FILL YOUR CULTURAL CALENDAR 365 DAYS A YEAR SOMETHING NEW ALWAYS FREE EVERY DAY Asia Society Texas Center (all spaces except Louisa Stude Sarofim Gallery) Contemporary Arts Museum Houston DiverseWorks Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Houston Center for Photography The Jung Center VISIT. Lawndale Art Center Map and Guide The Menil Collection Moody Center for the Arts EXPLORE. Rothko Chapel SPECIFIC FREE TIMES CONNECT. MUSEUMS Buffalo Soldiers National Museum 19 FREE Thursday 1pm-5pm Children’s Museum of Houston SHARE. FREE Thursday 5pm-8pm WALKABLE Czech Center Museum Houston FREE last Monday of the month Noon-4pm BIKE-ABLE HOUmuseums The Health Museum FREE Thursday 2pm-7pm 4 ZONES HOUmuseums Holocaust Museum Houston FREE Sunday Noon-5pm HOUmuseums Houston Museum of African American Culture FREE Thursday 6pm-8pm # HouMuse Houston Museum of Natural Science Thursday: Check website for FREE hours Houston Zoo INSPIRATION FREE First Tuesday of the month 2pm-close (Sept-May only) The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston EDUCATION FREE Thursday 10am-9pm RECREATION Hours of operation and free times for all museums are subject GENEROUS SUPPORT PROVIDED BY: to change. Please check the museum websites for the most City of Houston • The Brown Foundation, Inc. HOUMUSE.ORG up-to-date information. John P. McGovern Foundation • Wortham Foundation, Inc. INSPIRATION WHAT ARE EDUCATION ZONES? The Museum District is made up of four walkable, bike-able zones to easily navigate the area. Park RECREATION once and visit several destinations or grab a bicycle at conveniently located BCycle stations Houston’s Museum District is the and go on tour. largest concentration of cultural ZONE 1 institutions in the country. Here you HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY will find a collection of 19 museums, ROTHKO CHAPEL each with its own specialty. THE MENIL COLLECTION The Museum District is a destination ZONE 2 with a variety of revolving exhibitions, DIVERSEWORKS art collections, performances, film BUFFALO SOLDIERS NATIONAL MUSEUM series, and hands-on activities. HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT LAWNDALE ART CENTER Brimming with masterpieces, cutting- CZECH CENTER MUSEUM HOUSTON edge life sciences, history, and the HOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE latest contemporary art works, the ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER Museum District offers a wealth of HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON inspiration and education for all ages. ZONE 3 Use this map to create your own THE JUNG CENTER experience of other cultures, ancient CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM HOUSTON THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON artifacts, history, science, and art. Take time to enjoy the gardens, plazas and ZONE 4 delightful food at cafés that can be CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF HOUSTON found at many locations. THE HEALTH MUSEUM HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE HOUMUSE.ORG MOODY CENTER FOR THE ARTS HOUSTON ZOO 1 ASIA SOCIETY 5 CZECH CENTER 9 HOUSTON CENTER 12 HOUSTON ZOO Continued 17 THE JUNG CENTER TEXAS CENTER MUSEUM HOUSTON FOR PHOTOGRAPHY OF HOUSTON Daylight Saving Time 9am-7pm Experience the splendor of Elegant baroque architecture Houston Center for Photography (last admission 6pm) Continuing education for the M E T RORA ILS Asian art, film and performance, offers historical artifacts, tours, art, offers over 300 annual workshops human spirit. Offers classes in M E T RORA IL STOPS hear engaging global business concerts, lectures / classes, event for all levels of photographers psychology, philosophy and the N BIKE FRIENDLY E O Y N and policy perspectives, and venues, library, chapel, and gift shop. and is dedicated to providing arts. The gallery showcases ever- R 7 OS R BIKE STATIONS 13 2 LAWNDALE ART CENTER R experience educational activities the community with lens-based changing work from established N 5 T Estructura de elegante arquitectura barroca O N . VER for kids of all ages. exhibitions and outreach programs. and emerging artists. P W T que cobija artefactos históricos y ofrece U O Unique in its focus on local S P U R MULBE Y M tours, exposiciones de arte, conciertos, MON W E S T H E I MER T Viva el esplendor del arte, el cine y el El Centro para Fotografía de Houston Continuando la educación para el espíritu charlas, clases, eventos, una biblioteca, artists, Lawndale presents and WN performance asiáticos, escuche atractivas ofrece más de 300 talleres anualmente humano. Ofrece clases de psicología, O una capilla y una tienda para regalos. promotes experimental, alternative W E S T AL A B A M A E perspectivas globales empresariales para fotógrafos de todos los niveles, y filosofía y artes. La galería muestra obras 9 L O D contemporary art in all media. 