Are you in Houston and looking for something fun? Saturday, September 12th is Museum District Day in Houston. Just head over to the Houston Museum District between 10 am to 5 pm for a free day of fun and education at the museums within the district. There will be many performances, hands on activities, exhibits, and more to see and do.
The free events at the 17 museums include:
10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.: Inventor's workshops at the Children's Museum of Houston.
10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.: KHOU-TV Channel 11 anchors and reporters featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
11 a.m.-5 p.m.: Fresco painting with Houston artist Nestor at the Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum.
11 a.m. -3 p.m.: The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum presents performances about the life of a Buffalo Soldier each hour on the hour.
11 a.m.-4 p.m.: Activities at the Lawndale Art Center including creating mini pinatas and chalk drawing activities on the back patio. The 30th Anniversary Exhibition is also on display.
11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.: Meditations at the Rothko Chapel at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. A performance by singer Etty Ben-Zaken and a string quartet performing Rava Deravin, sung in Aramaic, and Stabat Mater, sung in Hebrew, Arabic, English, Lati and Ladino at 3 pm.
11 a.m.-2 p.m.: At Holocaust Museum Houston, meet Holocaust survivors Ruth Steinfeld at 11 a.m. and Chaja Verveer at 2 p.m.
Noon–4 p.m.: • D.R.U.M. (Divine Rhythm, United Motion) perform at the Menil Collection. Claire Chauvin leads a workshop in recycling and making functional ‘Shrinky Dinks’ art, jewelry and more on the Menil bookstore deck. A campus-wide treasure hunt will also take place.
Noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.: • The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents gallery talks. At noon: spotlight on A Wooded Landscape in Three Panels • by Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Beck building; 1 p.m.: highlights of the MFAH at Beck; 2 p.m.: highlights of the MFAH in the Law building; and 3 p.m.: spotlight on Rembrandt in the Beck building.
1 p.m.: • Artist talk with Diane Ducruet, Christopher Pickett and Jaime Warren in conjunction with the exhibit Artist as Performer • at Houston Center for Photography.
For more information on 2009 Museum District Day visit HoustonMuseumDistrict.org.