KIDS + FAMILIES

Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH presents Rienzi Free Family Day: A Harvest Celebration, Sunday, October 2, 1pm--5pm.

Join us to celebrate the harvest season at Rienzi. Art activities include painting pumpkins, seed and leaf collage making and creating your own autumn wreath. Bluegrass band Southern Lights will perform and Rienzi docents will lead themed Storytime tours throughout the house. For a special treat children will enjoy decorating their own chocolate or caramel dipped apples. Light refreshments are served. Admission is free.

Rienzi is the center for European decorative arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Comprising a remarkable art collection, and a house and gardens, Rienzi was given to the museum by arts patrons Carroll Sterling Masterson and Harris Masterson III. This handsome residence is named for Mr. Masterson's grandfather, Rienzi Johnston, and is situated on 4.4 acres in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood. The structure was designed in 1952 by John F. Staub, the same architect who designed Bayou Bend.