Best Houston Museums: Museum of Fine Artst
Museum of Fine Arts Houston at a Glance
The Museum of Fine Art located in Houston houses more than 52,000 works from six continents.
Address
1001 Bissonnet
Houston, TX 77005
Phone
713.639.7300
Parking
Easy-to-find (marked by a huge yellow arrow) 4-story garage parking is available on Binz.
Non-Members $6
Members $3
Free, street-level parking is available on Main St.
Museum Hours
Monday-Wednesday: 6:45 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday: 6:45 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Friday: 6:45 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Admission
Adults: $7
Seniors/Youth: $3.50
FREE Days
Thursdays: 6:45 a.m. - 10 p.m.
About the Museum of Fine Arts
Located in the heart of Houston's Museum District, the Museum off Fine Arts is a cultural facility comprised of two museum buildings, two art schools, two decorative art centers and a sculpture garden. Collections include:
Helen Williams Drutt Collection: internationally recognized collection of modern jewelry from America, Germany, Australia and Japan.
Rienzi Collection: philanthropists Carroll and Harold Masterson's collection of fine 18th and early-19th century European decorative art and paintings
From the Deserts and Forests: visual history of the Pueblo people of Northern Arizona and New Mexico including textiles, watercolors, and dolls
Five Centuries of Masterpieces on Paper: rare prints by Rembrandt, Jaque Bellange, Peter Bruegel and Camille Pissaro
Glassell Collection of African Gold: extensive collection of works from the royal courts of Ghana and the Ivory Coast