This guide was updated in July 2016. In terms of cultural heft, Houston is Texas’s reigning heavyweight champ, and one of its best pockets is the Museum District, a leafy neighborhood wedged between the Rice University campus and the Texas Medical Center. Not only are there 18 museums within a 1.5-mile radius, but the magnificent 445-acre Hermann Park is now in full bloom with the opening of the McGovern Centennial Gardens, which I wrote about in my May 2015 column.The waterfall cascading down the thirty-foot-tall mount that anchors McGovern Centennial Gardens.SEE + DOMuseum hopping . . . For a full run-down of exhibits, performances, and events at each of the 18 museums, you’ll want to consult the official Museum District website, but here are a few…The post Trip Guide: Houston’s Museum District appeared first on Texas Monthly.