| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Visit the Houston Telephone MuseumPresented by Telephone Museum at Telephone Museum January 1, 2006 - Ongoing The Houston Telephone Museum celebrates the history of telephonic communication in Houston. Included in the displays are replicas of Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone, early switchboards from Houston and other Texas cities, poles, lines, tools, advertising materials, and photos and dozens of telephones ranging from crank devices to early cordless models.
The museum features cases of glass insulators and rows of telephones. Inside its galleries, country scenes are recreated... | Telephone Museum | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit the Texas City MuseumPresented by Texas City Museum at Texas City Museum January 1, 2006 - Ongoing The Texas City Museum encourages the explorer in everyone to experience the past, encounter the present, and discover the future. It is a place where both emotions and intellect are challenged as you are invited to touch, explore, and ask questions during your journey through the museum.
The Texas City Museum is pleased to offer a Children's Discovery Place -- "An Interactive Learning Experience."
The Discovery Place features exhibits such as Dinosaur Dig, Whisper Dish, Mexican... | Texas City Museum | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Texas City |
Visit Historic Liendo PlantationPresented by Liendo Plantation at Liendo Plantation January 1, 2006 - Ongoing Liendo Plantation was built in 1853 by Leonard Waller Groce, the son of Jared Groce, who was one of the largest most respected land owners in Texas. Originally a Spanish land grant of 67,000 acres assigned to Justo Liendo, the plantation's namesake, Liendo was one of Texas' earliest cotton plantations.
It was considered the social center of Texas receiving and lavishly entertaining early Texas dignitaries and notorieties. Liendo was considered a typical Southern plantation,... | Liendo Plantation | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Hempstead |
Visit the Lone Star Flight MuseumPresented by Lone Star Flight Museum at Lone Star Flight Museum January 1, 2006 - Ongoing The Lone Star Flight Museum is home to one of the finest collections of restored aircraft and aviation exhibits in the nation. Over 40 restored aircraft are displayed and most are in working condition. The collection includes WWII Fighters, Bombers, Liaison Trainers, and Executive Planes.
The museum is a volunteer, not-for-profit, tax exempt 501 (c) (3), educational museum, dedicated to the men and women who developed aviation to the science it is today; and, to the memory and... | Lone Star Flight Museum | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Galveston |
Visit the Houston Fire MuseumPresented by Houston Fire Museum at Houston Fire Museum January 1, 2006 - Ongoing The Houston Fire Museum, Inc. is a non-profit organization educating the community on fire and life safety and the history of the fire service. The Houston Fire Museum is an immersing experience, a visual timeline using artifacts, documents and visual arts to interpret the fire service, and a colorful timeline of historical vignettes.
Featured exhibits include "REMEMBER 9/11"...See a piece of structural steel from the Twin Towers; The Hopkins Collection...A prized... | Houston Fire Museum | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit the National Museum of Funeral HistoryPresented by National Museum of Funeral History at National Museum of Funeral History January 1, 2006 - Ongoing The National Museum of Funeral History opened its doors on the evening of October 18, 1992. The Museum was founded by Mr. Robert L. Waltrip after 25 years of dreaming of an institution that would educate the public and preserve the rich heritage of the funeral industry. With over 20,000 square feet of exhibition space the National Museum of Funeral History is the largest educational center on Funeral Heritage in the United States and perhaps the world.
The National Museum of... | National Museum of Funeral History | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit Bayou BendPresented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens January 1, 2006 - Ongoing Bayou Bend, the beautiful house with the romantic name, was designed as a private residence for Miss Hogg and her brothers, Will and Mike. Although the house was not built until 1928, the room settings faithfully re-create interiors from previous eras.
Miss Hogg donated Bayou Bend to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 1957, with the understanding that it would be converted into a house museum. Over the next decade, rooms that once served Miss Hogg's personal needs were... | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit the Museum of Printing HistoryPresented by Museum of Printing History at Museum of Printing History January 1, 2006 - Ongoing The Museum of Printing History collects and exhibits artifacts pertaining to the history of printing and printmaking as well as publications which influenced history in a significant way. We also collect and exhibit representative works by printers and print artists, both historical and contemporary.
