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    Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden


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    The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden is a remarkable work of art itself. Spanning slightly more than one acre, the graceful site embodies "a geometry of playfulness," as trees, walls, lawns, and pavers come together to form a brilliant frame for outdoor sculpture. New seasons and different times of day make the Cullen Sculpture Garden an ever changing gallery for art and a welcoming destination for visitors.

    Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988), architect of the garden, was also active as a sculptor and designer. Born in Los Angeles, California, he was raised in the United States and Japan. After completing his studies in New York in the mid 1920s, he made extended visits to Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, and Kyoto. While New York remained his home base in subsequent years, he continued to travel widely, developing a remarkable body of work which integrated modernist aesthetics with world culture.

    Noguchi submitted his first design for the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Garden in 1979, and over the next five years he refined the plan to respond to the local environment. Named for the prominent Houston philanthropists Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen, the garden opened to the public on April 5, 1986.

    The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden was erected with generous funding from The Cullen Foundation, The Brown Foundation, Inc., Antonette and Isaac Arnold, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Theodore N. Law, Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long, Mr. Douglas B. Marshall, Jr., Mr. William James Hill. Trees and plantings in the garden have been generously sponsored by The River Oaks Garden Club, Mr. and Mrs. M.S. Stude, The Garden Club of Houston.


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        Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden

        1001 Bissonnet
        Houston, TX 77005

        Phone: 713-639-7300   |   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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        The Cullen Sculpture Garden is located at the corner of Montrose Boulevard and Bissonnet Street.

        Open Daily from 9:00 am - 10:00 pm. Admission to the Garden is free at all times.

        • Current Events
          03/12/12-
          08/31/13           		 MFAH Fine Art + Food Trucks UPDATED
          Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden
          09/29/06-
          Ongoing           		 Visit The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
          Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden
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      • Current Events
        03/12/12-
        08/31/13         		 MFAH Fine Art + Food Trucks UPDATED
        Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden
        09/29/06-
        Ongoing         		 Visit The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
        Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden
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