Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
#77🖼️ Art & EncyclopedicHouston, United States

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Texas's encyclopedic powerhouse

About the museum

Across a 14-acre campus including the new Steven Holl Kinder Building, the MFAH holds 70,000 works from antiquity to today and is one of the largest US art museums.

Must-see highlights

  • ◆Kinder Building (Steven Holl)
  • ◆Latin American art
  • ◆Impressionist & Post-Impressionist galleries
  • ◆Arts of Africa, Oceania, Americas
  • ◆Bayou Bend collection

Recognition

🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice

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