Museum District Guide

Slideshow: The Museum District in Ten Objects

A guide to finding the Berlin Wall and other pieces of history

06/02/2014 By Michael Hardy Photography by Lucky 11 Studios

Interview

What’s It Like to Be a Museum Guard at the MFAH?

No, they don’t carry guns. No, you can’t touch the paintings.

06/02/2014 By Michael Hardy Illustrations by Sebastian Gomez de la Torre

Museum District Guide

The 7 Exhibitions You Really Can’t Afford to Miss

Exhibitions are fleeting—make sure to catch these while before they leave town.

06/02/2014 By Michael Hardy

A Century of Green

Hermann Park at 100

With the wind at its back (and $115 million in the bank), Hermann Park looks to realize its planners’ original vision.

06/02/2014 By John Nova Lomax

Insider’s Guide

Guide to the Museum District

From the best exhibitions to great restaurants, to picnics, public art, and personalities—everything that makes this storied urban enclave so great.

05/30/2014 By Houstonia Staff

Visual Art

Of Gods and Men

A spectacular Asia Society exhibition examines the changing depictions of Hindu deities.

05/05/2014 By Michael Hardy

Visual Art

The Return of the Mounds!

New exhibition is first to examine Houston artist Trenton Doyle Hancock's drawings

04/25/2014 By Michael Hardy

Anti-Valentine

Tonight: Roach Races and Bug Grub at HMNS

Mixers & Elixers is back for a Valentine's Day special at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

02/13/2014 By Katharine Shilcutt

Art

What If the MFAH Raised Ticket Prices and Nobody Noticed?

Last September, the Museum of Fine Arts raised ticket prices for the third time in two years. So where's the uproar?

01/14/2014 By Michael Hardy

Crime

Reality Star Camille Grammer Says Boyfriend Beat Her at Hotel Zaza

Kelsey's ex says Dallasite Dimitri Charlambopoulos also choked her, ripped out a handful of her hair, and dismantled her phone.

11/26/2013 By John Lomax

Nighttime Noshing

A Taste of Southeast Asia at Upcoming Night Market

Asia Society's one-night-only night market brings the flavors of Southeast Asia to the Museum District on November 7

10/29/2013 By Katharine Shilcutt

Out and About

Style Setter: Asli Omar

The Tontons vocalist on Houston style.

09/16/2013 By Sarah Pendley

Remembrance

A Fond Farewell for Caroline Collective

Saying goodbye to the city's first co-working space after 5 years.

08/08/2013

Destination Houston

Who Comes To Houston: Visitors Or Tourists?

Who are all those out-of-towners, and what are they after?

06/26/2013 By John Lomax

Museums

Holocaust Museum Executive Director Steps Down

After 12 years at the head, Susan Myers steps down as executive director of the Holocaust Museum Houston

04/11/2013 By Eric Harrison