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Museum of Fine Arts: Houston Museum Of Fine Arts
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    • H-TownJourneyman
  • Updated By H-TownJourneyman on February 18, 2006
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    • Museum of Fine Arts - Beck Building - Houston
    Museum of Fine Arts - Beck
    Building
    by H-TownJourneyman
    Located within the Houston Museum District, the Museum of Fine Arts is one of the most frequented museums in all of Houston, and has one of the finest collections of art in the United States. Well over 50,000 pieces of art are on display here, both permanent as well as special & on-loan collections. Both the Law and the newer Beck buildings have works from all over the world, including everything from Ancient Egyptian & African tribal pieces, to Renaissance & Baroque period pieces from Europe. There are large collections of paintings and sculptures from as far away as Asia and the South Pacific Islands, and pieces from places much closer, with an extensive display of Native American and Latin American works. For many of the collections, the museum has audio palyers with headphones to guide you through each piece and give you some extra insight on them. Much of the museum structure itself is a work of art; the Beck building, opened in 2000, has many interesting works built right into it. And be sure to walk through the underground tunnel that connects the two buildings. If you work up an appetite looking at everything, there is a Cafe Express in the Beck building with a full menu of food and refreshments. Cameras are allowed for the permanent exhibits, but many of the special & on-loan collections are not allowed to be photographed. And if you have the time, there are also two other smaller branches of the museum: Bayou Bend & Rienzi. They are not however located in the Museum District, so you will need transport getting to them if you would like to visit them. The museum is open Tuesday-Sunday, Mondays it is closed. General admission for adults is $7, but on Thursdays it is free! This is an excellent art museum with some wonderful pieces of art, not to be missed!

  • Phone: 713-639-7300
  • Directions: Law & Beck buildings - In the Museum District on the corner of Main St. & Bissonnet Metrorail stop - Houston Museum District
  • Website: http://www.mfah.org/
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    Museum of Fine Arts: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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    • Angelamtp1
  • By Angelamtp1 on June 11, 2003
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    • Museum of Fine Arts - Houston
    by Angelamtp1
    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the largest art museum in America south
    of Chicago, west of Washington, D.C., and east of Los Angeles.
    There are two major museum buildings, the Caroline Wiess Law Building and
    the Audrey Jones Beck Building; two facilities for the Glassell School of
    Art, the Studio School for Adults and the Glassell Junior School; two house
    museums that exhibit decorative arts, Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens and
    Rienzi; the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden; and 18 acres of
    public gardens.

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  • Phone: 713-639-7589
  • Directions: The MFAH Visitors Center and Parking Garage is located at the corner of Binz and Fannin Streets.
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    Museum of Fine Arts: Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH)
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    • XenoHumph
  • Updated By XenoHumph on September 17, 2003
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    • MFAH tickets, Houston - Houston
    MFAH tickets, Houston
    by XenoHumph
    If you have time when you visit Houston, go see this nice art museum. No, it does not rival with Le Louvre, the British Museum, the Smithsonian and all these famous museums, but it has interesting pieces of art. What I like about that museum too is that it is generally quite empty of people, even for the best temporary exhibitions, making it a relaxing and pleasant experience.

    Definitely check what they are having for temporary exhibitions (website below), they have really good ones, this time definitely rivaling any major art museum.

    Permanent collections include:
    African Art (2,500 Years of African Art; The Glassell Collection of African Gold)
    American Painting and Sculpture (An American Perspective; Masterworks by Frederic Remington)
    Antiquities (Art of the Ancient World)
    Asian Art (A Window on Asia; The Glassell Collection of Indonesian Gold)
    Bayou Bend Collection (A Unique Gathering of Americana)
    Decorative Arts
    European Painting and Sculpture
    Impressionism / Post-Impressionism
    Latin American Art
    Modern and Contemporary Art ( Modern Masterpieces; The Art of Texas)
    Native American Art
    Oceanic Art
    Photography
    Pre-Columbian Art (Art of the Ancient Americas; The Glassell Collection of Pre-Columbian Gold)
    Prints and Drawings
    Rienzi Collection (European Decorative Arts)
    Textiles and Costume

    The museum is free on Thursday.
    2 free Parkings on Main street at the corner of Oakdale and of Bissonet, just a block away from the museum. There is also a covered parking garage at the museum itself on Binz street but it costs $3.