We are unique among printing museums in the US in that our collection is more than antique machinery and equipment. Although we have an extensive collection of type, books and ephemera... | Museum of Printing History | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
Broken ObeliskPresented by Rothko Chapel at Rothko Chapel January 1, 2006 - Ongoing Thirty four years ago Annalee Newman wrote "Dominique and John de Menil] have given the people of Houston a glorious gift -- the Rothko Chapel with its penetrating, self-searching beauty and the Broken Obelisk, standing majestically in its pool of golden shadows." Both dedicated in 1971, Barnett Newman's sculpture and the Rothko Chapel have become increasingly intertwined over the years.
In addition to the Broken Obelisk in front of The Rothko Chapel, Newman... | Rothko Chapel | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
Bearing Witness: A Community RemembersPresented by Holocaust Museum of Houston at Holocaust Museum Houston January 1, 2006 - Ongoing Authentic film footage, artifacts, photographs, and documents show life in pre-war Europe, the Nazi move toward the "Final Solution," and life after the Holocaust.
The Permanent Exhibit is personalized with the testimony of Houston-area survivors who lived through a genocidal war that inflicted mass death on unprecedented numbers of innocent civilians. The exhibit begins by carrying visitors back to pre-war Europe and revealing the flourishing Jewish life and culture there.... | Holocaust Museum of Houston | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
Dan Flavin Installation
Avg. Event Rating(5.0 Stars): Presented by Menil Collection at Menil Collection - Richmond Hall January 1, 2006 - Ongoing Avg. Event Rating (5.0 Stars): Since November 1998, Richmond Hall has housed the penultimate work by the Minimalist sculptor Dan Flavin (1933–96), one of the most innovative artists of the second half of the twentieth century. Except for an installation in Bridgehampton, New York (created in 1985 by the Dia Art Foundation), Flavin’s work at Richmond Hall is the artist’s only permanent installation in the United States.
Born in New York City, Flavin was virtually self taught as a visual artist.... | Menil Collection | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
| Visit the Menil Collection | Menil Collection | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
Avg. Event Rating(5.0 Stars):Presented by Buffalo Soldiers National Museum at Buffalo Soldiers National Museum January 1, 2006 - Ongoing Avg. Event Rating (5.0 Stars): Visit the Buffalo Soliders Museum and discover more about this fascinating part of American history.
The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum offers its patrons a complete look at African American military history from 1770 to 2000 (Revolutionary War to the Persian Gulf War).
The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum provides fun, interactive, multi-media exhibits for interest and education for its patrons.
Among its many outreach programs, the... | Buffalo Soldiers National Museum | 01/01/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
World War II Holocaust RailcarPresented by Holocaust Museum Houston at Holocaust Museum Houston March 5, 2006 - Ongoing One of the most popular exhibits at Holocaust Museum Houston is a 1942 World War II rail car of the type used to carry millions of Jews to their deaths.
The railcar was formally dedicated and opened to the public during 10th Anniversary ceremonies at Holocaust Museum Houston on Sunday, March 5, 2006.
The rare World War II relic, an internationally recognized symbol of evil and oppression, was relocated from Germany to Houston, Texas to be transformed into a monument to... | Holocaust Museum Houston | 03/05/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
Sunday Afternoon Art at Super Happy Fun LandPresented by Super Happy Fun Land at Super Happy Fun Land July 30, 2006 - Ongoing Afternoon Art Workshops Every Sunday! You are welcome to participate in our workshops, work on your own art projects, or just hang out and have fun!
Plus, every 1st & 3rd Sundays 2-6pm: Comics Jam Add-On Comics! Draw a panel and pass it to your neighbor. And every 2nd and 4th Sundays 3pm-6pm: Screen Printing, Tie Dye, Craft Sewing (Sock Monkeys!), Polymer Clay, Painting, and/or Mosaic Workshops.
