History museums' acquisitions always instill wonder in children who have become bored with their own closets full of skeletons. Discover a body of knowledge with today's Groupon to the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Choose between the following options:
- For $14, you get four tickets to the Cockrell Butterfly Center (up to a $32 value). Children younger than age 2 receive free admission.
- For $14, you get four tickets to the Burke Baker Planetarium (up to a $32 value).
Seven days a week, the Houston Museum of Natural Science cultivates knowledge with interactive exhibits that shuttle minds into such far-flung realms as tropical rainforests and outer space. Housed inside three stories of glass, the butterfly habitat teems with more than 1,500 winged wonders from around the globe, which frolic in a 50-foot waterfall, flutter through exotic plants, and, most amazingly, pull nickels from behind children’s ears. Admission to the butterfly center also grants visitors access to a number of other attractions, including an entomology learning center where guests can romp in a giant beehive and admire the work ethic of leaf-cutter ants.
Filled with seats that tilt toward the heavens, the Burke Baker Planetarium inspires visitors to ponder life beyond the earth’s borders. Eyes marvel at the planetarium's 30'x18' full-dome digital theater, which casts more than 10 daily shows with curve-mirror projection technology, mimicking the perspective at the bottom of a fishbowl big enough for a whale. Families can visit a future lunar colony during We Choose Space! or float through the Milky Way during Dark Side of the Moon, which syncs to the mystical prog-rock of Pink Floyd.
Our customers loved this deal last year, earning the Houston Museum of Natural Science a spot on Groupon's Best of 2011 list.
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The Groupon Guide to: Family-Portrait Backgrounds
Having good family photos on hand is the only way to entertain guests at parties. Guarantee that family portraits turn out well by using these popular backgrounds:
• A couch in the woods
• Autumn leaves so your children will be able to show their children what leaves look like
• Scenic barn (no gross animals)
• Trapper Keeper–style gridscape with floating cone
• A good car
• Public-domain tableaus from popular nursery rhymes
• Computer-generated photos of what family will look like in 20 years
• Graves of your rival family
• Beautiful view of the ocean with the word "someday"
• Family's last name spelled out in the Google logo
• Mansion of your rival family
• Denim
• Sunset to remind us of mortality
• Fancy McDonald's with Ronaldize Us Filter™
• Tropical Christmas
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