Home School Day – Cells

Homeschoolers are invited to take a tour of our Giant Cell and learn all about these tiny building blocks of life!
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Home School Day – Cells

Cub Scouts Overnight – CSI

Cub Scouts are invited to spend the night at the museum!
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Cub Scouts Overnight – CSI

Boo Bash Halloween Event

A family friendly Halloween event for all ages. Trick-or-treating, activities, costume contests, and more!
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Boo Bash Halloween Event

Little Learners Hour – Fall

Join us with your little one for some fall-fun at the museum!
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Little Learners Hour – Fall

Event Space

Weddings, Birthday Parties, After-Hours +

Educational Programs

Explore the world you live in! +

Permanent Exhibit

Old-time Travel +

Kids Zone

Let their imaginations run wild +

Hands On Classroom

Scientists in the making +
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The city's record high temperature is 109 °F (43 °C) on September 5, 2000.

Corpus Christi was founded as a trading post in 1839 by Colonel Henry L. Kinney.

The King Ranch is one of the largest and oldest working cattle and horse ranches in the world.

Port Corpus Christi is one of the nation's largest ports.

Corpus Christi covers 460.2 square miles, of which 154.6 are land and 305.6 are water.

Corpus Christi's soil base is mostly sand & clay.

There are at least 33 species of shark in the Gulf of Mexico.

Padre Island National Seashore has more than 350 kinds of birds, and many small animals, reptiles and varied marine life are found.