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MUSEUM DISTRICT
HIGHLIGHTS
THE HEALTH MUSEUM: A HEART AS BIG AS HOUSTON
1515 Hermann Dr., Houston, TX 77004
www.thehealthmuseum.org
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF HOUSTON
1500 Binz Street, Houston, TX 77004
www.cmhouston.org
THE JUNG CENTER—POETRY AND GEOMETRY:
THE ART OF FARIBA ABEDIN
5200 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX 77006
www.junghouston.org
Houston is all heart and now we have
proof! On Monday, February 1, The Health
Museum will debut a 12-foot-tall Giant
Beating Heart just in time for Heart Health
Month. Located in its newly renovated signature exhibit, The Amazing Body
Gallery, the Giant Beating Heart is literally
a heart attack waiting to happen. The threedimensional exhibit simulates normal heart
functioning until, three times per hour, it gives
guests an unexpected view of what happens
to blood flow during a heart attack.
2. The Children’s Museum of Houston’s iconic Art
Guys-created Telephone Man is now being surrounded by moving air ducts, fast-rolling balls
and creative contraptions as the How Does It
Work? exhibit has been refueled with an exciting new look and interactive activities. Encounter
Amazing Airways, a 12-foot towering pneumatic
tube system of air ducts and diverter boxes that
will send objects traveling at high speeds up the
entry wall to the gallery. Engineer a roller coaster
using a 5-foot tower at Build Your Own
Coaster! to understand kinetic energy conversions through creative problem-solving, cooperation and configuring of loops, twists and turns of
the coaster tracks. Turn an abstract idea into a
physical structure with Rig-ama-jig, completing the
same creative process used by architects and
engineers..
3. On display February 2, Fariba Abedin’s
large-scale, meticulous and gloriously colorful
geometric paintings give the effect of looking
into a giant kaleidoscope. Her work is
inspired by ancient Persian architecture, poetry and calligraphy and explores geometric
abstraction with an emphasis on color study.
Although Abedin’s work is geometric and
structural, it is also tender and appealing in its
appreciation of nature, science and history.
Her incorporation of Sufi poetry conveys a
message of love and peace.
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