| Go interactive with the Houston Museum District on your mobile phone, our new mobilized web page contains valuable features when travelling in the district including an interactive map, a complete list of every exhibit and event and quick touch access to everything you need to know about our eighteen museums Details |  |
| Contrary to common belief, Nazi Germany's legal assault on the Jews between 1933 and 1945 was not unique in its racial character nor its segregationist aims. There are remarkable similarities between America's own Jim Crow laws and those in Nazi Germany. This exhibit will examine the Jim Crow laws — with examples from Houston’s segregationist past — and the Nuremberg laws. Details |
| In a gravity-defying array of color and form, celebrated American sculptor Joel Shapiro will suspend wooden planks, vibrantly painted with supersaturated pigment, from the gallery’s sixteen-foot ceiling. On view February 2 - March 18, 2012. For more information, visit ricegallery.org or call 713.348.6069. Details |
| Lauren McAdams – Going Up? December 10, 2011 – January 29, 2012 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft presents Going Up?, a solo exhibition of whimsical metal sculptures by Texas artist, Lauren McAdams. The exhibition focuses on two of the artist's most recent bodies of work, Flying Rings and the Women Series. Details |  |
| Travel to Africa – No Passport Required! The newly opened African Forest at the Houston Zoo vividly recreates an awe-inspiring wilderness habitat featuring chimpanzees, rhinos, and giraffes in an environment reminiscent of the forest landscape of western equatorial Africa. Exciting "immersion" exhibits with virtually invisible barriers between guests and the animals provide an extraordinary adventure for Zoo guests. "The African Forest will take visitors on an entertaining journey through one of the world's most mysterious and beautiful places," said Houston Zoo President and CEO Deborah Cannon. Details |  |
For the 2011-2012 season artist Daniel Anguilu will transform Lawndale Art Center's north exterior wall into a mural on view through June 2012. Anguilu's work can be found throughout Houston, including locations in the East End and most recently on Midtown's MHMRA building. Anguilu's style is deeply inspired by his Mexican heritage, and mostly manifests itself as large-scale murals. Details |  |
| Cruise on over to the Children's Museum of Houston for an action-packed, all-inclusive experience this summer! We want to show you why we're the #1 Children's Museum in the country each time you visit. Don't forget, CMH is THE ultimate vacation destination right in your own backyard! Daily Summer Deals and games led by the Recreation Director in the main Courtyard will keep you anxious to return! So, pack up the family, head indoors at the Museum and say "Bon Voyage" to the summer heat. Details |
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