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Two of Houston’s Most Renowned Museums Undertake Major Expansions

Two Houston area museums with international reputations have taken on major expansion projects, which will — among other things — contribute to the changing architecture in Houston’s museum district. To find out what’s in store for The Menil Collection, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, we talk with the respective directors of those museums, […]

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Two Houston area museums with international reputations have taken on major expansion projects, which will — among other things — contribute to the changing architecture in Houston's museum district.

To find out what's in store for The Menil Collection, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, we talk with the respective directors of those museums, Josef Helfenstein from Menil and Gary Tinterow from the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

We also hear from Raj Mankad, editor of The Rice Design Alliance's Cite Magazine – a quarterly architecture and design review of Houston.

MORE: Museum of Fine Arts Houston Campus Redevelopment

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