Calendar Week of Thursday, April 18, 2024-Wednesday, April 24, 2024
![Marius Hammer, Viking Dragon Boat, c. 1900, silver and enamel](https://static.mfah.com/images/marius-hammer-viking-dragon-boat.665174397226099502.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway Through May 5, 2024
Remarkable objects from three prestigious collections of art, craft, and design come to the United States for the first time, on exclusive loan. Spanning the 16th to early 20th century, this …
18 Apr Thu / 2024
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College Week
11 a.m.—9 p.m.The MFAH celebrates college students with four days of admission perks, April 17–20.
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The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
Drop-in Tour | Highlights of the Cullen Sculpture Garden
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.On this guided tour, explore the Museum’s Cullen Sculpture Garden, designed by artist Isamu Noguchi.
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Happy Hour Thursday
5 p.m.—8 p.m.Happy Hour Thursday is the place to be! Meet your friends at the MFAH for the best night of the week.
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An aerial view of the completed sculpture garden.
Art Bites | Henri Matisse’s “Backs” in the Sculpture Garden
6 p.m.—6:30 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the MFAH for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Simone Leigh, Satellite, 2022, bronze, edition 1/2, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Simone Leigh, courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery
Art Encounters | “Satellite”
6 p.m.—8 p.m.This Art Encounters session focuses on creating an artwork inspired by Simone Leigh’s Satellite and the work of Tyler Allen.
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Tour & Toast | “Vertigo of Color”
6:15 p.m.—7:15 p.m.Join fellow art enthusiasts for a private group tour through Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism.
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An aerial view of the completed sculpture garden.
Art Bites | Henri Matisse’s “Backs” in the Sculpture Garden
6:30 p.m.—7 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the MFAH for a snippet of art appreciation.
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German, The Montefiore Mainz Mahzor, c. 1310–20, illuminated manuscript on parchment; codex of 299 leaves, each ruled in ink, pricked, and written in black and red ink in Ashkenazi script, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund. Restoration supported with generous contributions from the TEFAF Museum Restoration fund; Joan Morgenstern; and Helaine and David Lane and Family.
Panel Discussion | Life of the Book: “The Montefiore Mainz Mahzor”
6:30 p.m.—8 p.m.Art experts and faith leaders discuss the illuminated 14th-century communal prayer book on view in the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica.
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An aerial view of the completed sculpture garden.
Art Bites | Henri Matisse’s “Backs” in the Sculpture Garden
7 p.m.—7:30 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the MFAH for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Drop-in Tour | “Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence”
7 p.m.—8 p.m.Take a guided tour of the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence.