KIDS + FAMILIES

June 7 is a Target Free First Sunday at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, offers free admission all day, the first Sunday of each month, courtesy of support from Target.

As part of Target Free First Sundays, the museum’s education department plans an array of art activities, performances, films, and refreshments from 1 pm to 5 pm designed to give families an interactive experience, with an emphasis on current exhibitions.

That means free admission all day for everyone, and special family-friendly programs.

Come discover the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston inside and out!   Enjoy family flicks, sketching, storytime tours, and geometric refreshments.  The family flicks are shown in Brown Auditorium Theater on the lower level of the Law Building.   Art activities are held in both the Law and Beck buildings, and refreshments are provided.

Sunday, June 7:  Today´s Forecast: Weather in Art. 

Bring your weather team to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and experience wind gusts, humid sun, rain & puddles, and sleet & snow. Create an oil pastel landscape and Meteorologist Mobile, inspired by the art at the MFAH. Be your own meteorologist and share the weather forecast in the galleries with your family.

Learn more about weather with activities from our neighbor, The Weather Museum. Go "Behind the Scenes" with the MFAH´s Preparations Department. How do they install art in the museum? What do they do to prepare for a Hurricane? Umbrellas aren´t needed — enjoy the classic, Singing in the Rain at 2:00 p.m.

Your weather team can find all types of weather in the art at the MFAH.

Bring your weather team to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and experience wind gusts, humidity, sun, rain & puddles, and sleet & snow! Find all types of weather in the art at the MFAH, and more:

• Create an oil pastel landscape and Meteorologist Mobile, inspired by the art at the MFAH.
• Be your own meteorologist and share the weather forecast in the galleries with your family.
• Learn more about weather with activities from our neighbor, The Weather Museum.
• Go "Behind-the-Scenes" with the MFAH´s Preparations Department and see how they prepare for a hurricane.
• Enjoy listening to weather-inspired music by the Houston String Quartet, and watch a dance performance by Mitotiani-Aztec Dance.
• Umbrellas aren´t needed — enjoy the classic film, Singin´ in the Rain in our theatre.

Schedule:
1:30 p.m. Mitotiani-Aztec Dance
2:00 p.m. Singin' in the Rain Film Screening
2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Houston String Quartet Performance
2:00, 2:30, 3:00, and 3:30 p.m. Storytime Tours
3:00 p.m. MFAH Preparations Department lets you "Behind-the-Scenes"

Recommended Ages: 4+

Target Free First Sundays are free. No pre-registration necessary and you may drop in and stay as long as you wish.