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Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
Comment on Facebook The museum is the oldest repertory cinema in Houston and has sponsored the exhibition of film since 1939. Initially, the museum screened films that were furnished by the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the museum solicited additional films from local consulates. First-run films as well as archival and repertory films were featured. The taste for foreign films grew in the 1950s, and the museum provided the only venue in Houston for such offerings.
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77006Phone: (713) 639-7300 | Email | Official Website
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Parking Info
Free outdoor parking is available in the street-level lot directly across from the Law Building at 1001 Bissonnet Street.
Parking is available in the MFAH Parking Garage for $6. The easy-to-find parking garage is located directly east of the Beck and Law buildings on Binz, and is marked by a large, yellow arrow.
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Accessibility Services
There is no accessibility service information available at this time.
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Technical Specs
By 1974, with the completion of a theater designed by the famed architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, film became a regular part of the museum’s annual exhibition schedule. Brown Auditorium Theater seats 362 and has excellent acoustics and sight lines. The theater reopened after significant, state-of-the-art renovations in November 2000.
The new design features a custom seamless screen that provides larger, brighter, crisper images. The projection booth was expanded to house consoles with larger lamphouses to support 16mm and 35mm motion picture images, multi-format video projection, and, in the future, a digital projector. In addition, slide projector lenses, the projection window glass, and other optical elements were updated.
The audio systems feature separate motion picture and speech reinforcement designs. The audio system for motion pictures supports Dolby and DTS digital playback as well as current analog optical film formats. The system’s main screen channels are tri-amplified with low frequency reinforcement provided by three subwoofers behind the screen. Surround speakers are mounted behind the side and rear walls of the auditorium.
Other improvements include a new lighting/dimming system and custom-designed AMX control system to allow remote operation from both the projection booth and the lectern on the stage level. The custom-designed lectern offers guest speakers a variety of ways to use media in their presentations. Intercom equipment enables performers and operators to exchange information, and a newly remodeled green room with elevator access is available for speakers and performers on the stage level. The assistive listening system was expanded to fully comply with ADA requirements, and more comfortable companion and wheelchair seating is accessible in the remodeled theater.
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Current Events
05/24/13-
05/27/13MFAH Film Revivals: Little Fugitive (60th anniversary re-release)
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
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Upcoming Events
05/31/13-
06/02/13MFAH Film Premieres: Neighboring Sounds (O som ao redor)
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/07/13-
06/09/13Jazz on Film: Jazz on a Summer's Day
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/08/13 Jazz on Film: Paris Blues
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/14/13 Jazz on Film: Mickey One
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/15/13 Jazz on Film: Jazz Abstractions
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/16/13-
06/23/13MFAH Film Premieres: One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das (Sundays)
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/21/13 Jazz on Film: Mingus
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/22/13 Jazz on Film: Thelonius Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/28/13-
06/30/13Jazz on Film: The Connection
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/29/13-
06/30/13Jazz on Film: Ornette: Made in America
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
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Upcoming Events-
Current Events
05/24/13-
05/27/13MFAH Film Revivals: Little Fugitive (60th anniversary re-release)
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
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Upcoming Events
05/31/13-
06/02/13MFAH Film Premieres: Neighboring Sounds (O som ao redor)
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/07/13-
06/09/13Jazz on Film: Jazz on a Summer's Day
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/08/13 Jazz on Film: Paris Blues
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/14/13 Jazz on Film: Mickey One
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/15/13 Jazz on Film: Jazz Abstractions
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/16/13-
06/23/13MFAH Film Premieres: One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das (Sundays)
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/21/13 Jazz on Film: Mingus
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/22/13 Jazz on Film: Thelonius Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/28/13-
06/30/13Jazz on Film: The Connection
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium06/29/13-
06/30/13Jazz on Film: Ornette: Made in America
Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
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