Tomball is a city in the Texas (part of the Houston metropolitan area) state of U.S. In this city are located the Star of the Republic Museum, Independence Hall, and Barrington at the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site are also close by. Popular places nearer to Tomball is the Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, which offers opportunities for hiking, bird watching, and also features live animal displays.
Below are some of the tourist attractions inside or nearer to Tomball city:
Tomball Museum Center is running by the spring creek county historical association, a non-profit organization which came into being in the late 1960s. In 1860, Eugene Pillot gifted a built house to this association and now became a museum center. This museum is a collection of historic buildings (dates 1857-ca. 1920). some of the buildings are historic church, doctor’s office, 1869 German immigrant farm house with outbuildings, barn, log house and corn crib, and one-room schoolhouse. Throughout the year, meetings and special tours and events are held.
Santikos movie theaters a Texas entertainment legacy was founded by Greek entrepreneur Louis Santikos in 1911, San Antonio. This was beginned as a humble celebrated opening of its $35 million Palladium IMAX Theatre built in honor of the family’s Greek heritage, the Santikos family has earned a reputation as pioneers in the motion picture industry. Santikos Theatre circuit comprises eight theatres: The Palladium IMAX, The Silverado San Antonio, The Mayan Palace, The Embassy, The Rialto Cinema Bar & Grill, The Bijou Cinema Bistro, The Northwest 14, all in San Antonio, and The Silverado 19 IMAX in Northwest Houston.
The Davinci Art Gallery is located in the heart of downtown Tomball. This gallery provides art from over twenty five award winning artists. The artists take turns staffing the gallery. Here you can see an artist doing work on a piece of sculpture, an oil painting, water color, pottery or mixed media.
Burns RV Park is a place that offers sight-seeing, sporting events, festivals,attractions, and more for adults and seniors. It is an excellent place to find antique shops, historical park, and a fabulous Sports Medicine Center with a pool and exercise equipment. Here you can also find restaurants and theaters in Tomball, home to the top-notch Tomball Hospital.
In Corral RV park, you can find a wide selection of your favorite outdoor activities, including golf at Spring Valley Golf Club. This park suits those who like boating, fishing, water skiing, jet skiing, and other water related sports.
Samuel Matthews Park is a county owned park that has a small recreation facility, a playground, basketball pavilion and a baseball field is located off Huffsmith road near FM2978 in the northeast sevtion of the city’s ETJ.
Scream world has five attractions at single location. It was selected as one of the top haunted attractions in the country from 2007–2010. The Haunted Hotel has many animatronics and highly detailed scenes. The Edge of Darkness is a traditional style haunted house with a many scares that seem to come out of nowhere. New for 2010 is Jake’s Slaughterhouse, a throwback to a 1950’s style slaughterhouse, complete with gory sides of beef, gutted hogs, half skinned deer, skinned dogs, body bags and more. Next is the outdoor Psycho Path with it’s mutated psychos.