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The Museum of Fine Arts

The Museum of Fine Arts

The MFAH is the largest cultural institution in the southwest region. The Museum’s main campus is located in the heart of Houston’s Museum District, and comprises the Audrey Jones Beck Building, the Caroline Wiess Law Building, the Glassell School of Art, and the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden.
Location
Houston, United States
Founded in
1900

Past events

Bernardo Rodriguez, The Holy Family with Mercedarian Symbols, late 18th–early 19th century, oil on canvas, collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma.
Spanish Colonial Paintings from the Thoma Collection
26 Sep 2018 — 27 Dec 2020
Egypt, Bowl, 1300–1350, brass with inlaid silver, The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait.
Arts of Islamic Lands
30 Jan 2015 — 27 Dec 2020
Halston, Hat, 1961, buckram, capenet, and burnt ostrich quills, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III.
Hats Off
11 Jan — 31 Jul 2020
Francis Bacon, Self-Portrait, 1971, oil on canvas, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art modern-Centre de création industrielle, Paris. © The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. / DACS, London / ARS, NY 2019
Francis Bacon
23 Feb — 25 May 2020
Ishimoto Yasuhiro, Untitled, 1995, silver dye bleach print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist in memory of Ishimoto Shigeru. © Kochi Prefecture, photo by Yasuhiro Ishimoto, collection of the Museum of Art, Kochi
A History of Photography
3 Oct 2019 — 3 May 2020
Studio 65, manufactured by Gufram©, Capitello, designed 1971, made c. 1972–78, polyurethane foam and Guflac®, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Dennis Freedman Collection, gift of Dennis Freedman. © 1971 Studio 65m / Brad Bridgers, photographer
Radical
14 Feb — 26 Apr 2020
Photograph of Norman Rockwell with Freedom of Speech painting at Four Freedoms War Bond Show, 1943, photographer unknown, collection of Norman Rockwell Museum. © Norman Rockwell Family Agency. All rights reserved.
Norman Rockwell
15 Dec 2019 — 22 Mar 2020
Mural. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Mural
1 Jul 2019 — 23 Feb 2020
Arts of Islamic Lands. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Arts of Islamic Lands
30 Jan 2015 — 29 Dec 2019
Viewpoints. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Viewpoints
10 Aug — 15 Dec 2019
Icons of Style. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Icons of Style
23 Jun — 22 Sep 2019
William Forsythe. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
William Forsythe
23 May — 15 Sep 2019
Between Play and Grief. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Between Play and Grief
16 Mar — 8 Sep 2019
Shooting the Moon. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Shooting the Moon
20 Jul — 2 Sep 2019
Ragnar Kjartansson. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Ragnar Kjartansson
21 Jul — 2 Sep 2019
A History of Photography. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
A History of Photography
6 Mar — 2 Sep 2019
Gender Bending Fashion. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Gender Bending Fashion
21 Mar — 25 Aug 2019
Spanish Colonial Paintings from the Thoma Collection. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Spanish Colonial Paintings from the Thoma Collection
26 Sep 2018 — 18 Aug 2019
Eye on Houston. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Eye on Houston
16 Jan — 11 Aug 2019
Fear and Wonder. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Fear and Wonder
12 Feb — 4 Aug 2019
Broadway’s Amazing Masterson. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Broadway’s Amazing Masterson
1 May — 31 Jul 2019
Vincent van Gogh, Impasse des deux frères, 1887, oil on canvas, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Vincent van Gogh
10 Mar — 27 Jun 2019
Mending. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Mending
8 Dec 2018 — 9 Jun 2019
Odyssey. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Odyssey
3 Mar — 27 May 2019
Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
3 Mar — 27 May 2019
Garden Paradise. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Garden Paradise
2 Nov 2018 — 24 Mar 2019
Kindred Spirits. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Kindred Spirits
3 Nov 2018 — 3 Feb 2019
Always Greener. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Always Greener
21 Aug 2018 — 3 Feb 2019
Tudors to Windsors. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Tudors to Windsors
7 Oct 2018 — 27 Jan 2019
Contesting Modernity. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Contesting Modernity
28 Oct 2018 — 21 Jan 2019
The Connoisseur’s Eye. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
The Connoisseur’s Eye
1 Sep 2018 — 13 Jan 2019
Spanish Colonial Paintings from the Thoma Collection. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Spanish Colonial Paintings from the Thoma Collection
16 Sep — 30 Dec 2018
Contemporary Dutch Design. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Contemporary Dutch Design
19 May — 25 Nov 2018
40 Years of Discovery. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
40 Years of Discovery
9 Jun — 14 Oct 2018
Digital Worlds. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Digital Worlds
23 Jun — 8 Oct 2018
Joris Laarman Lab. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Joris Laarman Lab
24 Jun — 16 Sep 2018
Hidden Layers. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Hidden Layers
26 May — 3 Sep 2018
Mike + Doug Starn. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Mike + Doug Starn
10 Jun — 3 Sep 2018
Peacock in the Desert. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Peacock in the Desert
4 Mar — 19 Aug 2018
Peacock in the Desert. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Peacock in the Desert
4 Mar — 19 Aug 2018
Reflection and Enlightenment. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Reflection and Enlightenment
30 Nov 2017 — 5 Aug 2018
Extravagant Objects. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Extravagant Objects
18 Nov 2017 — 26 Jul 2018
David Levinthal. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
David Levinthal
1 Dec 2017 — 19 Feb 2018
Bestowing Beauty. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
Bestowing Beauty
1 Dec 2017 — 11 Feb 2018
The Glamour and Romance of Oscar de la Renta. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
The Glamour and Romance of Oscar de la Renta
1 Dec 2017 — 28 Jan 2018
Arts of Islamic Lands. Courtesy of MFAH
Arts of Islamic Lands
1 Jul 2017 — 28 Jan 2018
So Different, So Appealing. Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts
So Different, So Appealing
1 Dec 2017 — 21 Jan 2018
In the Studio. Courtesy of MFAH
In the Studio
1 Jul — 8 Oct 2017
Homelands and Histories. Courtesy of MFAH
Homelands and Histories
1 Jul — 1 Oct 2017
Paint the Revolution. Courtesy of MFAH
Paint the Revolution
1 Jul — 1 Oct 2017
Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet. Courtesy of MFAH
Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet
1 Jul — 24 Sep 2017
Pipilotti Rist. Courtesy of MFAH
Pipilotti Rist
1 Jul — 17 Sep 2017

The Museum of Fine Arts

29.72567
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Bissonnet Street, 1001
Houston 77005 United States
+1 713 639 7300
www.mfah.org
Opening hours

Tuesday & Wednesday
From 10am to 5pm
Thursday from 10am to 9pm
Friday and Saturday
From 10am to 7pm
Sunday from 12.15am to 7pm

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