May 4, 2021 -
our oceans, and our life. “We are delighted to bring this monumental, one-of-a-kind piece to our Museum and into our collection. The sensation of floating, the body cradled by the crocheted fruits of our labor, brings to mind a hammock: the quintessential indigenous invention that uplifts us and connects us to the wisdom and traditions of our ancestors.
Dec 7, 2016 -
Among the Houstonians looking forward to our screening of Lonely Are the Brave is Michael A. Olivas, the William B. Kirk Douglas was the first film star I ever met, and the only movie set I ever got to visit is still Lonely Are the Brave.”
See Lonely Are the Brave when it screens on 35mm on Friday, December 16! We rode our bikes there and saw Kirk Douglas getting in a jeep to ride up to the top of a ridge, where he then got onto a horse for one of the escape scenes. Gena Rowlands was nearby, causing in me a lifelong love for her.
Apr 5, 2020 -
We strive, through our exhibitions and programs, to stimulate the imagination and intellect of everyone who comes through our doors. JA: I sought to harness the spacious, open floor plan of our exhibition space by placing most of the three-dimensional objects away from the walls. JA: Our world is highly diverse. More than ever, especially in America, we have the opportunity to explore and understand what it means to find unity in diversity.
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Schedule
Open 5:30–9 pm on December 7, 10, 11, 17, 18, 29, 30
Open 5:30–10 pm on December 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 members (ages 13+), $10 MFAH members (ages 5–12)
Free (ages 4 & younger)
A house-tour upgrade adds $5 to each admission (including to the free tickets for young children)
Premium Night Tickets | December 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20
Apr 17, 2023 -
Largely as a result of efforts by the teams of educators and planners that Campbell brought together, over 100,000 people visit Bayou Bend each year, more than double the annual attendance when she became director, in 2004. Over nearly 20 years, Campbell broadened public awareness of the MFAH American decorative arts house museum and its historic gardens, doubling attendance while enhancing its collection with significant acquisitions
HOUSTON—April “It is difficult to capture all that Bonnie has accomplished for the Museum in the nearly 20 years that she has devoted to one of the nation’s finest collections of American decorative arts,” noted Gary Tinterow, Director and
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$25 per person
$20 MFAH members
As part of Bayou Bend’s 60th anniversary programming, this concert series receives generous funding from The John M. O’Quinn Foundation.
Dec 18, 2024 -
In addition, Lanzilotti’s immersive video the sky in our hands, our hands in the sky (2023), commissioned for the exhibition, combines the recorded sounds of Takaezu’s closed forms with footage shot at the volcanoes of the Big “As the first nationally touring retrospective of the artist’s work in 20 years, Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within connects to the Museum’s own strength in American studio ceramics and abstract art,” commented Elizabeth Essner, Windgate
May 29, 2024 -
“The uncanny nature of Thomas Demand’s work lies in its ability to trick our perception and our assumptions,” commented Malcolm Daniel, the Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography at the MFAH. “The exhibition Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History marks the first time in nearly 20 years that Demand’s work has been shown in the U.S. in such depth,” said Gary Tinterow, Director and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair at the
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The Hossein Afshar Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds are located on Level 1 of the Law Building. Tickets | SOLD OUT
$20 per person* | $17 for seniors (65+) | $15 for members
Free for youth ages 13 to 18
Free for students 19+ with valid student ID (available on-site only)*Museum admission is required in addition to the Sketching
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Admission is free.
This screening takes place in Favrot Auditorium on the street level of the Glassell School of Art. Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Directed by Robert Altman, 109 minutes, 1982)Members of the Disciples of James Dean—a McCarthy, Texas, James Dean fan club—arrange to meet 20 years later at their old gathering