6 GI T y políticas y experimente actividades está dedicado a ofrecerle a la comunidad siempre cambiantes creadas por artistas N 4920 San Jacinto St. SUL R O S S educativas para niños de todas las edades. exposiciones fotográficas y programas establecidos y por artistas emergentes. W Único en su enfoque en artistas locales, el 15 E 713.528.2060 • czechcenter.org 18 S al alcance de todos. Centro Lawndale presenta y promueve arte T A BRA N A R D L A 1370 Southmore Blvd. Mon-Sat: 10am-4pm 5200 Montrose Blvd. B experimental, alternativo y contemporáneo A • 1441 W. Alabama St. • M 713.496.9901 asiasociety.org/texas en todos los medios. 713.524.8253 junghouston.org C O L QUI T T A • O Tues-Fri: 11am-6pm 713.529.4755 hcponline.org Mon-Thurs: 9am-7:30pm T N • I IN 4912 Main St. 713.528.5858 E 2 Wed & Thur: 11am-9pm ZONE 1 R ICHM O N D N C Sat & Sun 10am-6pm Fri: 9am-4pm N A I 6 DIVERSEWORKS J Fri: 11am-5pm lawndaleartcenter.org AN M E T R O S TO P F OL N Sat: 10am-4pm I A N R W H EELER A T Sat & Sun: 11am-7pm Wed-Fri: Noon-6pm S S C A space for experimenting, a TRAN SIT CEN TER U US 59/SOUTH W EST FREEWAY A Sat: 11am-5pm H commissioner of new works, and C 2 BUFFALO SOLDIERS Sun: Noon-3pm M A an advocate for artists of all disci- I N N NATIONAL MUSEUM 18 THE MENIL COLLECTION I S T A B R A N plines—DiverseWorks presents new 10 HOUSTON MUSEUM OF . MA TO GA LL E RIA R E L OSE X WHEELER A I T Chronicles the African American visual, performing, and literary art. Special exhibitions and a dynamic, D AFRICAN AMERICAN AL AN E military experience in America’s 14 MOODY CENTER ever-growing collection. A world I CULTURE CHELSEA S ROSEWOOD Espacio para experimentar, comisionado I 8 great wars, including the Revo- FOR THE ARTS of art—from the prehistoric OU M para nuevas obras y representante de L L A Collects, conserves, explores, L L S lutionary War, Spanish American artistas en todas las disciplinas—Diverse to the present-day—housed I I M V 13 Works presenta nuevas artes visuales, interprets, and exhibits the material The Moody Center for the Arts P O R T L A N D A War, WWI, WWII and others. in a masterpiece of modern NDE TR escénicas y literarias. is Houston’s newest lab for A 10 M SHEPHERD and intellectual culture of Africans HAZARD DUNLAVY R architecture. M I LFORD P I NED A L E 5 UT Sirve de crónica a la experiencia militar creativity. A state-of-the art, H • and African Americans. afroamericana en las grandes guerras 3400 S. Main St. 713.223.8346 B ARK DUL L B Exposiciones especiales y una colección L estadounidenses (Guerra Revolucionaria, non-collecting institution, the OD diverseworks.org El Museo de Cultura Afroamericana de dinámica y siempre creciente: un mundo G GLASSELL E Moody fosters transdisciplinary O A K D ALE T Guerra Hispano-Americana, Primera Houston colecciona, conserva, explora, de arte—desde la era prehistórica hasta SCHOOL T Thurs-Sat: Noon-8pm B A R TLE T T WE Guerra Mundial, Segunda Guerra Mundial OF ART N interpreta y expone la cultura material y conversation between the arts, nuestros días—cobijado en una obra T M E T R O STO P W y otras). and by appointment D O intelectual de africanos y afroamericanos. maestra de arquitectura moderna. R sciences, and humanities, and M U S E UM DIS TRIC T R T BER T H E A OSE H 17 D • presents works in all disciplines. CUL L E N WFOR AL 3816 Caroline St. 713.942.8920 A 4807 Caroline St., Suite 292 1533 Sul Ross St. SCUL P T URE E buffalosoldiermuseum.com • Moody Centro para las Artes es Houston’s • B I S S O NNE T GARDE N CR 713.526.1015 hmaac.org 713.525.9400 menil.org 4 7 HOLOCAUST MUSEUM JACKSON Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm más nuevo laboratorio de creatividad. 1 WI Wed, Fri, Sat: 11am-6pm Wed-Sun: 11am-7pm C H HOUSTON Una institución de vanguardia, sin 19 I Sat: 10am-4pm Thurs: 11am-8pm TA colección, Moody fomenta la conversación D P AL R 7 19 ZONE 2 M Dedicated to educating people transdisciplinaria entre las artes, las A Y about the Holocaust, remember- ciencias y las humanidades, y presenta A SOU obras de arte en todas las disciplinas. 19 THE MUSEUM OF B T 3 ing the six million Jews & other HMOR CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 11 HOUSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON O AK E innocent victims & honoring the ZONE 3 D OF HOUSTON NATURAL SCIENCE 6100 Main St., Rice University A M E C OM L survivors’ legacy. 713.348.ARTS • moody.rice.edu The world awaits you at the MFAH, PR E With 14 galleries bursting with FOUNTA I N 3 OS Experience the wonders of Tues-Sat: 10am-5pm home to centuries-old masterpieces PE Dedicado a educar a las personas acerca C action-packed fun, the Children’s science up close, from prehistoric and the latest in contemporary art.