Go with the flow with our hands on DIY art workshops or contact us to host... | Super Happy Fun Land | 07/30/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic SitePresented by Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. at San Jacinto Museum of History September 4, 2006 - Ongoing The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site holds a significant responsibility to preserve the proud history of the State of Texas and the United States. The famous Battle of San Jacinto that brought TEXAS its independence was fought on this site. Because of the great importance of the Battle to the course of history, the Battleground is of state, national and international significance, a fact that is attested to by the site's National Historic Landmark status.
The... | Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. | 09/04/06-
Ongoing | La Porte |
Visit The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture GardenPresented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden September 29, 2006 - Ongoing The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden is a remarkable work of art itself. Spanning slightly more than one acre, the graceful site embodies "a geometry of playfulness," as trees, walls, lawns, and pavers come together to form a brilliant frame for outdoor sculpture. New seasons and different times of day make the Cullen Sculpture Garden an ever changing gallery for art and a welcoming destination for visitors.
Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988), architect of the... | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | 09/29/06-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit George Ranch Historical ParkPresented by Fort Bend County Museum Association at George Ranch Historical Park October 3, 2006 - Ongoing The George Ranch Historical Park: One family's remarkable legacy. The George Ranch's history follows family lines. It all began in 1824 when this was still Mexico and the first American pioneers settled near the Brazos River. In the years since, the ranch has passed through four generations and grown into one of Fort Bend County's landmarks.
Today, the George Ranch is a 23,000-acre working ranch. The family's original "home place" is at the core of the George Ranch... | Fort Bend County Museum Association | 10/03/06-
Ongoing | Richmond |
Visit the Fort Bend MuseumPresented by Fort Bend County Museum Association at Fort Bend Museum October 3, 2006 - Ongoing The Fort Bend Museum portrays Fort Bend County history from Austin's Colony in 1822 to 1945. The Fort Bend Museum Complex includes the Museum, the Long Smith Cottage, the 1883 John M. Moore Home, and the McFarlane House. At the Fort Bend Museum journey through time and experience life on the Brazos River and the Fort Bend story through dioramas and displays.
Walk through galleries representing the 1821 settlement of Spanish Texas by Anglo American colonists and the role of Stephen... | Fort Bend County Museum Association | 10/03/06-
Ongoing | Richmond |
Visit the John C. Freeman Weather MuseumPresented by John C. Freeman Weather Museum at John C. Freeman Weather Museum January 1, 2007 - Ongoing The goal of the Weather Museum is to make the community weather-wise and to encourage math and science eduation through weather. By visiting this unique museum, guests will learn about the many different aspects of weather, including science, history, and safety.
Exhibits include:
Weather Studio
Make your own weather forecast at the WRC Weather Studio! Report your forecast from a blizzard, flood, thunderstorm, or hurricane just like the pros!... | John C. Freeman Weather Museum | 01/01/07-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit the Byzantine Fresco Chapel Presented by Menil Collection at Byzantine Fresco Chapel January 1, 2007-March 4, 2012 The Byzantine Fresco Chapel was opened in February 1997. Intimate in scale (4,000 square feet), the Chapel is the repository in the United States for the only intact Byzantine frescoes in the entire western hemisphere.
These masterworks from the 13th century -- a dome and an apse -- were ripped and stolen out of a chapel near Lysi in the Turkish occupied section of Cyprus in the 1980's, cut into pieces, and smuggled off the island by thieves prepared to sell them piece by... | Menil Collection | 01/01/07-
03/04/12 | Houston |
Visit the Inspirational Art GardenPresented by Elegant Old Things at Elegant Old Things July 18, 2007 - Ongoing The Inspirational Art Garden is located in the Historical Heights Houston. This unique Art Garden is a place of wonderment that stirs your creative spirit and inspires you.
