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Glassell School of Art

The Glassell School is the teaching institute of the MFAH, offering studio-art courses, art-history instruction, and workshops for adults; classes for students ages 3 to 18; and the distinguished Core Residency Program for postgraduate artists and critics.

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Children's Program

The Glassell Junior School is an art school for young people devoted to nurturing creativity and dedicated to fostering an appreciation of the arts and an awareness of the world.

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Early College Program

Teen Program

Early College Program offers teens in high school a supportive, creative environment where young artists can develop their talents.

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Adult Program

The Glassell Studio School offers courses in art history and studio arts for adults ages 18 and older of all skill and experience levels.

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Libraries & Archives

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Hirsch Library

The Hirsch Library, located in the Museum’s main campus, is an encyclopedic art research library comprised of more than 200,000 volumes, serving researchers with art information needs for more than a century.

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Powell Library

The Kitty King Powell Library and Study Center, located in the Lora Jean Kilroy Visitor and Education Center at Bayou Bend, comprises more than 9,000 volumes about American decorative art, material culture, and art, with helpful staff to assist users in finding information.

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MFAH Archives

Open by appointment, the Museum’s Archives consist of more than 100 years of institutional records and associated manuscript collections, chronicling the Museum’s history as well as the artistic and cultural development of Houston.

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Libraries & Archives Digital Collections

Discover a rich array of digitized content from the Libraries and Archives rare and special collections.

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Hill Texas Artisans & Artists Archive

This freely-searchable online archive documents the lives, work, and products of Texas artisans and artists through 1900.

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ICAA

ICAA

The International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA) is the research arm of the Latin American art department. Its mission is to collect, exhibit, research, and educate about the diverse artistic production of Latin American and Latinx communities, including artists from Mexico

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Conservation

The role of the conservation department is to protect and preserve the Museum’s collections for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations.
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Publications

The art books that bear the MFAH imprint have earned numerous distinctions as groundbreaking, often definitive, scholarly publications.

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