Menil Collection - Houston Museum

Descriptions from Across the Web

• After your visit to the internationally-famous Menil Collection, stop by the museum's bookstore ... more on Wcities
• The Menil Collection, which is operated by the Menil Foundation, Inc., ... more on Museum Stuff
• The Menil Collection is a unique museum housing the collection of John and Dominique de Menil. The vast collection, comprised of almost 15,000 artworks and artifacts dating back thousands ... more on gocitykids.com
• The Menil Collection opened to the public in June 1987 as the primary repository of John and Dominique de Menil�s private collection. One of the most significant of the twentieth century, the collection consists of nearly 15,000 works dating from the Paleolithic era to the present day. Although historically vast, it uniquely resists the conventional museum model of the encyclopedia. Instead, within the four areas that largely define the collection�Antiquity, Byzantine and Medieval, Tribal, and Twentieth-Century Art (with a concentration in Surrealism)�one finds a selective approach to acquisition that yields depth with regard to ... more on visithoustontexas.com
• Here, on display in an unremarkable neighborhood near the University of St. Thomas, is one of the world's great private collections. Jean and Dominique de Menil arrived in Houston in the 1940s, fleeing the war in Europe. For more than 4 decades, they purchased and commissioned works of art; brought artists, architects, and academics to the city; organized groundbreaking exhibitions; and did much for Houston's art museums and for the art departments of Rice University and St. Thomas University. Their collection, especially the modern art, is vast, so much so that only a fifth of it can ... more on frommers.com

Directions

Located a few blocks west of Montrose Boulevard, between West Alabama Street and Richmond Avenue.

Hours

11am-7pm Wed-Sun,Wed-Sun 11am-7pm,11am-6pm Wed-Fri; 11am-6:45pm Sat-Sun

Miscellaneous

• Admission: Free
• Collections: Four primary areas may be identified within The Menil Collection: antiquities, Byzantine art, the arts of tribal cultures, and twentieth-century art.

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