Family Day at Bayou Bend & Rienzi “Music to Our Ears” Sunday, April 6, 2025 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
April 6, 2025
Visit the two MFAH house museums—Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens and Rienzi—for an afternoon of free, family-friendly programs that connect art, nature, history, and science. Park at Bayou Bend and take the complimentary shuttle between locations!
This edition of Family Day features the theme “Music to Our Ears.” Explore music made by and enjoyed by Americans and Europeans of generations past.
Admission
Free
Activity Highlights at Bayou Bend
- 1:30 p.m. & 3 p.m. | Music by AFA Chamber Music Academy
- 1 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Children’s activities in the house hosted by Houston Junior Woman’s Club
- 1 p.m.–4 p.m. | Workshop for making musical instruments, led by a teaching artist
- 1:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Instruction in 1700s country dance
Activity Highlights at Rienzi
- 1 p.m.–5 p.m. | Art activities in the house
- 1 p.m.–5 p.m. | Musical scavenger hunt
- 3 p.m. | Performances by Houston Youth Chamber Orchestra
► Bayou Bend is the MFAH house museum for American decorative arts. Learn More
► Rienzi is the MFAH house museum for European decorative arts. Learn More
Education programs at Bayou Bend receive generous funding from Houston Junior Woman's Club; Mary Lynn and Steve Marks; Susan Vaughan Foundation; Denise Monteleone; Ms. Bobbie Nau; William A. and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation; and additional generous donors.
These education programs also receive income from funds provided by the Carol and Les Ballard Endowment; the Judy and Charles Tate Endowment; the James William Glanville and Nancy Hart Glanville Endowment; the Barbara Graham Williams Endowment; and the Bayou Bend Bonnie A. Campbell Education Programs Endowment.
Education programs at Rienzi receive generous funding from the Sterling-Turner Foundation; Alkek and Williams Foundation; Carroll Sterling and Harris Masterson III Endowment; and the Caroline Wiess Law Endowment for Rienzi.