The Houston Fire Museum

"Don’t waste your money. this place is extremely small and only has 1-2 interesting things. Further more, the worker that was suppose to host our group was extremely rude not just once, but the entire time. It was so bad that we left very quickly. The most enjoyable part was when the kids played together for a few in minutes the play area and that is because the host was not in there with us. We could have had a free park day and not spent any money, we would have been better off at the park. We will never return."

"Very small, but, very interesting. It is a hidden gem in the ever growing downtown area. It is loaded with artifacts and information and is fair priced. My only semi complaint is the very limited parking, but, its not impossible to find a good spot. Definitely worth a visit to pay respect to the men and women who risk their lives for us."

"A nice little museum. My 5YO had been wanting to go for a while, so I had a day off when it was open, and we went. She enjoyed the play area, especially the little house, and it amused her for about 45 minutes (may have lasted longer if other kids had been there to play with). The play area has a 2 story play home, a fire pole (with ladder so one can slide down onto VERY padded mats), the hose part of a truck (one can remove and reattach hoses), the cab of a fire truck, and some dress up. It is very small, but for the price, it's a nice diversion. The actual museum was interesting, if a bit small. Kiddo liked going upstairs and the little "on call" area downstairs- kind of a glimpse into how it used to be. I enjoyed the architecture. Staff were very kind and friendly, and since we went on a Thursday morning, street parking was extremely easy. Gift shop prices were on the mark."

"Fun but small for the price (which isn't much in the first place, but would rather spend it on the cool things in their gift shop). We didn't have to pay though because the upstairs was closed off due to some issues they were having. The people were really nice about it. The fire trucks on the lower level were cool and my son enjoyed the children's room. That's pretty much all there was to see on the first floor though, so we didn't see much. It's a bit run down. Some of the Google photos that are posted are much nicer than it looks right now. Could use some TLC."

"If you are going with kids under 5 and hoping to get into the kid room, don't go on a Saturday. They have private parties in the kids room on Saturdays and other guests of the museum are not allowed in. The ~3 other rooms were interesting enough for the kids, but only for about 15 minutes before we'd seen everything and were ready to go. Definitely not the amount of time I was expecting to spend at the museum! An adult could probably read and experience everything in about 45 minutes."