How can you live in Houston and not take advantage of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston? I honestly…read morewish I could go even more often than I already do with my membership. I love supporting the arts, and visiting the museum has become something of an annual tradition for me, especially during June and July. I usually go with friends or family, and it's always such a nice experience. I love the atmosphere. There's something about walking around, taking your time with the artwork, and just enjoying the space. I've also randomly met some of the greatest and most interesting people while we're all just there checking out the art. Whether you're really into art or just looking for something enjoyable to do in Houston, MFAH is absolutely worth visiting. It's one of those places that reminds me how much Houston has to offer.

The Museum of Fine Arts is one of 19 museums located in the museum district in Houston. It…read moreencompasses 3 buildings each with several floors. They are connected via underground tunnels. Pricing for the museum is $24. There are several garages in the area to park at and parking is charged a hourly rate. Unfortunately I was short on time but was able to visit the Frida collection, Aztec civilization, and Islamic Art collections. All of the art work was unique. The Frida collection was extremely popular and that's where most of the museums visitors spent their time. Overall I really enjoyed my experience here and wish I had more time to explore. They do have several dining options at the museum including a Michelin star French restaurant, Le Jardinier. The menu looks great and looks like they had a lunch 2 course option there for $45.

I found this outdoor museum when searching for things to do on yelp. Apparently, it's an Amazon…read moredelivery truck site that's decorated with graffiti art. They're very detailed pieces. Some pieces were comic book like paintings. Others looked gothic. Even a few seemed a little disturbing. But, it was nice because it was a quick look around, and then you're on your way. No one working at the Amazon site stopped us to ask us what we were doing there. I think they see a lot of people come by just to appreciate the artwork on their business' walls. If you're looking for something quick and safe to do, swing by this spot.

This space is amazing. It seems like it was a blank canvas but now has many different murals. On…read morethe back side they have a full collection where it says Houston Texas with various Htown things. All of the pieces are beautiful. If you love seeing street art this is a place to see some truly amazing pieces.

This is a very nice, free art museum near Hermann Park in Houston. My friend and I walked from I…read morebelieve parking lot F, and it only took 15-20 mins to get here. There are walkways/crosswalks the whole way, so it's easy to navigate. The museum is pretty small -- just two levels. They had a special exhibit running downstairs, and they have revolving exhibits upstairs, most of which were about the history and locale of Houston. Overall I think one visit is plenty, but it's a neat place to pay a visit if you're nearby!

I have been to this museum a few times over the years for various events but became reintroduced to…read morethem because one of my walking groups often meets up in the area and before we get started, I've had a chance to go in and see what exhibits are new, enjoy the AC while, and just enjoy what they have to offer. They are always awesome and it's always free.

Excited to try something new for my birthday , upon arrival I noticed that there's nonody there …read more No posted hours , no phone line, community center gentleman didn't know the hours either . After waiting a while I then decided to come back about 2 hours later to check again to find the same result I'm assuming this is no longer active even though the google ad is still up.website is also down. Please update or remove google ad/ website

This place was one of the coolest Houston hideaways I've ever been lucky enough to visit. Free to…read morethe public, Cherryhurst House is currently a giant art piece created by Havel Ruck Project. The artists had no boundaries as they sawed designs into the body of the house: through door frames and into the floor, ceiling, and bathroom. It is really quite a site to behold. It no longer has regular open hours, so to visit you will need to contact inquiries@cherryhursthouse.com. I just happened to contact them the day before they held another open house, so I was lucky enough to see it the very next day. Be warned, there are a few fans but if you visit in the summertime it is HOT! I heard they may not open back up until August because of this, but I'm really not sure on that front. Very cool spot that makes you think outside the box, or "house" in this case!

Pros: my friend loves meow wolf. She's been to several and loves them. This one is alien radio…read morestation themed. The attention to detail is amazing. Cons: clean and safe and interesting. Not actually in one cup of tea, but I know people who make it a life goal to go to these.

