Houston Trip - Museum Thursdays - Houston, TX

Many museums in the Museum District of Houston are free for part or all of Thursdays so I took advantage of that both Thursdays we were in town.

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is a large art museum with an extensive collection in two buildings connected by a tunnel which includes a pretty neat piece of art work itself.

They have quite a few paintings by Pablo Picasso as well as Claude Monet.  Here are some highlights:

Tiger on the Watch by Jean-Léon Gérôme

The Gust of Wind by Gustave Courbet

Crouching Woman, Cast #5 by Auguste Rodin

Water Lillies (Nymphéas) by Claude Monet

The Windmill on the Onbeckende Gracht, Amersterdam by Claude Monet

The Japanese Footbridge at Giverny by Claude Monet (his eyesight was failing by the time he painted this one)

Woman with a Large Hat by Pablo Picasso

Two Women in Front of a Window by Pablo Picasso (some say the one on the right may not actually be a woman but instead a self-portrait of Picasso)

The Rower by Pablo Picasso

Bust of a Woman by Pablo Picasso

Across the street is the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden and here are photos of a few pieces from that sculpture garden:

While I was in the area, I also stopped at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston which is always free.  It is a small museum with currently three exhibits.  For the price it was definitely worth walking through.  Here is a photo of the museum and my favorite piece of art from this museum:

A Static and Pattern Painting by Susie Rosmarin

The last museum I visited was the Holocaust Museum Houston.  It is a fairly small museum but took me over 2 hours to go through it as it is packed with interesting information and personal stories of survivors.  I am really glad I took the time to visit this museum.