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Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX

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Blaffer Art Museum

Free contemporary art museum on the University of Houston campus, showing national and international artists.

4173 Elgin Street, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004 · Houston, TX

About Blaffer Art Museum

A non-collecting contemporary art museum in the Arts District of the University of Houston campus, housed in the Fine Arts Building. Founded in 1973, it presents focused and major solo and group shows by national and international contemporary artists, along with work by University of Houston School of Art students. Exhibitions rotate, and the museum hosts openings, closings, and other public events.

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