Museum of Fine Arts (Houston)

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (abbreviated as MFAH) in Houston is one of the largest art museums in the United States and the largest in Texas. The museum's permanent collection spans over 6,000 years of history and contains over 63 thousand exhibits. The Audrey Jones Beck Building and the Caroline Wiess Law Building are two adjacent buildings (connected by an underground passage) that house the museum's main collections.The museum also houses the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, the Glassell School of Art and Glassell Junior School, the Bayou Collections and Gardens. -Bend (eng. Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens) and the Rienzi Building ( Rienzi ).

Museum holdings

Painting from the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe

Rogier van der Weyden ("Madonna and Child," after 1454 ), Hans Memling ("Portrait of an Elderly Woman," 1468-1470 ), Sandro Botticelli ("The Adoration of the Christ Child," around 1500 ), Bartolomeo Veneto ("Portrait of a Man," 1512 , and "Portrait of a Woman," 1520s ), Sebastiano del PiomboMuseum collection ("Anton Francesco Albizzi," 1525 ), Lucas Cranach the Elder ("The Suicide of Lucretia," 1529 ), Jacopo Bassano and Francesco Bassano the Younger ("Christ in the House of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus," 1576-1577 ), Domenico Tintoretto ("Tancred Converting Clorinda to Christianity," around 1586-1600 ),

Operating Hours

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday

11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday Thanksgiving Day is a holiday.

From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday

11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday

12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday

Selected Holidays | Closed Monday

Tuesdays are closed, as are Thanksgiving and Christmas.

MFAH General Admission Member (Join Now!)

Adult General Admission (19+) is free. $19

Senior General Admission (65 and older with ID)

$16 General Admission for College Students (19+ with ID)

Youth General Admission is $12. (13–18)

Child General Admission is $12. (12 & younger)

Admission for Military Personnel Is Free (with ID)

Free