Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

• Enjoy 14 walkable acres in the heart of Houston’s Museum District, encompassing gardens, reflecting pools, and three main gallery buildings: the Audrey Jones Beck Building, the Caroline Wiess Law Building, and the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building.
• The Beck Building features galleries for changing exhibitions as well as for the Museum’s collections of ancient art, European art, photography, prints and drawings, and American art to the mid-20th century.
• The Law Building features galleries for changing exhibitions as well as for the Museum’s collections of Asian, African, Islamic, Native American, Pacific Islands and Australian, and Pre-Columbian art. The Law Building is also the site of Brown Auditorium Theater.
• The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building is the Museum’s home for its international collection of 20th- and 21st-century art, filling more than 100,000 square feet of luminous modern architecture. The Kinder Building is also the site of the cafe, the fine-dining restaurant, and Lynn Wyatt Theater.
• The Museum’s global collection includes works by renowned artists such as El Anatsui, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Ólafur Elíasson, Vincent van Gogh, Cristina Iglesias, Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Frederic Remington, James Turrell and Ai Weiwei.
• Explore the Museum’s three underground tunnels with extraordinary light installations that link the campus together.
• Find tranquility in the Cullen Sculpture Garden, an oasis of art and nature showcasing masterworks of 20th- and 21st-century sculpture by artists including Henri Matisse and Auguste Rodin.

Tips

• Your admission includes one-day access to all three gallery buildings on the 14-acre Museum campus during regular hours of operation.
• For everything you need to know to plan your visit, click here.

Amenities

• Dining: Cafe Leonelli and Le Jardinier in the Kinder Building (see details)
• Gift Shops: MFAH Shop

Visitor Safety

• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has safety protocols in place to ensure a safe environment for its guests and staff; learn more on their website.

Best Time to Visit

• Wednesdays and Fridays are often less crowded than weekends, and less crowded than Thursdays, when the Museum offers free general admission.

Accessibility

• All public galleries are accessible to guests with limited mobility. Wheelchairs are available on a first-come, first-served basis at all entrances. For information, click here or email accessibility@mfah.org for additional details.

Parking/Transporation

• Click here for information on parking, transportation and directions. The museum is accessible via METRORail and and Houston BCycle.

Reservations may be required at attractions. For some attractions, you can make reservations through the CityPASS® Travel Guide, and for others, we provide instructions on how you can reserve a time directly with the attraction. You can find reservation details as well as other helpful information for planning your attraction visits, such as entry information, what's included with CityPASS® tickets, attraction hours and locations, and more, using the link below.

During busy times such as summer, spring break, and holidays, it’s especially important to plan ahead and make any necessary reservations. Rarely, attractions may sell out on busy days. If you have a narrow timeframe in which you want to visit a particular attraction, please contact CityPASS® Customer Care to check availability.

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