The Menil Collection
A free museum designed by Renzo Piano, world-famous for its surrealist collection. The campus also includes the Cy Twombly Gallery.
Founded by the de Menil couple of an oil family, the museum opened in 1987. Its naturally lit galleries, designed by Renzo Piano, are a classic of modern museum architecture. The collection is strongest in Surrealist works by Magritte, Ernst and others, and it also includes African and Oceanic tribal art and Byzantine icons. Across the same block are the Cy Twombly Gallery, Dan Flavin's light installation and the Menil Drawing Institute. Strolling the tree-lined neighborhood is very pleasant. Admission is free. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Opening hours
Wed–Sun 11:00–19:00 (closed Mondays and Tuesdays)
Nearby sights
- Rothko Chapel
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Holocaust Museum Houston
- Hermann Park
- Houston Museum of Natural Science
- Children's Museum Houston
- Rice University
- Houston Zoo