The garden is full of beautiful colored bottles, jars, jugs, balls and uniquely created shapes and figures of glass art sculptures by Erma Lee that jump start the imagination to a new art perspective.
These three dimensional objects of newfound art in a garden setting takes you to an enchanted land of... | Elegant Old Things | 07/18/07-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit Chung Mei Buddhist Temple (Garden, Museum, & Tea Room)Presented by Chung Mei Buddhist Temple at Chung Mei Buddhist Temple July 24, 2007 - Ongoing Welcome to Chung Mei Buddhist Temple, Texas. The temple was built in the spring of 2001 with blessings from Venerable Master Hsing Yun, the Founder of Fo Guang Shan and the International Buddhist Progress Society (IBPS).
Chung Mei Temple is the newest addition to the existing Fo Guang Shan's IBPS Houston branch in Texas. The main building complex houses the Main Shrine, a museum and a gift shop, a library, classrooms, Zen meditation rooms, and our newly renovated tea room. | Chung Mei Buddhist Temple | 07/24/07-
Ongoing | Stafford |
Visit the HBU Museum of American Architecture and Decorative ArtsPresented by Houston Baptist University at Houston Baptist University - Morris Cultural Arts Center September 5, 2007 - Ongoing The period room settings of the Museum of American Architecture and Decorative Arts depict everyday life in early Texas.
The museum provides a warm, intimate and friendly setting for the household furnishings and decorative arts which help the visitor appreciate the changes that occurred as Houston grew from a frontier settlement to a town.
The Museum of American Architecture and Decorative Arts contains items relating to the social history and material... | Houston Baptist University | 09/05/07-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit the Houston Maritime MuseumPresented by Houston Maritime Museum at Houston Maritime Museum November 1, 2007 - Ongoing Historic ship models, the Luykx Navigation Instrument Collection, and numerous other nautical items at the Houston Maritime Museum, offer an insite into how maritime history has shaped our world.
Displays such as these make museums special places in our community. They present the public with an opportunity to experience the thrill of personal discovery.
The Houston Maritime Museum is the first of its kind in Houston. Exhibits include over 150 ship models,... | Houston Maritime Museum | 11/01/07-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit the Beer Can HousePresented by Orange Show Center for Visionary Art at Beer Can House March 8, 2008 - Ongoing John Milkovisch, a retired upholsterer for the Southern Pacific Railroad, started his project now known as the Beer Can House in 1968 when he began inlaying thousands of marbles, rocks, and metal pieces into concrete and redwood to form unique landscaping features.
When the entire front and back yard were completely covered because he "got sick of mowing the grass", he turned to the house itself and began adding aluminum siding – aluminum... | Orange Show Center for Visionary Art | 03/08/08-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit The Bishop's PalacePresented by Galveston Historical Foundation at The Bishop's Palace March 23, 2009 - Ongoing The Bishop’s Palace is one of the best known and most widely recognized historic attractions in the country. It is listed by the U. S. Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark, and has been named by the American Institute of Architects as the 14th most important Victorian building in America.
The house was built from 1887 to 1892 for Colonel Walter Gresham and his wife Josephine, with whom he had nine children. An attorney and entrepreneur, Gresham came to... | Galveston Historical Foundation | 03/23/09-
Ongoing | Galveston |
Visit the Houston Police MuseumPresented by Houston Police Museum at Houston Police Museum August 8, 2010 - Ongoing Visit the relocated Houston Police Museum, which honors those who serve and protect. Badges from different years fill display cases at the new Houston Police Department Museum at 1200 Travis. Visitors can see exhibits and buy HPD caps and T-shirts in a gift shop.
