Calendar Week of Saturday, June 7, 2014-Friday, June 13, 2014
![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 …
19 Apr Fri / 2024
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College Week
11 a.m.—6 p.m.The MFAH celebrates college students with four days of admission perks, April 17–20.
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James Henry Beard, The Young Itinerant, 1846, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Frank J. Hevrdejs.
Tour | Artwork of the Month “The Young Itinerant”
1:30 p.m.—2 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about The Young Itinerant.
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Gallery Concert “Instrumental Delights”
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Enjoy an intimate performance by members of the Bach Society Houston Orchestra.
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Caravaggio
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Derek Jarman’s most profound reflection on art, sexuality, and identity recounts the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.
20 Apr Sat / 2024
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College Week
11 a.m.—6 p.m.The MFAH celebrates college students with four days of admission perks, April 17–20.
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Saturday Members Tour | 100 Years of Architecture at the MFAH
Gallery Talk/Tour Audrey Jones Beck Building Caroline Wiess Law Building Nancy and Rich Kinder Building11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited on this tour marking the centennial anniversary of the Museum’s opening. Architecture throughout the campus reflects the profound leaps in style over a century.
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Lanecia A. Rouse
“Multiplicity” In-Gallery Experience | Featuring Lanecia A. Rouse
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Artist Lanecia A. Rouse discusses her work in Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage and related topics regarding the landscape of contemporary Black collage.
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Book Launch | “Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld”
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Author William Middleton discusses his new biography of fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld—Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld.
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Mercury Chamber Orchestra
Gallery Concert “Boleros: Songs from Latin America”
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte joins the Mercury Chamber Orchestra for a performance of boleros in the Beck Building galleries.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
8 p.m.—9:45 p.m.SOLD OUT | The MFAH debuts an outdoor movie viewing experience. King Arthur and his knights undertake a hilarious mission to find the Holy Grail in this cult favorite starring the irreverent British comedy troupe.