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conservatory. Special exhibits, films, shows and the butterfly house add an additional $5
to $8 per ticket.
Menil Collection
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MUSEUM
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.menil.org
;
1515 Sul Ross St; 11am-7pm Wed-Sun)
The late local philanthropists John
and Dominique de Menil collected more than 17,000 works of painting, drawing, sculp-
ture, archeological artifacts and more during their lives. The modernist building housing
the main collection exhibits everything from 5,000-year-old antiquities to avant-garde art,
as well as rotating exhibits.
You'll recognize the names in this, one of the world's most impressive private holdings:
Salvidor Dali, Paul Klee, Andy Warhol, René Magritte, Max Ernst.... The museum's ex-
cellent bookstore is actually across the street. Don't forget to also saunter over to the Cy
Twombly Gallery and Rothko Chapel, annexes of the collection.
Rothko Chapel
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MUSEUM
GOOGLE MAP
( 713-524-9839;
www.rothkochapel.org
; 1409 Sul Ross St; 10am-6pm)
A temple of contem-
plation, a church or a nuclear bunker? The one and only Rothko Chapel is whatever you
want it to be. With 14 large paintings by American abstract expressionist Mark Rothko,
it's a perfect place to sit and do something radical: just be.
Cy Twombly Gallery
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MUSEUM
GOOGLE MAP
( 713-525-9450;
www.menil.org
;
1501 Branard St; 11am-7pm Wed-Sun)
Love it or loathe it,
this annex of the Menil Collection contains some seriously abstract art.
