Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Week of Friday, November 15, 2024-Thursday, November 21, 2024
150 Years of Design: The AIA Houston Collection Through Summer 2025
Objects designed by architects celebrate a unique collaboration between the MFAH and the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
16 Nov Sat / 2024
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Night at the MFAH
6 p.m.—9 p.m.Enjoy the Museum after hours with gallery experiences, drinks, and live music.
17 Nov Sun / 2024
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Family Art-Making Studio | Fall 2024
1 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Create and learn in this workshop for families. Explore a work of art in the galleries, then make your own masterpiece in the studio.
20 Nov Wed / 2024
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Celestial Conch Shell with Skulls, Huastec, Veracruz (Northern), Mexico, 900–1521, conch shell, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by James C. Flores in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at “One Great Night in November, 2007.”
Drop-in Tour | “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Explore humanity’s relationship with the divine in this expansive examination of spiritual ideas and concepts.
21 Nov Thu / 2024
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Manuscript of the Qur’an, Egypt or Syria, January 19, 1346 (25 Ramadan AH 746), ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait, LNS 47 MS.
The Word: Recited, Sung, and Preached
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Houston faith and lay leaders engage in a discussion about their connections with objects and themes showcased in the exhibition Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples.
