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The Health Museum
1515 Hermann Drive
Houston, TX 77004

tel: (713) 521-1515
fax: (713) 526-1434

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The John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science, also known as The Health Museum, is Houston's most interactive science learning center and a member institution of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center. Located in the heart of the city's rich and varied Museum District, The Health Museum encourages growing interest and regard for healthier lifestyles, fitness and good physical, mental and spiritual health.

The Health Museum is the ideal setting for a unique and memorable event experience.

The George and Barbara Bush Grand Hall
This magnificent space is the ideal setting for a reception or seated dinner. Featuring terrazzo floors, glass archways and a 50-foot ceiling, it truly is a Grand Hall. The open floor plan allows for various event layouts and design options. Centrally located, the Grand Hall provides guests with access to all the museum’s exhibits as well as the McGovern Theater. Accommodates 350 for standing reception, 150 banquet seating and 200 for theater-style seating.

The Amazing Body Pavilion
The Amazing Body Pavilion allows guest to experience the human body as they journey through the exhibit’s a-maze-ing passages. Traveling from the mouth, down the esophagus and into the stomach, guests enter a world of discovery. Once inside the extensive network of corridors, guests get a sense of the exhibit’s vast size. The ideal location for a networking reception, this exhibit offers intimate niches for conversation. Walking through the brain and gazing into a giant human eye provides attendees an array of conversation starters. Their voyage continues through every life-sustaining organ of the amazing body and connects to the adjacent You: The Exhibit.

You: The Exhibit
Guests become part of the exhibit experience in this innovative gallery that allows them to gain an understanding of the unique features and personality traits that make them unique. This exhibit, located off the Grand Hall, is perfect for a reception-style gathering and allows guests to flow into the Amazing Body Pavilion. Guests can explore their physical, unique and future selves in this interactive and intriguing exhibit!

Sue Trammell Whitfield Gallery
The Sue Trammell Whitfield Gallery hosts several limited-engagement exhibits throughout the year. With over 6,000 square feet of exhibit space, this gallery is transformed into a must-see exhibit. The spacious entrance from the Grand Hall provides guests a glimpse into the gallery and allows for easy flow of guests between these two spaces.

The John P. McGovern Theater
The John P. McGovern Theater is Houston’s only 4D-theater! With seating for 120, it offers audio visual capabilities for your next presentation or seminar. The stage and screen, variable lighting options and cushioned, high-back seats make this intimate theater suitable for presentations, performances, lectures, panel discussions and video presentations.

Classroom/Conference Space
The museum provides classroom rentals for your next meeting or workshop. Located on the second floor, each classroom can accommodate up to 50 people. All are equipped with a projector and screen for presentations and allow for various room configurations.

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Press Release

Does your group have what it takes to survive the journey?

Houston, Texas (June 24, 2009) – The John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science, also called The Health Museum, debuted its new corporate teambuilding program.  Groups that sign up for the mission will have an opportunity to participate in a research-based, team-building experience designed to promote the leadership and consensus-building skills of its own team members. "One of our goals as an organization is to provide interactive experiences that promote an understanding and appreciation of the human body, mind and spirit. This corporate teambuilding program explores human potential for leadership and relationship building that shapes our lives.  It speaks directly to the reality and necessity of creating relationships with the people around us to overcome obstacles and be successful," said Jon Iszard, President and CEO of The Health Museum. The corporate teambuilding program was developed through a collaboration between The Health Museum staff, NASA and Teleometrics International, a developer of scientifically validated training materials, surveys, assessments and change processes for leadership development and management training. Packages include Facing Mars, the U.S. premiere exhibit now at The Health Museum, and are half-day teambuilding exercises based on the NASA Mars Survival Task, which requires teams to use the techniques of group consensus to increase their odds of survival after a crash landing leaves them stranded two hundred miles from the rendezvous site on the surface of Mars.  The package also includes group admission to the Museum’s exhibits, the Amazing Body Pavilion and You: The Exhibit, and a team-based brain teasers competition. "This is a great program because it investigates how well members of a team interact to achieve a common goal.  Everything around us influences our mental and physical health, including the people we spend time with at work.  Learning more about the dynamics of relationships can only help corporate teams reach their true potential in the workplace," said Becky Seabrook, Vice-President of Education. As part of the corporate teambuilding experience this summer, team members will tour the Facing Mars exhibit, and participate in interactive stations that include “walking on Mars,” testing and launching rockets, “flying over” the Martian landscape and considering the implications humans face in their quest to reach the Red Planet.  Facing Mars will be on display through September 7.  The current teambuilding package is available in conjunction with the Facing Mars exhibit now through September 5.  The Health Museum’s general corporate teambuilding program will be available year-round and participation is limited to 30 people. Facing Mars was developed by the Ontario Science Center and is sponsored locally by Southwest Airlines. For more information about the pricing and scheduling of the corporate teambuilding program, please contact Gina Guidry, Manager of Corporate Sales and Special Events, at 713-521-1515 ext. 237 or gguidry@thehealthmuseum.org.