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Discover the power of art at Project Row Houses, a community that enriches lives through art with an emphasis on cultural identity and its impact on the urban landscape. They engage neighbors and artists in collective creative action to help sustain opportunities with art studios in row homes, exhibition residences, houses for young mothers, and refurbished commercial spaces.

Time flies when you are having fun, so hop on this extraordinary panoramic guided tour, to explore Houston's top attractions and sites on board a unique open-top double-decker bus with Houston City Tours. Houston is multicultural and diverse, home to the fourth most populated city in the U.S.A. It boasts an eclectic museum and arts scene, vibrant shopping, and has become a burgeoning destination for art & architecture lovers.

The Menil Collection Art Museum holds over 19,000 pieces of art that are displayed in the main building and often switched around several other types of art collected from the 1940s. The collection is significant in its European art, including paintings by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. The permanent collection highlights Arts of Africa, the Americas and the Pacific Northwest, the Ancient World, the Pacific Islands, Drawing, Medieval and Byzantine, Modern and Contemporary, Surrealism, and the permanent installation entitled Witnesses.

Escape from the hustle and bustle of city life at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, where you can enjoy five miles of nature trails winding through native prairie, savanna, wetland, woodland, riparian habitats, and have ample opportunities for exciting wildlife sightings. Explore The Nature Center building, which features a Nature Shop filled with items for nature lovers of all ages, an interactive Discovery Room, Educational Exhibits, hands-on activities, live ambassador animals, biofacts, and a weekly botany display.