We liked it, 7 out of 10 for sure..but color factory was less oppressive and dark side. Meow Wolf…read moredidn't appeal to the littles (under 10) because they were too eager to move to the next thing to fully enjoy each thing in the moment. The first room you get to was the dj booth and it was severely underwhelming...only the one 40 year old male in our group liked it. The littles couldn't figure out how to make it work well enough for them to enjoy...and they refused to let anyone help them. The 1950s vibe with its paneling felt cheap and aesthetically reeked of Grandmas house. Just my opinion but I'd modernize those 1950s elements to make the experience less "Munsters" and more "Monsters Inc."...but with todays "Maxamalist" trend, most people will probably appreciate the "WKRP in Cincinnati" vibe. Overall, from an artist perspective it was too much junk and not enough art in the mix. They still could have used all the junk...just in a better way in some areas. I did really love the teeny tiny bar built in to the bottom of the metal pole in cowboix hevvvven, it was an unexpected treasure and the monster bartender smoking not one but three cigarettes cracked me up. I liked the doors disguised as other things..vending machine, elevator, fridge and etc., and the concept of the tornado room but I thought it was weakly executed if the goal is to portray a tornado I would have liked to have seen the car tilted on one side like it was lifting off and possibly a bit of "wind" in the room,..the water hoses all over the place needed an exaggerated shadow or something.. but the little kids and 20-30 year old's and non artsy people would easily love it and artsy people who can just throw random paint on a canvas and call it art...those people would love it too. Maybe I've grown old and judgy because I kept finding things I wanted to "do over" or "tweek" for them. If I could just turn that off and appreciate what is already there it would have changed the whole narrative for me. Apologies to the masterminds who created all of this, on the whole it is a brilliant masterpiece. The seek and find room was fun for the kids and the rotating blacklight was a nice touch...but it was soo doomsday with all the brown and black..and I get it that its supposed to be stuff submerged in dirt but the 80s girl in me would have preferred sand instead of dirt or at least a layer of sand near the top and possibly a tiny ray of breakthough sunlight from the ceiling and maybe a layer of "water" (clear turquoise epoxy maybe?) on top to give it a ray of hope among the gloom. The dungeon room where you line up the radio waves to make lightning overhead had all the elements of being a fun room with its little alcoves, cute little cave monsters, musical wall and etc but only one person in our group of 8 was inspired to try all the things in that room...but to be fair, she's the one who downloaded the app that helped you discover all the things the room had to offer and it took a long time to make the cool ceiling light up. The little kids were so excited about going through disguised doors they forgot to look in all the cabinets to discover all the cool stuff in the break room and a few of the other rooms. Seriously, if you go, download the app..it makes the experience way better. Its not really a place you'd enjoy as much if you had mobility issues..there is an elevator but going to the elevator breaks of the flow if you are with a group with kids who want to go up and down every 5 minutes. Actually, there was a second elevator but it wasn't operational when we were there. The bathrooms were very clean and we appreciated that there were places to get a drink (cowboix hevvven) or snack (the littles got rice crispy treats) inside the attraction.

This is one of the least busy joint we visited in the district…read more The lighting installation suddenly make you feel better. "Light therapy" comes to mind. The vastness of the space, and the reflections on the concrete floor give off a calming and optimistic feeling as if nothing in the world is wrong. I cannot imagine miss visiting this place. Highly recommend it.

Like many hastily thrown together tinder profiles I swipe right on say: beauty is in the eye of the…read morebeer-holder. Art is subjective. I have read many books on this point, including one that was incidentally life changing in my third (and final) year of high school, The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd, back when my life could have gone in many artistic directions at NYU and beyond to EGOT but as I languished in high school theatre and was bullied enough I graduated a full year early I thought adult-me should play it safe in the corporate world which was ultimately a stupid decision having lost jobs and career momentum opportunities in the great recession and then again in the onslaught of the pandemic. Nowadays you have shows on the teevee such as Glee and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series that supportively tell gen-z kids to be themselves since they know employment prospects in the corporate world are a rather stacked deck unless your daddy, or a rich man you know from Boy Scouts that requests you call him daddy, owns the whole company. If you are a smart cookie and you read yelp reviews before you go, then you already know what you are getting into here. Many people regret coming to the installation enough that it is captured in reviews below telling you to just look at the pictures here and save yourself the trouble. While that is art "on demand" if you are one of those people, it lacks the visceral experience of walking into the installation and being slightly disappointed there in the flesh that you, yes you, put on pants that were only lightly lager-stained and left your house for this. First, the bouncer/security guard/stern man standing there gives you a longwinded spiel about what you cannot do here - anything fun. You can only take pictures from one specific spot far away from the lights so you see what those photos look like from the same boring ass angle, because taking photos from anywhere else in the building is illegal - or as the joke goes, that is just a sick bird, you mean to say unlawful. You can walk in, but not too closely. There are yuge numbers of security cameras erry where here and they are watching closely if you step even slightly out of line you will have IO guards come out with combat shotguns, pulse rifles, or worse, calculus homework they will make you do no matter how hard you cry. The lights juxtaposed against the blacked out doors/windows and bouncing off of the cement floor are just fun. It feels like it could have been a room in the Colour Factory on Kirby when that passed through town right before the pandemic started. The room at the back with the white lights arranged in art deco patterns is even more interesting to take in, like a fine wine priced above the $2.99 threshold at the local Trader Joe. The main draw of this place is basically that besides the stern man at the front with all of the rules and all of the guards with shotguns probably posted nearby given all of the rules, the lieutenant and I had the entire building to ourselves. So this was a very socially distanced afternoon since we had masks on the entire time indoors and so did the stern man at the front. Now that is a good, safe, pandemic friendly time out of the house unlike some other places such as HMNS. All the rules really harsh the mellow for making this a must see place though. There is no way to do a proper BABY SLUT (patent pending) yoga pose in front of the lights based on the rules, or whatever other kind of photo you need to take for the proper meaningless internet clout points of tomorrow on Rick Tock or whatever that appetizer is on the phones these days. We open at the close, so of course one of their many rules is no White Claws in the exhibit so beauty is NOT in the eye of the beer-holder at this installation - know before you go, yelp dot com. Know before you go.

