Houston, TX

Museum of Fine Arts in Houston

Address: 1 Westcott St., Houston TX 77007 - MAP
Phone: (713) 639-7750
Web: www.mfah.org

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is a masterpiece of historic proportions, with a collection of more than 57,000 works of art and more than 300,000 square feet of exhibit space. It is one of the largest museums in the U.S.

The collection dates from antiquity to modern-day. Works include Italian Renaissance paintings, French Impressionist works, photographs, American and European decorative arts, African and Pre-Columbian gold, American art, and European and American paintings and sculpture.

The complex is home to two museum buildings: the Caroline Wiess Law Building and the Audrey Jones Beck Building. To nurture and facilitate the work of studying artists, the museum also runs a studio school for adults and a junior school for young artists. The definition of art is expanded and enriched with 18 acres of public gardens and the Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden.

More than 2.5 million people visit the MFAH each year.