When visitors enter the lobby of Houston police headquarters, the full-size helicopter hovering above a 1950s black-and-white patrol car is hard to miss. These real-life artifacts are a dramatic part of the... | Houston Police Museum | 08/08/10-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit the Texas Seaport MuseumPresented by Galveston Historical Foundation and Texas Seaport Museum at Texas Seaport Museum September 5, 2010 - Ongoing Welcome to Texas Seaport Museum, a project of Galveston Historical Foundation. Share the adventure of the high seas at the Texas Seaport Museum, home of the celebrated 1877 tall ship Elissa. Explore the decks of this floating National Historic Landmark which has also been designated one of America's Treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Walk Elissa's decks and imagine the days when daring sailors challenged the world's oceans. In... | Galveston Historical Foundation | 09/05/10-
Ongoing | Galveston |
The New Force Five!Presented by Houston Museum of Natural Science at Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium January 5, 2011-May 31, 2012 Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium presents The New Force Five!. Feel the Fury! Get ready to take cover when you see nature go "Force Five", from Houston Museum of Natural Science and Rice University.
A hurricane in 3-D without special glasses - 'Force 5' planetarium experience updated for Ike anniversary! Rice University's planetarium show detailing the natural forces that form hurricanes, tornadoes and solar storms has been... | Houston Museum of Natural Science | 01/05/11-
05/31/12 | Houston |
Stars Over TexasPresented by Houston Museum of Natural Science at Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium April 11, 2011-March 8, 2012 Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium presents Stars Over Texas. Explore the Texas Skies!
This live, guided tour begins with the moon, planets, and stars coming out in your backyard tonight and ends under the big West Texas sky. Explore the heavens above Texas from the Museum’s George Observatory to McDonald Observatory at Ft. Davis to discover how the sun and stars are different in Texas.
See the sky... | Houston Museum of Natural Science | 04/11/11-
03/08/12 | Houston |
2012: Mayan Prophecies Presented by Houston Museum of Natural Science at Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium May 5, 2011-May 31, 2012 Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium presents 2012: Mayan Prophecies. Explore the Prophecies of the Mayan Astronomers!
Visit the Classic Mayan cities of Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tikal, and Palenque to discover how the Maya aligned their temples to watch their sky gods and used interlocking calendars to record the past and predict the future.
Explore pyramids towering above the rainforest, designed as observatories to follow... | Houston Museum of Natural Science | 05/05/11-
05/31/12 | Houston |
The Impact of Racist Ideologies: Jim Crow and the Nuremberg Laws EXTENDEDPresented by Holocaust Museum Houston at Holocaust Museum Houston August 4, 2011-August 19, 2012 Holocaust Museum Houston presents the exhibition The Impact of Racist Ideologies: Jim Crow and the Nuremberg Laws, on view Aug. 5, 2011 through July 22, 2012, Aug. 19, 2012 (Extended Run) in the museum's Central Gallery. The public is invited to a free preview reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. Admission is free, but advance registration is required for this reception.
Contrary to common belief, Nazi Germany’s legal... | Holocaust Museum Houston | 08/04/11-
08/19/12 | Houston |
The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonPresented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building August 20, 2011-February 20, 2012 The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will be on view August 20, 2011-January 29, 2012, February 20, 2012 displaying the newly acquired collection of 73 paintings, watercolors, drawings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the collection of the late native Houstonian and energy entrepreneur, John R. Eckel, Jr. (1951-2009). The founder of Copano Energy, a midstream natural gas company and a... | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | 08/20/11-
02/20/12 | Houston |
ShadeCloud, an outdoor installation EXTENDEDPresented by Art League Houston at Art League Houston August 25, 2011-February 24, 2012 Art League Houston is excited to present ShadeCloud, an outdoor installation by Houston-based artist Emily Sloan in the Art League Sculpture Garden, which weaves together a diverse selection of new and recycled lampshades into three cloud-like structures that suspend from the surrounding trees.
