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  1. Adults

    Art Bites tours are 30 minutes long and included in general admission. Meet your docent in the lobby of the building in which the art bite takes place on Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. and Friday evenings at 6:30 p.m. For upcoming tours, visit mfah.org/calendar. Drop-in ToursAll drop-in tours meet in the building lobby in which the tour takes place. Drop-in tours are free with museum and admission. Art BitesA little art can go a long way! Meet your docent in the gallery listed and discuss what moves you about art. This discussion is free with museum admission.

  2. Rienzi

    Docent-Led Tours and Self-Guided VisitsBecause of the unique setting of Rienzi, visits to the house and art collection are by advance ticket purchase. Small groups and individuals are welcome. Docent-led tours, included with general admission, are offered:Wednesday at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.Thursday & Friday at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.Saturday at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. & 2 p.m.Sunday at 1 p.m. & 2 p.m.  Maps and cell-phone audio tours are available. Rienzi closes every year during August. GET TICKETS   

  3. Saturday Members Tour | “Artful Illumination: Light and Spirituality in Art”

    January 2023 MFAH members are invited to explore the Museum’s art collections and exhibitions on special Saturday tours. Topics change monthly. In January, join a docent on a campus-wide tour exploring artistic interpretations of light as an expression of faith, spirituality, or the divine—from ancient art to contemporary.

  4. Saturday Members Tour | Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

    February 2024 MFAH members are invited to explore the Museum’s art collections and exhibitions on special Saturday tours. Topics change monthly. In February, join a docent for a tour of a new installation and recent acquisitions in the Kinder Building gallery for decorative arts, craft, and design.

  5. Saturday Members Tour | 100 Years of Architecture at the MFAH

    Join a docent on this tour exploring the many architectural styles represented throughout the Sarofim Campus. April 2024MFAH members are invited to explore the Museum on special Saturday tours. Topics change monthly. In April, the MFAH marks 100 years since opening to the public in 1924.

  6. Saturday Members Tour | New Galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds

    April 2023 MFAH members are invited to explore the Museum’s art collections and exhibitions on special Saturday tours. Topics change monthly. In April, join a docent on a tour of the galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds, newly opened spaces that display, for the first time, the full extent of the MFAH holdings in art from historically Islamic lands.

  7. Saturday Members Tour | “Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery”

    November 2024MFAH members are invited to explore the Museum on special Saturday tours. Topics change monthly. In November, join a docent on a tour of Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery. 

  8. Saturday Members Tour | Sarofim Collection of American Modernism

    MFAH members are invited to explore the Museum’s art collections and exhibitions on special Saturday tours. Topics change monthly. In September, join a docent on a tour of 20th-century American art on long-term loan from the Sarofim Foundation, now on view in the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building.

  9. Saturday Members Tour “Latin American Art”

    Saturday Members Tour “Latin American Art” MFAH members are invited to explore the MFAH art collections and exhibitions on Saturday tours. Topics change monthly. In October, join a docent on a tour highlighting the MFAH collection of Latin American art, one of the most significant collections of Latin American modern and contemporary art in the world.

  10. Saturday Members Tour “Campus Commissions: Tunnels of Light”

    July 2022 MFAH members are invited to explore the MFAH art collections and exhibitions on Saturday tours. Topics change monthly. In July, join a docent on a tour unlocking the secrets of the underground tunnel network and its three commissioned immersive works, unique to the MFAH.