Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Month of Saturday, May 31, 2025-Sunday, June 29, 2025
Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries Through May 26, 2025
History comes alive! Witness a Renaissance battle play out across royal tapestries. Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestriesoffers an unprecedented look at some of the most awe-inspiring …
31 May Sat / 2025
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Members Event | “Floating World: A.A.Murakami” Art-Making Activity for Families
2 p.m.—5 p.m.MFAH members at the Family Level and above are invited to an afternoon of art-making activities inspired by Floating World: A.A.Murakami.
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Blue Sun Palace
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Workers at a massage parlor in New York navigate romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home. Despite the physical and emotional toll their work extracts, the women who live at the parlor have fortified an impenetrable sisterhood.
01 Jun Sun / 2025
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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.
06 Jun Fri / 2025
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Muhammad Baqir, Dancing Girl, 1778–79, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Franci Neely, and Sabiha and Omar Rehmatulla at the 2015 Art of the Islamic Worlds Gala.
Tour | Artwork of the Month “Dancing Girl”
1:30 p.m.—2 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about Dancing Girl.
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The Slender Thread
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Sydney Pollack’s directorial debut stars Sidney Poitier as a young crisis-center volunteer and Anne Bancroft as a suicidal woman who calls the hotline. This dramatic thriller follows their unlikely conversation, the story of her unmooring, and a race against time to save her.
08 Jun Sun / 2025
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Little Artists
1 p.m.—2:30 p.m.An exciting art adventure for families at the Museum.
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Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
5 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Johan Grimonprez’s Oscar-nominated essay film examines how jazz and geopolitics collided in a nefarious chapter of Cold War history. This propulsive cinematic collage illuminates the political machinations behind the assassination of Congo’s first democratically elected leader, Patrice Lumumba.
13 Jun Fri / 2025
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Muhammad Baqir, Dancing Girl, 1778–79, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Franci Neely, and Sabiha and Omar Rehmatulla at the 2015 Art of the Islamic Worlds Gala.
Tour | Artwork of the Month “Dancing Girl”
1:30 p.m.—2 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about Dancing Girl.
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Ornette: Made in America
7 p.m.—9 p.m.Shirley Clarke’s portrait of Texas jazz visionary Ornette Coleman chronicles the musician’s story and captures the premiere of a new work in his hometown of Fort Worth in 1983.
14 Jun Sat / 2025
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Night at the MFAH: Golden Splendor
6 p.m.—9 p.m.Discover an elevated experience, with all galleries and exhibitions open in a private setting during prime hours. Enjoy a cocktail, chat with curators, listen to music, and spend time up close with your favorite works of art.