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  • Phone: 713-639-7300
  • Directions: Two buildings on each side of Bissonet Street (corner with Main street), downtown in the Museum district (N. Hermann Park)
  • Website: http://www.mfah.org/
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    Museum of Fine Arts: Sculpture Garden of the Museum of Fine Arts
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    • XenoHumph
  • Updated By XenoHumph on May 1, 2003
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    • Houston sculpture garden - Houston
    Houston sculpture garden
    by XenoHumph
    A beautiful peace heaven in the museum district is the sculpture garden of the Fine Arts Museum. It contains about 30 big sculptures of artists such as Giacometti, Moore, Rodin, aso... Very well lanscaped, it is extremely pleasant to stroll.
    Officially it is called the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden.

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  • Directions: In the museum district, at the NE corner of Bissonnet and Montrose.
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    Museum of Fine Arts: for the artsy fartsy.
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    • bluepigsinthesky
  • Updated By bluepigsinthesky on January 20, 2005
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    • I've been there 3 times, once to see the exhibtion,"The Heroic Century: The Museum of Modern Art Masterpieces, 200 Paintings and Sculptures" and the next to watch it again, and the last one was to visit the Catlin exhibition, and the Cartier exhibtion. The only misgiving i have is that the volunteers are rather inconsistent with their information but are quick to acknowlege it so... but otherwise, they do have good exhibitions, and sometime's offer recorded audios at a price. And bewarn: Don't go at the end of the exhibitions because that's when the crowd appears. Permanent collections include modernist Andy Warhol's "Self-Potrait", Italian Baroque painter Carlo Dolci's "Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist" and so forth. Their collections also include African Art, American Painting and Sculpture, and so forth.

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  • Phone: (713) 639-7589
  • Directions: MFAH Visitors Center and Parking Garage at the corner of Binz and Fannin Streets
  • Website: http://mfah.org
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    Museum of Fine Arts: If you're an artsy type of...
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  • Updated By Dmek69 on August 26, 2002
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    • Museum of Fine Arts - Houston
    by Dmek69
    If you're an artsy type of person, like me, then you'll appreciate visiting the Museum of Fine Arts.
    They have unique art from all over the world displayed there and many times they have special events going on year round.

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  • Other Contact: Phone: 713-639-7300/ or for TDD/
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    Museum of Fine Arts: The Houston Museum of Art is a...
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    • larsy
  • Updated By larsy on September 16, 2005
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    • Museum of Fine Arts - Houston
    by larsy
    The Houston Museum of Art is a good way to kill a few hours and ther sculpture garden is fun they have art pieces you can 'interact' with for great pictures if the guards aren't looking. All of Houston art Museums are guarded closer than any other museums Ive ever been to. They also have excellent pop art ,a few Wharhols and Basquiats to highlight a few, at the museum on the University of Houston's campus.

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  • Other Contact: www.mfha.org
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    Museum of Fine Arts: Rienzi Collection - Museum of Fine Arts
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  • By mariocibelli on January 12, 2004
  • Houston Page by mariocibelli
    • Excellent collection of European decorative arts in Rienzi Home surrounded by four acreas of lush woodlands in the centre of Houston.

    There are 1 hour guided tours M, Th, Fr and Sa. Slef guided tours on Sunday only.

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  • Phone: 713 639 7800
  • Website: WWW:MFAH.ORG
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    Museum of Fine Arts: Wear your best walking shoes...
  • By NomadicLife on November 3, 2003
  • Houston Page by NomadicLife
    • This is a large, beautiful museum with a great selection of works from diverse artists... Monet, Matisse, etc...

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  • Phone: (713) 639-7589
  • Directions: MFAH Visitors Center and Parking Garage at the corner of Binz and Fannin Streets
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    Museum of Fine Arts: Xul Solar Exhibit at the Fine Arts Museum
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  • Updated By PsiliPharm on February 21, 2006
  • Houston Page by PsiliPharm
    • Xul Solar: Visions and Revelations Exhibit was great, This exhibition is devoted solely to the work of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solar (1887-1963), who was Argentina´s most important proponent of modernism and the avant-garde. ... Anyways, this was the first time visiting the Fine Arts Museum and this was an Interesting Exhibit to Me! ... And It was FREE on Thursdays!

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  • Phone: (713) 639-7589
  • Directions: MFAH Visitors Center and Parking Garage at the corner of Binz and Fannin Streets
  • Website: http://www.mfah.org/
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