\n\t.shade {\n\t\tposition: absolute;\n\t\ttop: 0;\n\t\tleft: 50%;\n\t\twidth: 100vw;\n\t\theight: 100%;\n\t\ttransform: translate(-50%,0);\n\t\tz-index: 1;\t\n\t\tbackground: none;\n\t}\n\t\n\t#homepage-hero .sub { line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 8px;  }\n\t#homepage-hero .sub, #homepage-hero .large-title {\n\t\tcolor: white;\n\t\ttext-align: left;\n\t}\n\t#homepage-hero 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14.0203 2.00008 13.354 2H6.55ZM5.80754 3.80754C6.00445 3.61062 6.27152 3.5 6.55 3.5H13V6.35C13 7.0263 13.2687 7.6749 13.7469 8.15312C14.2251 8.63134 14.8737 8.9 15.55 8.9H18.4V18.95C18.4 19.2285 18.2894 19.4955 18.0925 19.6925C17.8955 19.8894 17.6285 20 17.35 20H6.55C6.27152 20 6.00445 19.8894 5.80754 19.6925C5.61062 19.4955 5.5 19.2285 5.5 18.95V4.55C5.5 4.27152 5.61062 4.00445 5.80754 3.80754ZM17.7699 7.4L14.5 4.2023V6.35C14.5 6.62848 14.6106 6.89555 14.8075 7.09246C15.0045 7.28937 15.2715 7.4 15.55 7.4H17.7699Z\" fill=\"#5F5541\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg> 2021 Annual Report<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ic-bot-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Gem-Illustration.png\" alt=\"Gem Illustration black and white\" width=\"100%\" role=\"presentation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"right-col\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"right-title\">Founded in 1909<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"right-sub subhead\">The Houston Museum of Natural Science was founded in 1909 on the idea that science can enhance everyone\u2019s lives.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"right-content\">A lot can happen in 100 years, and throughout our first century, the Museum has always been growing\u2014first from modest displays downtown to more spacious accommodations in the Houston Zoo, and then, with the opening of the Burke Baker Planetarium in 1964, to the Museum\u2019s current location in Hermann Park. Over the years, HMNS has continued to acquire major collections, expand its permanent exhibitions, and add new venues.\n\nToday, the Houston Museum of Natural Science is an expansive, multi-story science center where millions of families, students and visitors from around the globe gather to experience the natural world through exceptional permanent galleries as well as unparalleled world premiere exhibitions that bring the earth\u2019s wonders to Houston, many of which are organized by HMNS.\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t#images-and-info-grid {\n\t\twidth: 1400px;\n\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\tmargin: 96px auto 96px;\t\n\t\tpadding: 0px 0 0px;\t\n\t}\n\t.ii-top-container .ii-top-title {\n\t\tfont-size: 45px;\n\t\tfont-family: 'Sentinel Semibold';\n\t\tfont-weight: 375;\n\t\tline-height: 55px;\t\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 16px;\n\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t}\n\t.ii-top-container .ii-top-sub-title {\n\t\tcolor: var(--fossil-rim);\n\t\tfont-size: 25px;\n\t\tfont-family: 'Ringside Regular';\n\t\tfont-style: normal;\n\t\tfont-weight: 300;\n\t\tline-height: 35px;\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 48px;\n\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t}\n\t.ii-top-container .ii-button-flex {\n\t\tdisplay: flex;\n\t\tjustify-content: center;\n\t\talign-items: center;\n\t\tcolumn-gap: 24px;\t\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 96px;\n\t}\n\t#images-and-info-grid .images-and-info-grid {\n\t\tdisplay: grid;\n\t\tcolumn-gap: 64px;\t\n\t\trow-gap: 64px;\n\t}\n\t.ii-column .ii-image-box {\n\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\theight: 0;\n\t\tpadding-bottom:44.91%;\n\t\tmargin-bottom:\t32px;\n\t}\n\t.ii-column .ii-title {\n\t\tfont-family: 'Ringside Regular Bold';\n\t\tfont-weight: 400;\n\t\tline-height: 28px;\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 8px;\t\n\t}\n\t.ii-column .ii-content {\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 32px;\t\n\t}\n\t.ii-column > a {\n\t\tpadding-bottom: 8px;\n\t\tborder-bottom: 1px solid var(--serengeti);\t\n\t}\n\t.ii-column > a:hover {\n\t\tborder-bottom-color: var(--monarch);\t\n\t}\n\t#images-and-info-grid .fw-bg {\n\t\tposition: absolute;\n\t\tz-index: 0;\n\t\twidth: 100vw;\n\t\theight: 100%;\n\t\tleft: 50%;\n\t\ttop: 0;\n\t\ttransform:translate(-50%,0);\n\t\tbackground: none;\t\n\t}\n\t@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {\n\t\t#images-and-info-grid .images-and-info-grid {\n\t\t\tgrid-template-columns: 1fr !important;\t\t\n\t\t}\t\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<section id=\"images-and-info-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ii-top-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ii-top-title\"><h2>Locations &#038; Satellite Facilities<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ii-top-sub-title\">  <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"images-and-info-grid\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;\"><div class=\"ii-column\"><div class=\"ii-image-box\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.hmns.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Satellite_HMNS.jpg);background-size:cover;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><span role=\"img\" aria-label=\"The Houston Museum of Natural Science Events &#038; Workshops\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ii-title\">HMNS<\/div><div class=\"ii-content\">The Houston Museum of Natural Science has five floors of permanent exhibits, spanning astronomy, space science, Native American culture, energy, paleontology, chemistry, geology, seashells and Texas wildlife, alongside rotating special exhibitions. 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