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Photo: Blaffer Art Museum When you think of Houston museums, you might not think of the Blaffer Art Museum. Not at first, anyway. It’s not a huge institution, it doesn’t host blockbuster exhibits,[...]
Photo: Houston Museum of Natural Science Please Have Snow and Mistletoe… There may well be mistletoe on the Live Oaks in Hermann Park, but we know one thing for sure: There will be Snow![...]
Maison Crepes Grand Opening
THIRD WARD – The sense of community was warm and enveloping at the grand opening of Maison Crepes on May 18. Only a keen ear was required to confirm the authenticity of Maison Crepes (4803[...]
DeBakey Cell Lab exhibit to open March 27 at The Health Museum
This spring, The Health Museum will open its first permanent exhibit in five years. Located in the Sue Trammell Whitfield Gallery, the DeBakey Cell Lab opens Friday, March 27 and features seven authentic biology-based science[...]
“Wildlife Photographer of the Year” exhibit now at Houston Museum of Natural Science
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is proud to present its newest exhibition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year. The world-renowned exhibit, opening January 30, features 100 awe-inspiring images, showcasing fascinating animal behavior, breathtaking wild landscapes,[...]
‘Beyond The X-Ray’ exhibit open through May 3 at The Health Museum
Ready to play doctor? The Health Museum is bringing an exciting new exhibit to Houston which explores medical imaging and spans the ways doctors look inside the human body without surgery. Beyond the X-Ray debuted[...]
Time to Say Goodbye to the Flower Man’s House
After finding high levels of toxic mold, Project Row Houses announces plans to raze house, preserve Cleveland Turner’s legacy in other ways. Cleveland Turner, the Houston folk artist known as the “Flower Man,” died in December[...]
McGovern Centennial Gardens Open for Visitors
It was easy to disregard what remained incomplete when the McGovern Centennial Gardens executed its dedication ceremony last Oct. 18. The combination of resplendent weather, pristinely manicured lawns and gushing, gleeful patrons rendered bordering patches[...]
MFAH Unveils Ambitious $450 Million Expansion Plan
When Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opened its luminous new wing in 2007, the Steven Holl-designed building was immediately hailed by architectural critics as a masterpiece. The New York Times‘s Nicolai Ouroussoff called it[...]
Cultivate a Culture Habit
You can make culture a regular thing this year — and next year and the next. Just scope out the variety of recurring events in the Museum District and plug them into your calendar to[...]