With its new traveling exhibit, Frogs: A Chorus of Col-ors, the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) wanted to veer away from weighty topics which have populated past exhibitions.

"We had a kid and young adult demo... and thought, why not do something out of the box, something people don't really think of a museum as doing?" says Latha Thomas, VP of marketing and communications for HMNS.

Offering a bright array of live frogs, HMNS wanted families to experience the animals, ...