The Menil Collection (Houston, Texas)

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The Menil Collection is a unique museum environment located in the Montrose-area Museum District housing the collection of John and Dominique de Menil. The museum building by Renzo Piano is the centerpiece of a neighborhood featuring satellite gallery spaces and related cultural institutions set in a parklike setting. Dominique de Menil felt that "Art is what lifts us above daily life. It makes us more open, more human, more refined, and even more intelligent".

Considered one of the most important privately assembled collections of the twentieth century, The Menil Collection houses approximately 15,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books. Masterpieces from antiquity, the Byzantine and medieval worlds, the tribal cultures of Africa, Oceania, and the American Pacific Northwest, and the twentieth century are particularly well represented. Among the highlights of the museum are its Surrealist holdings, widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost collections of its kind. The Menil Collection displays selections from its permanent collection and regularly offers special exhibitions and programs to the public.

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1515 Sul Ross
Houston, Texas 77006
www.menil.org/