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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
   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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   GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
   Highlights of the MFAH

   11 a.m.–11:45 a.m.

   Beck Building

   With more than 100 galleries and all the frequently changing exhibitions throughout the Museum, it’s almost impossible to see everything in one visit! Join this 45-minute tour that samples the diverse array of art on view at the MFAH today.

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   GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
   Gallery Talk at Rienzi

   1 p.m.–2 p.m.

   Rienzi

   Each month, Rienzi highlights a great work of art in its collection. Gallery talks are presented by Museum curators, conservators, and librarians. 

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   GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
   Seeking the Human Spirit: A Gallery Tour Inspired by Houston Grand Opera

   2 p.m.–2:45 p.m.

   Beck Building

   Seeking the Human Spirit—HGO’s multidisciplinary initiative highlighting opera’s universal spiritual themes and Houstonians’ connections to opera and visual art—inspired this gallery tour. Discover works in the MFAH art collections that tie in to the theme of sacrifice, exemplified in Verdi’s La traviata.

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   PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
   Happy Hour Thursdays

   5 p.m.–8 p.m.

   Beck Building

   Bring your friends to a museum-style happy hour on Thursday, when general admission is free and the MFAH is open late! Enjoy music, drinks from the bar, and bites at the evening’s food truck.

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   PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
   Exploring the Artist’s Toolbox

   6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

   Beck Building

   Take a moment to touch, explore, and learn more about the different materials, processes, and techniques artists use to create works of art.

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   GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
   Art Bite Tour

   6:30 p.m.–6:50 p.m.

   Discover something new every week with Art Bite tours, a series of 20-minute gallery tours that feature one or two specific art objects. The topic is the docent’s choice, so each tour is unique. These “bite”-size gallery experiences are quite a treat!

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   LECTURES
   Archaeological Institute of America Lecture “Timeless Beauty: The Astonishing Zeugma Mosaics”

   6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

   Law Building

   A stunning cache of ancient mosaics discovered in Turkey reveals the cosmopolitan nature of a major commercial, religious, and military center at a crossroads between East and West.

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   GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
   Art Bite Tour

   7 p.m.–7:20 p.m.

   Discover something new every week with Art Bite tours, a series of 20-minute gallery tours that feature one or two specific art objects. The topic is the docent’s choice, so each tour is unique. These “bite”-size gallery experiences are quite a treat!

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