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  Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts

  1406 Kirby Drive
  Houston, TX 77019

  Phone: 713-639-7800   |   Email   |   Official Website

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• • Current Events

    05/03/12- 05/31/12

    Thursday Twilight Tours at Rienzi Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts Thursday Twilight Tours at Rienzi Presented by Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH at Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts May 3-May 31, 2012 Relax and see Rienzi and its gorgeous gardens at twilight at the Thursday Twilight Tours at Rienzi, every Thursday in May, 5:30pm-7:30pm! Wine and light bites are served. Docents are stationed throughout the house to greet visitors and tell stories about Rienzi’s collection of European decorative arts. Pink azaleas and large white magnolia blossoms are typically in full bloom at this time of year. There are ten distinct gardens on Rienzi’s property...

    04/04/12- 07/25/12

    Sketching in the Galleries (Wednesdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts Sketching in the Galleries (Wednesdays) Presented by Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH at Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts April 4-July 25, 2012 Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH presents Sketching in the Galleries at Rienzi. During Rienzi’s open sketching hours, guests are invited to draw from 18th-century decorative arts objects in the Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. The galleries hold treasures for every artist: space and light, interior design, historical narrative, decorative motifs, reflective surfaces, intriguing shapes, and form inspired by...

• • Upcoming Events

    06/06/12- 07/25/12	Summer Storytime Tours at Rienzi (Wednesdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts Summer Storytime Tours at Rienzi (Wednesdays) Presented by Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH at Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts June 6-July 25, 2012 Bring your children for FREE, fun and interactive Summer Storytime Tours at Rienzi, the European Decorative Arts Collection and Gardens of the MFAH. Wednesdays in June and July. Storytime Tours introduce children to the magic of art and literature in an intimate house museum setting. Rienzi’s Storytime Tour is a fun and interactive activity featuring stories related to themes highlighted in Rienzi’s collection. Admission is...
    07/15/12	Family Art Workshop: Fantasies and Fairytales Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts Family Art Workshop: Fantasies and Fairytales Presented by Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH at Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts July 15, 2012 Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH presents a Family Art Workshop: Fantasies and Fairytales, at 1pm Sunday, July 15. Family Art Workshops encourage families to come together to create art, write stories and poems, and see performances inspired by the Rienzi Collection. Join in an engaging afternoon of children’s literature, fantasies, and fairy tales. Younger students explore the many fairy tales written from the point of view...
    07/22/12	Family Art Workshop: Tales of the Arabian Nights: A Marionette Performance and Workshop Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts Family Art Workshop: Tales of the Arabian Nights: A Marionette Performance and Workshop Presented by Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH at Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts July 22, 2012 Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH presents a Family Art Workshop: Tales of the Arabian Nights: A Marionette Performance and Workshop, at 1pm Sunday, July 22. Family Art Workshops encourage families to come together to create art, write stories and poems, and see performances inspired by the Rienzi Collection. Enjoy an afternoon of entertainment as Aladdin and Princess Jasmine outsmart Jafar to keep the magic lamp safe from evil...

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Current &
Upcoming Events

• Current Events

  05/03/12- 05/31/12

  Thursday Twilight Tours at Rienzi Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts Thursday Twilight Tours at Rienzi Presented by Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH at Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts May 3-May 31, 2012 Relax and see Rienzi and its gorgeous gardens at twilight at the Thursday Twilight Tours at Rienzi, every Thursday in May, 5:30pm-7:30pm! Wine and light bites are served. Docents are stationed throughout the house to greet visitors and tell stories about Rienzi’s collection of European decorative arts. Pink azaleas and large white magnolia blossoms are typically in full bloom at this time of year. There are ten distinct gardens on Rienzi’s property...

  04/04/12- 07/25/12

  Sketching in the Galleries (Wednesdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts Sketching in the Galleries (Wednesdays) Presented by Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH at Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts April 4-July 25, 2012 Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH presents Sketching in the Galleries at Rienzi. During Rienzi’s open sketching hours, guests are invited to draw from 18th-century decorative arts objects in the Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. The galleries hold treasures for every artist: space and light, interior design, historical narrative, decorative motifs, reflective surfaces, intriguing shapes, and form inspired by...

