The Menil Collection
9 expert reviews
“In a city whose pleasures and treasures are not always evident, the internationally renowned Menil Collection is perhaps the ultimate hidden jewel.”
– Travel + Leisure
Fodor's
"This is one of the city's premier cultural treasures. Italian architect Renzo Piano designed the spacious building, with its airy galleries."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The late local philanthropists John and Dominique de Menil collected more than 17,000 works of painting, drawing, sculpture, archeological artifacts and more during their lives."
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Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"One of the world's foremost collections of 20C art, with an emphasis on Surrealism."
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Afar Magazine
"The Menil Collection — so named because it once belonged to John and Dominique de Menil — is perhaps the most famous museum in Houston, and with good reason."
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Where
"The collection of John and Dominique de Menil includes almost 15,000 works broken roughly into four categories: antiquity, Byzantine and medieval, tribal and 20th century."
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