Lovely visit! Easy to maneuver and very welcoming. - We spent a night outside of Houston before a graduation ceremony in College Station and really enjoyed our recent trip to the Museum! Parking in the garage was easy and it linked to the museum complex through indoor passages. The museum was a nice size, and we happened to be there on Thursday, when it was open late and was free —which was much appreciated after the fairly high entrance fee at the Johnson Space Center. It was nice to see many young people there enjoying the museums, too. The employees were all very friendly and welcoming. I highly recommend a visit here! We also visited the contemporary art building. I like to visit museums whenever I travel and this was really nice.

Great museum - The museum is located downtown Houston in the Museum District. Good parking options are available within a short walking distance. We visited on a Thursday, where admission to the collections is free. The museum is situated in several buildings and the collections are substantial, so it is possible to spend several hours here. We enjoyed our visit very much and would definitely recommend a visit here.

The New Kinder Building Rocks - We visited the new Kinder building at MFAH today! What a great experience. I visited with my two daughters; one was visiting from overseas. The desk off of parking was closed, so we entered through the other building and crossed the Turrell bridge into the main (older) part of the museum and then low and behold there is a really cool “rainbow” tunnel that takes you into the new Kinder building. A description from the MFAH website: The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building contains both departmental and cross-departmental galleries. This approach will allow visitors to not only delve into the materials, geographies, and art forms in which modern and contemporary art have developed, but also to explore the ways in which varied artistic ideas, styles, and themes have transcended those boundaries. The multiple stories of modern and contemporary art-making are articulated throughout the building. What a wonderful space! We were drawn from this area into a light are installment to the left & did not realize we needed to take elevators up to 3 more floors of the Kinder building. The place is huge and filled with fantastic artwork, photography and contemporary pieces. It was a magical mystery art tour. Each section was a wonderful discovery. Totally worth the price of general admission that includes the new building. Masks are required at this time due to Covid. There is a temperature check upon entry. You may purchase in advance; we were walk ins. Hand sanitizer provided throughout. Unfortunately a few sections of the new area; most notably the Infinity Light Room by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, were closed because of Covid. We were able to see a new Turrell installment. I was having some back issues and therefore rather than take the escalator in the main building or the stairs in the Kinder, we used the elevators. May not have been the best choice in Covid times, but they were large and we had them all to ourselves. This is the second time we have visited MFAH since Covid became an issue. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to see this fantastic new building and felt that all the necessary precautions were taken to make it as safe as possible. Afterward we walked through the outdoor sculpture garden.

Great Way to Spend a Day - I was pleasantly surprised at how big this museum was an how diverse its holding were. While it doesn't necessarily have the biggest names in art, the art on display is really quite beautiful. It wasn't crowded when we went at all and was really an enjoyable experience overall.

Great museum. Great experience for entire family - Great way to spend a few hours. Reasonable admission. The permanent collection is great and varied. Plenty to keep adults and kids entertained. Events every weekend for kids. Easy access to parking near-by. Beautiful area with parks and other attractions within walking distance. This museum has amazing temporary exhibits (Van Gogh, Rockwell, etc.) --- always check the museum's calendar to see what is scheduled. Definitely worth the time.

Interesting Exhibitions - Like many metropolitan at museums the MFAH has a fine permanent collection. What drew us in were the temporary exhibitions which cover a wide variety of interests. If you live in the area and plan on multiple visits a season pass is well worth it as it provides discounted parking and free/reduced rates for special exhibits and films. Our pass paid for itself after our first visiting exhibition.

Very Good Museum - This is a very interesting museum. I was here with my daughter and had a very good time enjoying their exhibits.

Fine Museum with one very dangerous feature - The MFA is a fine museum with a variety of artwork and sculpture to satisfy anyone’s taste. The collections are well-organized and the signage for individual paintings and other art objects is almost uniformly excellent. The food served at the cafeteria is very good by museum standards. All in all this is a great way to spend a day or more in Houston. The only downside is a major safety flaw. The two museum buildings are connected by an underground tunnel. The tunnel is dark. Patrons must use a raised walkway about 10 feet wide, also very dark. There is a substantial risk if you don’t pay close attention of falling offthe walkway, which has no railings, to the tunnel floor about 8 inches below. This is not a theoretical problem; we saw a woman near us trip and fall off the walkway and land on her face! The system is a class action lawsuit waiting to happen but in the meantime be very careful in the tunnel and watch any accompanying children carefully.

no surprise - did we have to have the anachronistic super-chunky terrazzo floor? it works well with Gyula Kosice's hydrospatial city because it looks like a background of space objects but otherwise is just busy. the terrible lighting of Zanele Muholi's portrait is a great disservice to the striking and mesmerizing piece - destroys the entire contrast effect.

New building (Kinder)...filled with "art" that has little appeal, and you wonder why it was bought. - Much anticipated tour of the new Kinder building of the Museum of Fine Art Houston. It was billed as the new extension that would allow a greater number of in-storage works (MFAH has works by Wyeths that hardly ever see the light of day) to finally be put on display. The space was IMPRESSIVE...a GREAT addition to the complex...but the art. Oh, don't get me wrong, there are Dalis, Picassos, Pollocks, Warhols represented...but there's also an over abundance of what looks more like "found" art than art. Oh don't be a prude...I'm well aware of the semantics of the "meaning" of "art" ...but honestly. There's a friggin' Contemporary Arts Museum RIGHT NEXT DOOR for crimey's sake. I don't like having someone say, hey, come look at all our Fine Art...and it winds up being string, wires, bricks and tubs full of water...don't pi$$ down my neck and tell me it's raining. HOPEFULLY after MFAH has their galas and get their press, they'll revert back to displaying the MASSIVE COLLECTION OF FINE ART THEY POSSESS. Love the building, but whomever decided to fill the space with that "art" really dropped the ball...HEY, that could be a piece I create and sell to MFAH..."Dropped the ball" ca. 2020...choice.