• Upcoming Events

  06/06/12- 07/25/12	Summer Storytime Tours at Rienzi (Wednesdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts Summer Storytime Tours at Rienzi (Wednesdays) Presented by Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH at Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts June 6-July 25, 2012 Bring your children for FREE, fun and interactive Summer Storytime Tours at Rienzi, the European Decorative Arts Collection and Gardens of the MFAH. Wednesdays in June and July. Storytime Tours introduce children to the magic of art and literature in an intimate house museum setting. Rienzi’s Storytime Tour is a fun and interactive activity featuring stories related to themes highlighted in Rienzi’s collection. Admission is...
  07/15/12	Family Art Workshop: Fantasies and Fairytales Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts Family Art Workshop: Fantasies and Fairytales Presented by Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH at Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts July 15, 2012 Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH presents a Family Art Workshop: Fantasies and Fairytales, at 1pm Sunday, July 15. Family Art Workshops encourage families to come together to create art, write stories and poems, and see performances inspired by the Rienzi Collection. Join in an engaging afternoon of children’s literature, fantasies, and fairy tales. Younger students explore the many fairy tales written from the point of view...
  07/22/12	Family Art Workshop: Tales of the Arabian Nights: A Marionette Performance and Workshop Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts Family Art Workshop: Tales of the Arabian Nights: A Marionette Performance and Workshop Presented by Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH at Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts July 22, 2012 Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH presents a Family Art Workshop: Tales of the Arabian Nights: A Marionette Performance and Workshop, at 1pm Sunday, July 22. Family Art Workshops encourage families to come together to create art, write stories and poems, and see performances inspired by the Rienzi Collection. Enjoy an afternoon of entertainment as Aladdin and Princess Jasmine outsmart Jafar to keep the magic lamp safe from evil...