The installation not only references the dynamic weather patterns characteristic of the Houston area,... | Art League Houston | 08/25/11-
02/24/12 | Houston |
The Landscape in Art: Northwest Houston Collects EXTENDEDPresented by Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts at Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts August 27, 2011-April 29, 2012 The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts presents The Landscape in Art: Northwest Houston Collects, on view in the MAIN GALLERY August 27 – December 18, 2011. EXTENDED through April 29, 2012. The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts continues its “Northwest Houston Collects” exhibitions with The Landscape in Art. The exhibition, from local, private collections, showcases works never before... | Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts | 08/27/11-
04/29/12 | Spring |
Highlights from the Collection: Bohuslav Horak LithosPresented by Museum of Printing History at Museum of Printing History September 1, 2011-February 4, 2012 The Museum of Printing History presents the exhibition Highlights from the Collection: Bohuslav Horak Lithos. On view September 1, 2011– February, 4, 2012. Opening Reception Thursday, September 1, 6-8pm.
Master Printer Bohuslav Horak (pictured) was born in Prague in 1914 and educated at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He operated his own lithographic workshop for 11 years... | Museum of Printing History | 09/01/11-
02/04/12 | Houston |
HMNS Sugar Land - Crime Lab DetectivePresented by Houston Museum of Natural Science at Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land September 3, 2011-May 6, 2012 Houston Museum of Natural Science - Sugar Land presents Crime Lab Detective.
In Crime Lab Detective, it’s up to you to solve the Johnson Family Mystery! In this new special exhibition, visitors are the lead detectives and are challenged to examine various clues, such as cloth fiber on a picket fence and tire marks, to help solve the crime.
The Crime
The Johnsons have been away on a week-long vacation to Hawaii.... | Houston Museum of Natural Science | 09/03/11-
05/06/12 | Sugar Land |
| Wall Paper as Art: If You Sprinkle When You Tinkle | Art League Houston | 09/09/11-
02/24/12 | Houston |
Houston Art Society Monthly Meeting and Demonstration (Second Monday Monthly)Presented by Houston Art Society at Memorial Church of Christ September 12, 2011-May 14, 2012 Houston Art Society meets the 2nd Monday of each month September through May, from 10:00A.M. to 12:30P.M. at Memorial Church of Christ, 900 Echo Lane, Room #124, Houston, Texas 77024. There is a two hour artist demonstration at each meeting. Guest are welcome.
Houston Art Society (HAS): Whether you are an experienced artist interested in meeting other artists or just starting out, please consider joining us at one of our upcoming meetings. The Houston Art Society... | Houston Art Society | 09/12/11-
05/14/12 | Houston |
Etchings of Bernhardt Wall: Following Sam HoustonPresented by Museum of Printing History at Museum of Printing History October 6, 2011-February 25, 2012 The Museum of Printing History presents the exhibition Etchings of Bernhardt Wall: Following Sam Houston. On view October 6, 2011– February 25, 2012.
Artist and historian, Bernhardt Wall (1872-1956) was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects, including Texas and the Southwest. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo, New York on Dec. 30, 1872. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889... | Museum of Printing History | 10/06/11-
02/25/12 | Houston |
Postcards from HoustonPresented by Postcards from Houston October 11, 2011-November 1, 2012 Postcards from Houston invites city residents and enthusiasts to participate in the ultimate city-wide urban artistic adventure.
From start to finish, participants will experience hidden metropolitan pockets of the city and become captivated with the history, inspiration and motivation behind works small and large. From access to local artists, to hands-on studio time and guidance each class member touches, investigates and visualizes different parts of the Houston... | Postcards from Houston | 10/11/11-
11/01/12 | Houston |
Discovering the Civil WarPresented by Houston Museum of Natural Science at Houston Museum of Natural Science October 14, 2011-April 29, 2012 When confederate forces attacked military installations at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, brother became pitted against brother, state against state, and north against south, all causing a young nation to confront the social, political, economic, and racial issues that threatened to divide it forever. Considered to be the deadliest war in American history, the Civil War continues to captivate audiences young and old.
