Inside the MFAH

“Inside the MFAH” provides perspectives, conversations, and opinions from insiders at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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  A Unique Quilt’s Salute to Texas February 28, 2019

  A quilt created not long after Texas gained its independence includes an unmistakable symbol of the state.

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  Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: A Rare Sampler from the Bayou Bend Collection September 19, 2018

  A 19th-century sampler, or textile work with embroidery, is an important and rare reminder of the United States’ multicultural past.

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  Mary J. Greenfield Smith’s Window into American History March 22, 2017

  In 1843, 14-year-old Mary J. Greenfield Smith stitched an elegant woolwork picture in school—surely not imagining that it would end up in a museum’s collection someday.