Calendar Week of Friday, March 15, 2024-Thursday, March 21, 2024
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 …
15 Mar Fri / 2024
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Spring Break at Bayou Bend
10 a.m.—4 p.m.Perfect for families celebrating Spring Break, Bayou Bend offers child-friendly activities in the gardens, in the historic house, and at the Visitor Center.
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Spring Break Art-Making at the Museum
11 a.m.—2 p.m.Join the family fun! Drop in to explore the art on view at the Museum and experiment with new materials, tools, and processes to create your own works of art.
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Household Saints
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Revisit a 1990s star-studded indie gem that perfectly balances humor, tragedy, and pathos in the chronicles of a spirited Italian American in New York.
16 Mar Sat / 2024
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Saturday Members Tour | “Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway”
11:30 a.m.—12:15 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Crowning the North: Silver Treasures from Bergen, Norway.
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About Dry Grasses (Kuru Otlar Üstüne)
5 p.m.—8:30 p.m.The latest drama from celebrated Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, About Dry Grasses is elegant, novelistic filmmaking, rigorously unpacking questions of belief vs. action, the tangible vs. the enigmatic, and who people wish to be vs. how they live.
17 Mar Sun / 2024
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Family Zone
1 p.m.—4 p.m.Visit the MFAH Family Zone for engaging gallery activities with coloring sheets, colored pencils, books, and more.
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Spring Family Day at Bayou Bend & Rienzi
1 p.m.—5 p.m.Visit the MFAH house museums for an afternoon of free, family-friendly fun. Ride the complimentary shuttle between the two locations!
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Breaking the Code
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Named “best historical film” by the Dallas County Historical Commission in 2023, Breaking the Code is an in-depth profile of Vernon Fisher (1943–2023), among Texas’s most acclaimed and influential artists. After the film, the audience is invited to stay for a panel discussion with filmmaker Michael Flanagan and MFAH curator Alison de Lima Greene.
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“2024 Core Exhibition” Performance by Erin Holland
2 p.m.—3 p.m.Gestures, a performance by artist-in-residence Erin Holland, invites audience members into an evolution of the mind and heart.
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About Dry Grasses (Kuru Otlar Üstüne)
5 p.m.—8:30 p.m.The latest drama from celebrated Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, About Dry Grasses is elegant, novelistic filmmaking, rigorously unpacking questions of belief vs. action, the tangible vs. the enigmatic, and who people wish to be vs. how they live.