Museum

Bayou Bend Collection & Gardens

Houston · Harris County · Dedicated 1957 · THC Atlas #4200000501

Texas history, up close and curated.

About this site

Bayou Bend Collection & Gardens is a museum in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 1957. It is one of 22 museums documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 827 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7605, -95.4217 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bayou Bend (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Rienzi, Neuhaus, Hugo V., Jr. House, and Hugo Victor Neuhaus, Jr. House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000501. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

Bayou Bend Collection & Gardens — Postoak at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

History

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens is the former River Oaks home of Houston philanthropist Ima Hogg, designed by architect John F. Staub and built from 1927 to 1928. Hogg assembled an extensive collection of American furniture and paintings and created a series of garden "rooms" between the 1930s and 1950s. In 1957 she donated the 14-acre estate to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; it opened to the public in 1966 and now holds 2,600 objects in 28 period rooms.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org tshaonline.org

📍 29.7605, -95.4217 · Houston, Harris County

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