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MUSEUM DISTRICT

HIGHLIGHTS

THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

Emperors’ Treasures: Chinese Art from
the National Palace Museum, Taipei
1001 Bissonnet | 713.639.7300 | www.mfah.org

Explore rare masterpieces from Taiwan
in this major exhibition of more than
160 works of art–including paintings,
calligraphy, bronzes, porcelain, textiles,
enamels and jade–from the renowned
collections of the National Palace Museum,
Taipei. This blockbuster presentation in
Houston is a collaboration between the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Asian
Art Museum of San Francisco and the
National Palace Museum, Taipei. Visitors
will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
to experience these treasures in person
before they travel back home on January
29, 2017.

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THE MENIL COLLECTION

Holy Barbarians: Beat Culture
on the West Coast
1533 Sul Ross St. | 713.525.9400 | www.menil.org

This exhibition brings together a selection of
California artists who emerged following the
Second World War and took advantage of
the region’s permissive atmosphere to help
create a thriving new art scene. Loosely
affiliated by personal friendships and shared
actions, publications, interests and ideals,
these artists produced a visually diverse
array of objects that emphasize spontaneity
and innovation over aesthetic or technical
concerns. Often the works are imbued with
an enigmatic spirituality and possess an
iconography that is mysterious and cryptic.

HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE
Mummies of the World
555 Hermann Park Drive | 713.639.4629
www.hmns.org

Mummies of the World is the largest
exhibition of real mummies and related
artifacts ever assembled, presenting a never
before seen collection of naturally and
internationally preserved human and
animal mummies. This compelling collection,
presented with reverence and dignity, includes
ancient mummies from South America, Europe
and ancient Egypt, dating as far back as
4,500 years. Visitors embark on a journey
into the extraordinary world of mummies and
mummification.