Past
Events

• Past Events

  05/17/12	Rienzi May Gallery Talk: Rienzi’s 'Christ on the Cross' Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  05/13/12	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: The Historical Piano Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  05/05/12- 05/06/12	HGO Studio at Rienzi: May Performances Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  04/19/12	Rienzi April Gallery Talk: Leather and Cloth Bindings in the Masterson Library Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  04/12/12	Rienzi Spring Twilight Talk: Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle, and Victorian Domestic Architecture Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  03/28/12	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  03/22/12	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  03/16/12- 03/17/12	HGO Studio at Rienzi: March Performances Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  03/15/12	Rienzi March Gallery Talk: The Artist's Studio, Bayswater Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  03/03/12	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/26/12	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: Amsterdam Baroque Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/23/12	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/09/12	Rienzi Twilight Talk: Embodying Shakespeare: A Backstage Pass to the Actor’s Process Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/08/12- 02/15/12	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces (Wednesdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/02/12	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/21/12	Rienzi Foodie Fest Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/21/12	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/19/12	January Gallery Talk at Rienzi: Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/11/12	Rienzi and Bayou Bend History Reading Book Club January Discussion Session Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/04/12- 03/28/12	Sketching in the Galleries (Wednesdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/04/12- 01/11/12	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces (Wednesdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  12/21/11	Rienzi Holiday Home Tour Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  12/16/11- 12/17/11	HGO Studio at Rienzi: December Performance Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  12/10/11	Artist Workshop: Needlepoint Ornaments Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  12/04/11	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: A Classical Christmas Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  12/01/11	December Twilight Talk: A Conversation with the Foodies from Feast Restaurant Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  10/30/11	Mozart's Piano Quartets at Rienzi Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  10/16/11	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: Schubertiade Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  10/02/11	Rienzi Free Family Day: A Harvest Celebration Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  09/30/11- 10/01/11	HGO Studio at Rienzi: Fall Performance Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  09/29/11	Punch Party: The 18th Century Imbiber Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  09/17/11- 01/29/12	English Taste: The Art of Dining in the Eighteenth Century Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  09/07/11- 12/28/11	Sketching in the Galleries at Rienzi (Wednesdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  07/24/11	July Family Art Workshop at Rienzi: Early Music Southwest's 'The Fables of La Fontaine' Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  07/17/11	July Family Art Workshop at Rienzi: Portrait Miniatures - Love Tokens before the Digital Age Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  07/10/11	July Family Art Workshop at Rienzi: Cinderella Stories from Around the World Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  06/01/11- 07/27/11	Summer Storytime Tours at Rienzi (Wednesdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  05/22/11	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: Double Strung Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  05/19/11	Rienzi Monthly Gallery Talks: Tea Caddy, 1765 Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  05/13/11- 05/14/11	Houston Grand Opera Studio Recital at Rienzi: Love, Loss, and Solitude Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  04/21/11	Rienzi Monthly Gallery Talks: Esmé Stuart, 5th Duke of Lennox and 2nd Duke of Richmond Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  04/14/11	Rienzi Twilight Talk: Pirates, Pistol-Packing Dwarves, and Other Surprises in Theatre History Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  03/17/11	Rienzi Monthly Gallery Talks: 1914 and Other Poems, Rupert Brooke, 1915 Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  03/12/11	Rienzi Artist Workshop: Painting in the Gardens Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/26/11	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: Coffee and Bon Bons Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/19/11	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/18/11- 02/19/11	Houston Grand Opera Studio Recital at Rienzi: Fairest Isle, or Across the Pond Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/10/11	Rienzi Twilight Talk: Should Fairy Tales be Censored? Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/09/11	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/02/11	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/29/11	Divas Salon: Giants and Dwarfs (at Rienzi) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/27/11	Rienzi Gallery Talk: Edward Willes Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/27/11	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/23/11	Upside Down/Inside Out Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/15/11	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/08/11- 04/30/11	Rienzi Sketching in the Galleries (Saturdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/05/11	Rienzi's Porcelain Masterpieces Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  12/19/10	Holiday Family Day at Rienzi: Celebrate the Season Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  12/11/10	Rienzi Artist Workshop: 'Needlepoint Ornaments' Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  12/10/10- 12/11/10	Houston Grand Opera Studio Recital at Rienzi: 'La Belle Èpoque' (Et un Joyeux Noël) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  12/05/10	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: Carols to the Lute Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  11/24/10- 12/01/10	Rienzi Porcelain Masterpiece Tour (Wednesdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  10/17/10	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: Thinking Outside the Bachs Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  09/17/10- 09/18/10	Houston Grand Opera Studio Recital at Rienzi: A Woman´s Life and Love Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  09/16/10	Rienzi Porcelain Masterpiece Tour Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  09/09/10	Rienzi Porcelain Masterpiece Tour Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  09/04/10- 12/18/10	Rienzi Sketching in the Galleries (Saturdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  09/01/10	Rienzi Porcelain Masterpiece Tour Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  06/04/10- 07/30/10	Rienzi Sketching in the Galleries (Fridays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  06/02/10- 07/28/10	Storytime Tours at Rienzi (Wednesdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  05/20/10- 05/27/10	Thursday Twilight Tours at Rienzi Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  05/09/10	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: Music for Mother's Day: An afternoon of Songs and Arias Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  05/05/10- 05/06/10	Houston Grand Opera Studio Recitals at Rienzi Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/28/10	Les Plaisirs de Versailles Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/21/10	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: The New Amsterdam Trio: The Old World and the New Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/19/10- 02/20/10	Houston Grand Opera Studio Recitals at Rienzi Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  01/24/10	Rienzi Presents: Upside Down/Inside Out Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  12/20/09	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: A Classical Christmas Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  12/04/09- 12/05/09	Houston Grand Opera Studio Recitals at Rienzi Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  10/04/09	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: Baroque a la Carte: Music from 18th century France Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  09/25/09- 09/26/09	Houston Grand Opera Studio Recitals at Rienzi Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  07/12/09- 07/26/09	Family Art Workshops at Rienzi (Sundays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  06/03/09- 07/29/09	Storytime Tours at Rienzi (Wednesdays) Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  05/19/09- 05/20/09	Houston Grand Opera Studio Recitals at Rienzi Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  05/17/09	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: Bach to the Future Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  05/07/09- 05/28/09	Thursday Twilight Tours at Rienzi Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/22/09	Early Music Southwest at Rienzi: Trio La Popliniere Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
  02/20/09- 02/21/09	Houston Grand Opera Studio Recitals at Rienzi Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts