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   PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
   Sketching in the Gardens of Bayou Bend

   10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

   Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

   Visit Bayou Bend during open-sketching hours, when guests are invited to draw from Bayou Bend’s natural woodlands and formal gardens. Paper, clipboards, and pencils are provided. 

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   PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
   MFAH Playdate

   10:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m.

   Beck Building

   Children up to 35 months old, and an adult caregiver, enjoy a multi-sensory experience in the galleries. Families sing songs, listen to storybooks, and take part in fun, art-related games and activities.

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   GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
   Highlights of the Audrey Jones Beck Building

   2 p.m.–2:45 p.m.

   Beck Building

   ​Join this 45-minute tour to sample works on view from collections throughout the Beck Building. Each tour includes different works of art, so your experience is always a fresh look at the Museum!

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   GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
   Gallery Tour “Contemporary Highlights from the Arts of Asia Collection”

   3 p.m.–3:45 p.m.

   Law Building

   Discover the diverse and complex history of the contemporary works on view in the Arts of Asia galleries.

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   PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
   Storytime Tour at Rienzi

   10 a.m.–11 a.m.

   Rienzi

   Introduce children to the magic of art and literature in an intimate, house-museum setting. Storytime Tours are a fun and interactive activity featuring stories related to themes highlighted in the Rienzi Collection. 

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   GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
   Highlights of the Caroline Wiess Law Building

   2 p.m.–2:45 p.m.

   Law Building

   Discover architectural and artistic treasures on this tour of the Law Building, designed by William Ward Watkin with additions by Kenneth Franzheim and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

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   FILMS
   When I Get Home

   SOLD OUT

   5:30 p.m.–6:15 p.m.

   Visual artist and singer/songwriter Solange Knowles presents an extended director’s cut featuring new scenes and musical arrangements of her interdisciplinary performance-art film When I Get Home.

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   FILMS
   When I Get Home

   SOLD OUT

   7:30 p.m.–8:15 p.m.

   Visual artist and singer/songwriter Solange Knowles presents an extended director’s cut featuring new scenes and musical arrangements of her interdisciplinary performance-art film When I Get Home.

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   PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
   Summer Art Explorers: Start Your Adventure!

   11 a.m.–2 p.m.

   Beck Building, Law Building

   This summer, explore inspiring and extraordinary works of art, exhibitions, and installations at the Museum! 

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   GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
   Gallery Tour “Fear and Wonder: Sublime Landscapes on Paper—Selections from the Museum’s Collection”

   2 p.m.–2:45 p.m.

   Law Building

   The prints and drawings in Fear and Wonder, drawn from the MFAH collection, showcase a range of sublime evocations. This 45-minute, docent-led tour explores the exhibition and encourages visitors to discuss the artwork together.

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