Discovering the Civil War, a special... | Houston Museum of Natural Science | 10/14/11-
04/29/12 | Houston |
Visit the Cockrell Butterfly Center and Brown Hall of Entomology Presented by Houston Museum of Natural Science at Houston Museum of Natural Science-Cockrell Butterfly Center October 14, 2011 - Ongoing The Cockrell Butterfly Center and Brown Hall of Entomology provide entertainment and education for the whole family! Walk through a living butterfly habitat and marvel at living examples of some of the world’s largest and weirdest arthropods. Discover spectacular preserved specimens and enjoy interactive games and quizzes.
This stunning living butterfly exhibit showcases hundreds of live butterflies in a naturalistic rainforest setting. Home to exotic... | Houston Museum of Natural Science | 10/14/11-
Ongoing | Houston |
Visit the Houston Museum of Natural SciencePresented by Houston Museum of Natural Science at Houston Museum of Natural Science October 14, 2011 - Ongoing Roam the Serengeti, walk with dinosaurs and discover the world's mineral wonders - all at the Houston Mueum of Natural Science.
Permanent Exhibits:
Paleontology - More than 450 fossils and fossil replicas provide a vivid glimpse into the incredible 3.5-billion-year story of life on Earth.
Gems & Minerals - See more than 750 beautifully crystallized mineral... | Houston Museum of Natural Science | 10/14/11-
Ongoing | Houston |
Round 35 & CommunographPresented by Project Row Houses and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH at Project Row Houses October 15, 2011-March 4, 2012 Project Row Houses is pleased to announce the opening of seven new projects in the art houses on Saturday, October 15, 2011 from 4.00pm - 7:00pm (2505-2521 Holman Street). Round 35 will be on view from October 15 through March 4, 2012, and is free and open to the public. There will be an Artist/Community Talk on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in our main building at 2521 Holman Street.
| Project Row Houses | 10/15/11-
03/04/12 | Houston |
Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great PharaohsPresented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building October 16, 2011-April 15, 2012 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) will host Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, an acclaimed exhibition featuring more than 100 artifacts, most of which had never been shown in the U.S. prior to this tour. The exhibition opens October 16, 2011, and will be on view through April 15, 2012. Visitors will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view the spectacular treasures, more than half of which come from... | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | 10/16/11-
04/15/12 | Houston |
Imprinting the Divine: Byzantine and Russian Icons from the Menil CollectionPresented by Menil Collection at Menil Collection October 21, 2011-March 18, 2012 The Menil Collection presents the exhibition Imprinting the Divine: Byzantine and Russian Icons from the Menil Collection. On view October 21, 2011 – March 18, 2012.
The Menil’s collection of Byzantine icons is widely regarded by scholars in the field as one of the most important of its kind in the United States. The group of more than sixty works, many of which were acquired by Dominique de Menil in 1985 from the noted collector Eric Bradley,... | Menil Collection | 10/21/11-
03/18/12 | Houston |
Houston 175: CommercePresented by Museum of Printing History at Museum of Printing History October 27, 2011-February 11, 2012 The Museum of Printing History presents the exhibition Houston 175: Commerce. On view October 27, 2011– February 11, 2012.
In celebration of Houston's 175th birthday, the Museum of Printing History has joined the Mayor's office and several area nonprofits in mounting exhibitions on Houston's history.
Houston 175: Commerce is an exhibition exploring the significance of printing on Houston’s commercial history. Beginning with the... | Museum of Printing History | 10/27/11-
02/11/12 | Houston |
Gemstone Carvings: The Masterworks of Harold Van Pelt Presented by Houston Museum of Natural Science at Houston Museum of Natural Science October 28, 2011-March 31, 2012 Marvel at the extraordinary artworks of Harold Van Pelt in the HMNS exhibition Gemstone Carvings: The Masterworks of Harold Van Pelt opening Oct. 28, 2011.
For over 35 years, Harold Van Pelt has quietly been perfecting the art of carving quartz, rock crystal and agate gemstones. Hundreds of hours go into each multi-faceted, fluted, and textured vase, hollow container, sculpture and vessel, many of which are accented with gold and semi-precious... | Houston Museum of Natural Science | 10/28/11-
03/31/12 | Houston |
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