{"id":798747,"date":"2026-05-15T18:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/798747\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:16:18","slug":"documents-that-forged-a-nation-now-on-display-at-hmns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/798747\/","title":{"rendered":"Documents That Forged a Nation now on display at HMNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Just days after arriving in Houston aboard The Freedom Plane, nine of the nation&#8217;s original founding documents from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., are now on public display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The free exhibit, Documents That Forged a Nation, gives visitors a rare opportunity to see foundational pieces of American history up close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">We spoke with a father who brought his children to the museum, &#8220;It&#8217;s good to have the kids learn about their history and where America came from, why we fight for what we do, and what America stands for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Maureen MacDonald is the curator of the Freedom Plane Tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these documents to be in Texas,&#8221; MacDonald said. &#8220;It is a chance to see documents held by the founding fathers, and you don&#8217;t have to go to Washington to see it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Before you visit, click the video above for a look inside Documents That Forged a Nation at HMNS, and hear what visitors are saying about this rare exhibit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The display is now open at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and will remain on view through May 25, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmns.org\/exhibits\/freedom-plane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">museum announced<\/a> that they expect large crowds for this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition and recommends securing tickets before your arrival. Tickets are available in two ways. Members and anyone who wishes to become a member can select the time slot of their choice. Otherwise, tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the HMNS Box Office.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Just days after arriving in Houston aboard The Freedom Plane, nine of the nation&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":798748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[325589,5229,325588,33150,235528,325587,4345,57156,46378,358,3187,67,2058],"class_list":{"0":"post-798747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-325589","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-bill-of-right","11":"tag-documents","12":"tag-founding","13":"tag-freedom-plane","14":"tag-houston","15":"tag-houston-museum-of-natural-science","16":"tag-original","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-tx","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-washington"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}