The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) is one of the largest museums in the United States. Located in Houston’s downtown Museum District, the Museum is the oldest art museum in Texas and one of the landmark cultural institutions in Houston. The Museum’s permanent collection contains more than 70,000 works from six continents covering more than 6,000 years of history.

The MFAH embarked on a truly transformative campus redevelopment in 2012. With two new buildings, a new conservation center, the redeveloped campus ties together the Museum’s signature architectural structures while providing new spaces for the creation and conservation of art, and contributes to the overall revitalization of the pedestrian experience in Houston. The final structure, the Nancy and Rich Kinder building, opened in the fall of 2020. During this entire time of significant construction, annual attendance reached a high of 1.25.

MFAH employs over 650 full time, part time and temporary staff, while 400 docents support the public serving and educational mission and 1,500 volunteers support a broad range of MFAH activities.