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    Menil Collection

    1515 Sul Ross
    Houston , TX 77006
    713-525-9400  |  Fax: 713-525-9444

    Website: http://menil.org/


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    The Menil Collection is a unique museum environment located in the Montrose-area Museum District housing the collection of John and Dominique de Menil. The museum building is the centerpiece of a neighborhood featuring satellite gallery spaces and related cultural instituitons set in a parklike setting.

    The Menil Collection opened in 1987 to preserve and exhibit the art collection of John and Dominique de Menil. Considered one of...

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    The Menil Collection is a unique museum environment located in the Montrose-area Museum District housing the collection of John and Dominique de Menil. The museum building is the centerpiece of a neighborhood featuring satellite gallery spaces and related cultural instituitons set in a parklike setting.

    The Menil Collection opened in 1987 to preserve and exhibit the art collection of John and Dominique de Menil. Considered one of the most important privately assembled collections of the twentieth century, The Menil Collection houses approximately 15,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books. Masterpieces from antiquity, the Byzantine and medieval worlds, the tribal cultures of Africa, Oceania, and the American Pacific Northwest, and the twentieth century are particularly well represented. Among the highlights of the museum are its Surrealist holdings, widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost collections of its kind. The Menil Collection displays selections from its permanent collection and regularly offers special exhibitions and programs to the public.

    Acclaimed by critics as a triumph of modern architecture, The Menil Collection was designed by a joint venture of Renzo Piano/Building Workshop, Genoa, Italy and Richard Fitzgerald & Partners, Houston. The museum’s ingenious roof and skylight system, interior atrium gardens, and large windows fill the galleries with natural light, reflecting subtle changes of weather, season, and time of day. Throughout the museum, visitors find quiet, contemplative spaces, ideal for viewing art.


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    Visit the Menil Collection

    Presented by Menil Collection at Menil Collection - Richmond Hall

    January 1, 2006 - Ongoing

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    Dan Flavin Installation

    Presented by Menil Collection at Menil Collection - Richmond Hall

    January 1, 2006 - Ongoing

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    Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective

    Presented by Menil Collection at Menil Collection

    March 1-June 10, 2012

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    This World Is Not My Home: Danny Lyon Photographs

    Presented by Menil Collection at Menil Collection

    March 30-July 29, 2012

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    Gallery Talk The Artist's Eye: Beth Secor on Danny Lyon

    Presented by Menil Collection at Menil Collection

    June 3, 2012

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