Best Modern Art Museums

Nancy & Rich Kinder Building

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Complex with a renowned art collection. Distinct campus & sculpture garden with notable art from antiquity to today, plus films & programs.

University Museum at Texas Southern University

TFTI - Interactive Selfie Museum

The Silos at Sawyer Yards

Kimbell Art Museum

Renowned art collection & building. Renowned Asian- & European-focused collection plus exhibits set in a Louis Kahn-designed building.

Harrisburg Art Museum

Dallas Museum of Art

Art collection spanning 5,000 years. Arts District anchor with an encyclopedic collection spanning ancient times to the present.

Menil Drawing Institute

Audrey Jones Beck Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Bryan Museum

Museum of old Texas & the American west. The story of Texas & the American west, from Native American artifacts to modern objects.

Color Factory Houston

Funky space for modern art installations. Quirky art space filled with immersive, colorful installations, featuring a ball pit & balloons.

The Menil Collection

Vast assembly of private art & artifacts. Nearly 19,000 pieces of art & artifacts from the Paleolithic era to the present in a historic space.

Cullen Sculpture Garden

Green space with works by master artists. Opened in 1986, this sculpture garden has works by Henri Matisse, Auguste Rodin & Pablo Picasso.

Lawndale Art Center

Station Museum of Contemporary Art

Diverse works with sociopolitical themes. Venue for thought-provoking paintings, sculptures & installations by local & international artists.

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Museum for modern artwork exhibitions. Long-standing museum with revolving exhibitions of modern art, as well as programs & talks.

Blaffer Art Museum

Institute of modern & experimental art. Free art museum at the University of Houston for experimental & modern works, plus performances.

Seismique

High-tech experiential artworks. Immersive art installations that work effects on visitors by use of sound, color, movement & light.

Cy Twombly Gallery