The Menil Collection

"This is one of the city's premier cultural treasures. Italian architect Renzo Piano designed the spacious building, with its airy galleries." Full review

"The late local philanthropists John and Dominique de Menil collected more than 17,000 works of painting, drawing, sculpture, archeological artifacts and more during their lives." Full review

"One of the world's foremost collections of 20C art, with an emphasis on Surrealism." Full review

"The Menil Collection — so named because it once belonged to John and Dominique de Menil — is perhaps the most famous museum in Houston, and with good reason." Full review

"The collection of John and Dominique de Menil includes almost 15,000 works broken roughly into four categories: antiquity, Byzantine and medieval, tribal and 20th century." Full review

"If you only had time for only one destination in Houston, many locals would point you to this world-famous museum." Full review

"30-acre compilation of art gathered by Jean and Dominique de Menil. The permanent collection features 10,000 works of art collected by the couple from the 1940s until the late 90s." Full review

"John and Dominique de Menil's private collection of fine art...a total of 17,000 pieces highlight four major areas: antiquities, Byzantine and Medieval, tribal, and modern art." Full review