I was caught by surprise. I honestly never knew this museum was here or this place was even a…read moremuseum when my guy brought me here. So, we stumbled here one Sunday after brunch. This is one of the smaller museums in the city. There were only a few cars in the small parking lot and I just knew this experience was going to suck. However, I was shocked to see that there were some cool exhibits. We came in November and the work they showcased was by Irvin Tepper. The wrapped car was my favorite!! I believe the desk attendant said they change up the features every two or three months and all of the exhibits and work is from one artist. This museum is located right across the street from Axelrad and it's free, however donations are accepted. I suggest including a visit by here before heading over to Axelrad or after, if time permits.

My date and I were so lucky to stumble upon this lesser known Museum on Valentine's Day. We…read moreliterally drove by, saw it, and went in without knowing a thing about it. It it now one of my favorite discoveries in Houston with the extra bonus of it being free! The exhibit changes several times a year. There is usually a theme of some sort. Religion, politics, and race have a strong presence in the themes. When you're finished, head across the street for some damn good pizza at Luigi's and grab a beer at Axelrad!

I found this gallery after it was advertised in ACTX, a Texas art magazine. There were 2…read moreinstallations on view: Sweet Fire by Daniel Rios Rodriguez, and Garage Days by Kent Dorn; his kind wife, Erin, helps run the gallery. She graciously supplied me a glass of bubbly while giving the lowdown on Kent's show and inviting me to the gallery's next opening reception. So happy to have discovered a new art gem!

What better place to go if on a budget, but you want to get out and enjoy art! The Menil Collection…read moreis a series of buildings that speak to a wide variety of tastes. Admission is always free (and donations are gladly accepted). There is a bookstore, beautiful green spaces opened from dusk till dawn, and free parking! My favorite art pieces were in the Main building that housed modern and contemporary arts, as well as John Akomfrath's "Hour of the Dog" video installation (this 6-channel powerful exhibit reflecting youth-led activism during the early years of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S., ends on Oct 11). The Menil Collection is gorgeous amd worth the trip! Check it out, and enjoy!

Absolutely loved the exhibits at the Menil Collection! This Montrose museum has an amazing,…read morethoughtfully curated collection of modern and contemporary art, with pieces ranging from Surrealism to African and Pacific art. The galleries are spacious and serene. Admission is free, and I feel I can't complain, but the vibe was off because of the security. They were overly watchful and grim and it was off putting and took away from the visit. Not sure what happened in the past but but they should revisit their approach IMHO.

amazing experiences happen at the museum of natural science…read more it's amazing I would recommend!! learning experiences enrich lives vibe is awesome staff is kind summer time fun!! education rocks thank you

I walked in and instantly was greeted with the bustling pride and patriotism that is our country…read moreupon our 250tu birthday. There were flags and all kinds of stuff. Is this the White House or the natural history museum? Anyway the ticket master gracefully traded us tickets for. American currency. Anyway we then walked into the molecular biology portion of the exhibit. As a wannabe cell biologist I LOVED it. I wish they had a walk in abale cell tho They had touch screens that could not be touched Next for the dinosaurs. It was incredibly agitating not to see labels for the organisms presented. They just put stuff in a cage and expected us to identify it. Not a fan of that. They had average dinosaurs, nothing cool. Anyway,