Moody Gardens in Galveston unveils exciting attractions for spring break, including an educational skeletal exhibit, a 3D penguin film, and a refreshed hotel.
BEAUMONT, Texas — Moody Gardens is launching new attractions and a refreshed hotel just in time for spring break, with activities beginning March 7 and running through the summer, according to Public Relations Manager Jared Schaller.
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The Galveston destination will debut “Skeletown,” an educational exhibit focused on bones and skeletal systems, featuring human skeletons, large snake skeletons and ostrich skeletons. The interactive exhibit includes a dig site designed for children.
“It is everything about bones, bone health, everything you need to grow to be a healthy human adult,” Schaller said during an appearance on 12News. “Babies are born with 300 bones, and as they grow up, their bones fuse together and then you end up with 206.”
The exhibit showcases unusual skeletal structures, including what Schaller described as either an anaconda or boa constrictor skeleton. “It’s literally, I didn’t know snakes had bones,” he said. “It’s like a giant rib cage pretty much that’s what it looks like and then a fingernail links apart every single bone.”
Moody Gardens will also premiere “Penguins: A Love Story 3D,” a new film following two penguin chicks from birth through adulthood. “It follows two baby chicks and them growing up,” Schaller explained. “You get to see the teen years and then you get to see them grow up and have families of their own.”
The attraction’s five-story ropes course and zip line will reopen for the season, offering visitors 2.5 hours of climbing activities and zip-lining across the property.
The on-site hotel has completed a renovation project that Schaller described as giving the rooms a “coastal vibe.” “All the rooms have been gutted, it’s all brand new,” he said.
Located approximately two hours from Beaumont, Moody Gardens offers visitors the option to stay on property and explore Galveston Island. “By the time you’re through TSA, you could already be in Galveston just enjoying the island,” Schaller noted.
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