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| After seeing many ibis in the fields during our birding tour, we were happy to be greeted by this Egyptian ibis (from 664-332 BCE) almost as soon as we entered the museum! |
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| The Impressionist rooms of the museum are magnificent, with a selection of many of our favorite painters, especially including a number of masterpieces that we didn’t know about. |
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| The Orange Trees by Gustave Caillebotte (1878) was my favorite. Reproduction from the museum website. |
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Frantisek Kupka, Czechoslovakian, 1871-1957
The Yellow Scale, c. 1907
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| The museum is housed in several buildings, all very architecturally interesting. I won’t try to go into detail about the way the collections are arranged. We visited three of them. |
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| The photography exhibit was very interesting, including a 19th century history and highlights of 20th and 21st century photographic art. |
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| A special exhibit featured a collection of 16th century Italian tapestries portraying a huge battle. Armor, swords, and other contemporary items were also on display. |
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| In the lobby near the tapestry exhibit, a children’s play area was set up, with murals based on the tapestries. |
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| At the end of our visit to the museum we looked at a few of the rooms that featured Islamic and Korean art works. |
Photos © 2025 mae sander
The museum looks excellent. I especially like the tapestries ... how amazing to see the array of everything in the one you show.
ReplyDeleteNice tour of the museum and exhibits. I like the Ibis sculpture.
ReplyDeleteTake care, have a wonderful week.
This looks like a wonderful museum! I especially like "Orange Trees." I haven't been to Houston before, but this museum looks like a good reason to go.
ReplyDeleteInteresting indeed. The Yellow Scale is my fav.
ReplyDeleteI am (recently) a fan of Caillebotte. I think his work is fantastic. And that museum seems very special to me
ReplyDeleteWhat a massive ibis! We have a few ibis that have made their home in the park across my house. I like the "Orange trees" picture and the tapestries are amazing. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Mae.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fascinating museum. I love the Caillebotte too -- I've always liked his work but I don't know this one. Love the impressionists and that magnificent tapestry. That Ibis is pretty stunning too. I'd love to check this one out.
ReplyDeleteMy father graduated from Rice University in June 1926 so it was interesting to see what was inside!
ReplyDeleteWow What a nice museum.
ReplyDeleteThat museum looks fantastic. All that art you shared looks fantastic.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a wonderful place. I love the photo with the woman in a red dress.
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